A NEW APPROACH : A GROUND-BREAKING INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE, WHICH WILL SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER REGIONS AROUND THE USA, IS UNDER WAY IN MICHIGAN

This article describes the South-Eastern Michigan Snow and Ice Management (SEMSIM) project, a winter road maintenance initiative which features collaboration and sharing of resources between four government road agencies. The technologies being used in the SEMSIM including: satellite based global positioning system (GPS), vehicle tracking devices, sensors on snowplows/salt trucks which send data to a base station, computerised salt spreaders, in-vehicle dashboard computer displays allowing for non-verbal communication between drivers and management, a radio system, and customized computer software.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Publication Date: March/April 2000
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 54
• Serial:
  • ITS international. Vol. 6, issue no. 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Transportation operations

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00801142
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: PATH
• Created Date: Nov 7 2000 12:00AM