DEVELOPING A SYSTEM AND EQUIPMENT FOR EFFICIENT SNOW REMOVAL

Many regions of Japan subject to heavy snowfall in winter are densely populated. In such areas, ensuring traffic flow in winter is a vital issue. Thus the topic of rapid and effective snow removal management has become very important. Consequently, the Ministry of Construction is working to improve the work efficiency of snow-moving machinery and promoting the development of some assistance systems based on the collection of real-time data (climate, road conditions, location of machinery, machinery operating conditions).

• Corporate Authors:

  PTRC Education and Research Services Limited

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• Authors:
  • Okazaki, H
  • Kikuchi, M
  • Honma, K
  • Ishimatsu, Y
  • INABA, Y
  • Nishigaya, T
  • Kadouchi, M
• Conference:
  • Xth PIARC International Winter Road Congress
  • Location: Lulea, Sweden
  • Date: 1998-3-16 to 1998-3-19
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 437-445
• Serial:
  • Volume: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Climate; Snow removal; Snowplows; Winter maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road conditions
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00751930
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Technical Report, Volume 1, Volume 2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 1998 12:00AM