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Title: Impact of Snowy and Icy Weather on Freeway Operation and Improvement Countermeasure Studies of South China
Accession Number: 01126920
Record Type: Component
Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Abstract: At the beginning of 2008, a serious snow and ice disaster attacked most areas in South China and had great impact on road traffic due to the traditional Chinese Spring Festival holiday, and millions of people can not go home to reunite with their families. Moreover, the damage caused by the disaster has been incalculable. Chongqing, located in southwest China, was inevitably greater impacted. This paper has made a description about the serious impact by the disaster on freeway transportation, compared the gap in management for the snow and ice disaster between South China and developed countries, pointed out the insufficiency in the emergency management of freeway operation under adverse weather conditions, and then proposed a modern weather disaster pre-warning system improving the emergency-respond plans. Meanwhile, some constructive proposals are presented.
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01120148
Report/Paper Numbers: 09-1540
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Dong, ShaoJianping, GaoYan, NanTang, BomingPagination: 10p
Publication Date: 2009
Conference:
Transportation Research Board 88th Annual Meeting
Location:
Washington DC, United States Media Type: DVD
Features: Maps
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TRT Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; I62: Winter Maintenance
Source Data: Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2009 Paper #09-1540
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jan 30 2009 5:46PM
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