APPLICATION OF ADVANCED ITS INTERFACING THAT IMPROVES MAINTENANCE OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND WINTER SAFETY IN RURAL AREAS

In 1995, the state departments of transportation of Iowa, Michigan, and Minnesota formed a consortium to define and develop the next-generation highway maintenance vehicle that would utilize the latest maintenance operational technologies and interface with Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Focus groups revealed that while all maintenance operations could benefit from creating this new generation vehicle, ice and snow operations were the most complex and would benefit greatly from improvements in state-of-the-art vehicle navigation systems, onboard computer applications, and enhanced safety systems. This advanced technology highway maintenance vehicle functions as both operational truck and a mobile data-gathering platform. Sensors mounted on the vehicle record air and roadway surface temperature, roadway surface condition, and roadway surface friction characteristics. This information is Global Positioning System (GPS) correlated and used in maintenance operational decision making. The information will eventually be interfaced with the ITS technology in the Traffic Management and Information Service Provider Centers Subsystems of the National ITS Architecture. The advanced technology highway maintenance vehicle performs an important role in the U.S. Federal Highway Administration's Weather Information for Surface Transportation ITS Field Operational Test being conducted by the FORETELL consortium.

• Record URL:
  http://www.ctre.iastate.edu/pubs/midcon/Smithson.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • The proceedings can be located on-line at www.ctre.iastate.edu/.
• Corporate Authors:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Center for Transportation Research and Education
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, IA  United States  50010-8664
• Authors:
  • SMITHSON, L
  • McCall, B
  • Kroeger, D A
• Conference:
  • Mid-Continent Transportation Symposium 2000
  • Location: Ames, Iowa
  • Date: 2000-5-15 to 2000-5-16
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 213-216

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computers; Decision making; Global Positioning System; Highway maintenance; In vehicle sensors; Intelligent transportation systems; Maintenance equipment; Maintenance management; Onboard navigational aids; Snow and ice control; Technological innovations; Winter maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance vehicles
• Geographic Terms: Iowa; Michigan; Minnesota
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00793302
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0965231046
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 26 2000 12:00AM