Snow and Ice Operations

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1 Snow and Ice Alphabet Soup AVL, MDSS and MDC Use in Indiana Anthony K. McClellan P.E. Director April 15, 2008 Snow and Ice Operations 1

2 Central Office and 6 Districts Make up INDOT Thunder Over Louisville 2

3 Innovations at Seymour and around the State New Snow Plows Anti-Icing Safe Lane Application MDSS AVL and MDC (Mobile Data Collector) Some Southern Indiana Hill Country in the Middle of Winter 3

4 Just remember in the middle of winter it could always be worse Unless you re in Colorado! New Snow Plows with Squeegees 4

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6 Anti-Icing Before the Storm Brine Makers 6

7 Our first attempt at Anti-Icing! I can t believe I found this in a yard sale in Kentucky! Cream Puff! 7

8 Safelane 8

9 Alphabet Soup MDSS Maintenance Decision Support System 9

10 What is MDSS? Decision logic system that integrates current weather, maintenance and road condition information with forecasted weather and road surface conditions to evaluate and recommend treatment options Transforms huge volumes of weather and maintenance information into better decision support tools Objective provide guidance to achieve more effective use of maintenance resources MDSS Processing Model Weather Observations Weather Forecast System Road Road Condition Analysis & Forecast (RCAF) (RCAF) System RCAF RCAF Site Site Characterization System MDSS Processing & Integration System Road Road Weather Information Maintenance System Activity Tracking System Road Road Condition Reporting System Delivery System User User Interface 10

11 MDSS Processing Model Maintenance Input Materials Inventory Current Status Crew Schedules Equipment Availability Dynamic Situation Static Resources Facilities Policies Practices Maintenance Information RWIS Road Reporting Maintenance Activity Tracking Road Condition Material Applications Plowing Operations Observations Needed From the Truck Enter Truck Configuration Information Check box if Maintenance Action is Occurring Enter Road Condition Enter Weather Condition 11

12 AVL and MDC Automated Vehicle Location and Mobile Data Collection Two Systems Currently in Use 800 MHz with Purdue University Commercial system produced by IWAPI located in Golden Colorado 12

13 Put all this in the truck and 13

14 Lap top installation 14

15 Vehicle Computer Dash mounted screen 7 Computer box under passenger seat 15

16 What do you get when you put all the letters together? Snow Event in the 16

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18 US 31 near Amity Unit 18

19 US 31 near Amity Unit US 31 South of Taylorsville New Truck 19

20 US 31 South of Taylorsville New Truck US 31 Southbound in Columbus 20

21 SR 46 in Bloomington SR135 & I64 Ramp in Corydon 21

22 SR135 in Corydon SR 56 at Scottsburg Unit 22

23 SR 56 at Scottsburg Notice Darker Blue on Map SR 56 at Scottsburg Getting a Cup of Coffee 23

24 SR 56 at Scottsburg View from an RWIS Tower I-65 at Scottsburg Another View from the RWIS 24

25 I-65 South of Scottsburg I-65 South of Scottsburg Located on a Google Map 25

26 I-65 South of Scottsburg I-65 South of Scottsburg MDSS Forecast 26

27 I-65 South of Scottsburg MDSS Probabilities I-65 South of Scottsburg MDSS Recommendations 27

28 Versailles, In Other Cameras US 50 in Versailles 28

29 US 50 in Versailles 2:14pm 29

30 I-74 East of SR101 I-74 East of SR101 30

31 SR101 North of I-74 SR101 at I-74 31

32 Greensburg, In School Camera I-65 at Southport Traffic Camera 32

33 Llama in Pajamas! Martinsville - All Kinds of Cameras 33

34 I-65 at SR 311 I-64 W at Sherman Minton 34

35 I-65 W at the Kennedy Bridge I-65: SR60 to KY Line 35

36 I-65: SR60 to KY Line MDSS Application Suggestions 4:00pm 36

37 Scottsburg 4:10pm with Route Trace Things yet to do Better Driver Education Try more AVL and MDC systems Improve Data Collection and Standardization 37

38 This is why we do what we do Questions? For Further Information Please contact: MDSS, AVL and MDC Anthony K. McClellan MDSS Dave Huft SDDOT David Cornett