Reducing salt consumption by using RWIS and Mesoscale data

For today's road authorities it is very important to keep track of the quantity of chemicals used in winter road maintenance. Variations in snow and ice conditions from year to year make it difficult to compare figures. In order to tackle this problem, the Swedish Road Administration (SRA) has developed a new Salt Index. This provides a good basis for comparing salt consumption from year to year and a possibility to identify areas where too much salt is used for the prevailing weather conditions. An analysis of maintenance costs and benefits in total in 2004 showed some interesting results concerning winter maintenance in general and salt consumption in particular. For the covering abstract see ITRD E143097.

• Authors:
  • ERIKSSON, D
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Serial:
  • PIARC XII INTERNATIONAL WINTER ROADS CONGRESS, TORINO - SESTRIERE, ITALY, 2006
  • Publisher: World Road Association (PIARC)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Conferences; Costs; Deicing; Districts and authorities; Environmental protection; Local government agencies; Snow; Transportation departments; Weather; Winter maintenance
• Identifier Terms: Permanent International Association of Road Congresses
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Environment; Finance; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01147043
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 24 2009 8:39AM