COUNTERMEASURES FOR SECURING THE WINTERTIME TRAFFIC ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY IN REGIONS SUBJECT TO HEAVY SNOWFALL

Niigata Prefecture, facing the sea of Japan, has a population of 2,450,000 people. It is a major rice producing district, with an area of 12,580 sq km. As the district includes a notorious area of high snowfall reaching more than 20 m in total, it has many problems in securing road transportation during the wintertime. This paper refers to the present situation and the problems of countermeasures enforced by Nagaoka highway construction work office of the Ministry of Construction who is responsible for securing the wintertime traffic on the national highway in a heavy snow region by taking, as an example, trunk National Highway No. 17, linking the metropolitan area and Niigata.

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  International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences

  6-20, Yaesu 2-chome, Chuo-ku
  Tokyo 104-0028,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Wada, J
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 81-88
• Serial:
  • IATSS Research
  • Volume: 7
  • Publisher: International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences
  • ISSN: 0386-1112

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Driver information systems; Snow; Snow and ice control; Snow fences; Snow removal; Traffic control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00381362
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 490
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 29 1984 12:00AM