Evaluating the Effectiveness of Winter Chemicals on Reducing Crashes in Idaho

This research will investigate the safety issues involved with winter maintenance practices and will identify the most cost-effective and environmentally sound ways of using winter chemicals in each climate zone in Idaho.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $127820.00
• Contract Numbers:

  RP 201

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Idaho Transportation Department

  P.O. Box 7129, 3311 West State Street
  Boise, ID  United States  83707-1129
• Project Managers:

  Spoor, Steve

• Performing Organizations:

  Western Transportation Institute

  Montana State University, Bozeman
  P.O. Box 174250
  Bozeman, MT  United States  59717-4250
• Principal Investigators:

  Veneziano, David

  Ye, Zhirui (Jared)

• Start Date: 20110422
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20130628
• Source Data: RiP Project 27878

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Deicing chemicals; Highway safety; Winter maintenance
• Uncontrolled Terms: Crash reduction factors
• Geographic Terms: Idaho
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I30: Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01560839
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Idaho Transportation Department
• Contract Numbers: RP 201
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Apr 23 2015 1:00AM