TRAFFIC VOLUME REDUCTIONS DUE TO WINTER STORM CONDITIONS

When hazardous driving conditions exist on roads, road users have less desire to travel. As a result of snow and icy conditions, a reduction in traffic movement occurs. The decrease in traffic movement is almost unexamined so far. During a research project conducted in 1991-1992 to study the impact of snow and ice control operations on traffic accident rates, the need for estimating the decrease in traffic movement urged such calculations. The reductions in traffic volumes generated as a result of adverse snow and icy conditions were measured, grouped, and correlated during various weather conditions in four states (Illinois, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin). Traffic volumes reductions factors during different winter storms conditions were calculated and reported.

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  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1387, Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology; Papers presented at the 3rd International Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology, September 14-18, 1992, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Hanbali, Rashad M
  • Kuemmel, David A
• Conference:
  • Third International Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology
  • Location: Minneapolis Minnesota
  • Date: 1992-9-14 to 1992-9-18
• Publication Date: 1993

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 159-164
• Monograph Title: Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology. Papers Presented at a Symposium, September 14-18, 1992, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1387
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Icy roads; Snow; Storms; Traffic volume; Winter
• Uncontrolled Terms: Reduction (Decrease)
• Geographic Terms: Illinois; Minnesota; New York (State); Wisconsin
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00636276
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309054583
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 3 1993 12:00AM