Research Programs for Winter Road Maintenance in Third Medium-Term Plan of Public Works Research Institute of Japan
Recent years have seen an increased need for efficient and effective improvement of winter road characteristics to promote favorable socioeconomic conditions and quality of life under the constraints of today’s challenging financial environment. At the same time, Japan is influenced by extreme regional heavy snowfall, windstorms, and abnormal warm winds, which have caused intensification of snow and ice-related accidents and a change in the characteristics of disaster occurrence in recent years. As many factors related to the attribution of such disasters are not yet understood, clarifying them and developing countermeasure technologies are important considerations. The Public Works Research Institute has implemented research programs under 5-years medium-term research plans in recent decades. The third such plan, started in FY 2011 (April 2011 to March 2012), includes 16 research projects in five categories. Two of these projects are related to winter road maintenance. One of these two projects is called Research on Winter Road Performance Improvement Technologies and has five individual study programs titled as follows: (a) Study on Decision Support Technology for Winter Road Surface Maintenance Using Continuous Friction Testers; (b) Study on the Development of Efficient Composite Road Surface Maintenance Technology; (c) Study on Technology for Efficient and Effective Snow Removal Management Using Information and Communication Technology; (d) Study on Technology for Sidewalk Surface Maintenance; and (e) Study on the Development of Measures to Prevent Lane Deviation in Suburban Areas. The other winter-related research project is titled Research on Technologies for Reducing Snow–Ice Disasters and has four individual study programs titled as follows: (a) Study on Changes in Snow–Ice Environments under the Influence of Climate Change; (b) Study on the Development of Technology for Forecasting Large Snowstorms-Induced Poor Visibility; (c) Study on Technology for Continuous Evaluation of Snowstorm Risk Along Routes; and (d) Study on Technology for the Evaluation of Avalanche Risk Accompanying Rainfall in Winter. This paper presents an outline of the third medium-term plan of the Public Works Research Institute of Japan.
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Authors:
- Asano, Motoki
- Watanabe, Masayoshi
- Matsuzawa, Masaru
- Kumagai, Masayuki
- Yanagisawa, Yuji
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Conference:
- International Conference on Winter Maintenance and Surface Transportation Weather
- Location: Coralville Iowa, United States
- Date: 2012-4-30 to 2012-5-3
- Publication Date: 2012-4
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; Maps; Photos;
- Pagination: pp 401-412
- Monograph Title: Winter Maintenance and Surface Transportation Weather. International Conference on Winter Maintenance and Surface Transportation Weather, April 30–May 3, 2012, Coralville, Iowa
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Circular
- Issue Number: E-C162
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0097-8515
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Avalanches; Climate change; Communication; Decision support systems; Information technology; Research; Risk analysis; Snow and ice control; Snow removal; Snowstorms; Technology; Weather forecasting; Winter maintenance
- Geographic Terms: Japan
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Research; I62: Winter Maintenance;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01371237
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: WM-STW12-129
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: May 25 2012 10:32AM