Iowa DOT Office of Maintenance Winter Operations Decision Support Tools
This work is focused to support improved operational decision making for winter maintenance through three specific areas: (1) Heat Mapping: Develop a summary of automatic vehicle location (AVL) pings and display summary cost, material, and plow pass information on a map; (2) Visualizing Maintenance Impacts: Provide a better understanding of the impact of winter maintenance on mobility and safety in user-defined time periods and locations; (3) Plow Blade Wear Analysis: Conduct an analysis to understand plow blade performance based on experienced wear. This work is expected to have immediate implementation for both central office and highway division managers.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $125000
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Contract Numbers:
Addendum 616
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Sponsor Organizations:
Iowa Department of Transportation
800 Lincoln Way
Ames, IA United States 50010 -
Principal Investigators:
Hawkins, Neal
- Start Date: 20170601
- Expected Completion Date: 20200630
- Actual Completion Date: 20200630
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Blades (Machinery); Decision making; Mapping; Mobility; Snowplows; Winter maintenance
- Identifier Terms: Iowa Department of Transportation
- Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01645255
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Iowa Department of Transportation
- Contract Numbers: Addendum 616
- Files: RIP, STATEDOT
- Created Date: Aug 30 2017 3:57PM