67 Percent Reduction in Road Chlorides on Caledon Roads Acieved in 8 Years
This submission documents dramatic progress in reducing the use of chlorides as Caledon manages dust and ice on its roads and streets. Caledon is a large rural municipality in Peel Region, within the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario. Beginning in 1996, a series of practices were introduced, primarily to reduce program costs, but also to reduce chlorides introduced to the roadside environment. The performance measure of kilograms of chlorides per capita (kg/cap/yr) is considered a fair measure: recognizing the influence of traffic, population, service expectations, and inflation. By 2002 a 67% overall reduction in road chlorides from the 1995 benchmark was achieved, down from 239 kg/capita/yr to 79. This was a nomination for the Transportation Association of Canada's Envronmental Achievement Award. For the covering abstract of the conference see ITRD number E211395.
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Authors:
- MUNTZ, H
- Publication Date: 2004
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 11
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Serial:
- 2004 ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF CANADA - TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION - ACCELERATING THE PACE
- Publisher: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Conferences; Deicing chemicals; Environmental protection; Transportation; Winter maintenance
- Geographic Terms: Canada
- ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 2598: Deicing; 2444: Environment protection; 1155: Transport; 2593: Winter maintenance
- Subject Areas: Environment; Maintenance and Preservation; Transportation (General); I62: Winter Maintenance;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01011498
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
- ISBN: 1-55187-156-4
- Files: ITRD
- Created Date: Dec 19 2005 3:14PM