Enhancing Chain-Up Infrastructure and Compliance in Utah’s Mountain Corridors: A Data-Driven Evaluation
This project evaluates chain-up infrastructure and traction-device compliance in Utah’s mountain corridors, focusing on how roadway geometry, winter operations, and driver behavior affect chain-up performance during storm events. Using geospatial analysis, operational data, and field-informed insights, the study identifies locations where existing chain-up facilities may be undersized, poorly situated, or constrained by topography. The project also develops artificial intelligence (AI)-generated videos that explain operational challenges, noncompliance impacts, and potential improvement strategies to both practitioners and the traveling public. Project findings will inform infrastructure upgrades, policy refinements, and improved communication practices, with methods and products readily transferable to mountain corridors in other western states.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Proposed
- Funding: $110,000.00
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Contract Numbers:
69A3552348308
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Sponsor Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Managing Organizations:
Center for Transformative Infrastructure Preservation and Sustainability
North Dakota State University
Fargo, North Dakota United States 58108-6050 -
Project Managers:
Tolliver, Denver
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Performing Organizations:
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
110 Central Campus Drive Suite 2000
Salt Lake City, UT United States 84112 -
Principal Investigators:
Markovic, Nikola
- Start Date: 20251213
- Expected Completion Date: 20271212
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
- Source Data: CTIPS-062
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Artificial intelligence; Behavior; Chains; Drivers; Highway facilities; Mountain roads; Storms
- Geographic Terms: Utah
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01976558
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Center for Transformative Infrastructure Preservation and Sustainability
- Contract Numbers: 69A3552348308
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Jan 19 2026 5:04PM