Tag Archives: winter maintenance

Business ecosystem of vehicular road condition information

Posted on March 6, 2019 by nradmin
In the WiRMa- (Industrial Internet Applications in Winter Road Maintenance) project, new vehicular road condition data observation methods are tested and studied. Such novel innovations and services require working business models and commitment of the business actors. A recent master’s thesis...

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Unique Model Calculates Costs of Winter Maintenance

Posted on March 2, 2015 by nradmin
Winter road in snowstorm
In the late 1990s, VTI and the Swedish Transport Administration (then known as the Swedish Road Administration) began discussing the creation of a model for calculating the socioeconomic costs of various strategies for the winter maintenance of the national road system. VTI has now been working...

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Developing Winter Road Maintenance Technologies, Services and Business

Posted on February 27, 2015 by nradmin
Image showing typical winter driving conditions on Finnish main road
Finnish companies, authorities and research institutes have a long tradition of dealing with winter conditions. Key stakeholders in the winter maintenance branch have joined forces to develop new services and products. Due to its geographical location and four seasons, Finland has had to...

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Nordic Road Administration Researches Residual Salt

Posted on October 3, 2013 by nradmin
The purpose is to develop a model for residual salt to be implemented. The model will be capable of calculating the residual salt in real time or predicting the development of residual salt on the road after spreading, by taking traffic, road and weather parameters into consideration. Defining the...

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Modelling Residual Salt – MORS

Posted on March 15, 2013 by nradmin
Nordic Road Authorities join efforts for better decision making in road winter service. A new model for predicting residual salt on the road enables a more precise and economic salt spreading without compromising traffic safety and road network accessibility. Introduction In an effort towards...

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