Overview
TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2551 consists of 16 papers that explore traffic and equipment maintenance, especially with regards to weather, including:
•Accuracy of Ice Melting Capacity Tests: Review of Melting Data for Sodium Chloride
•Superhydrophobic Coatings on Asphalt Concrete Surfaces: Toward Smart Solutions for Winter Pavement Maintenance
•Optimizing Environmental Sensor Station Locations for Road Weather Management: Overview and a Generalized Modeling Framework
•Proactive Strategy for Variable Speed Limit Operations on Freeways Under Foggy Weather Conditions
•Expanding the Road Weather Information System for Avalanche Support
•Development of a Sensor Platform for High-Accuracy Mapping of Roadway Lane Markings
•Piecewise Multiple Linear Models for Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity Prediction Under Effect of Winter Weather Events
•Connected Vehicle Solution for Winter Road Surface Condition Monitoring
•Statistical Analysis for Assessing Highway Maintenance Level of Service
•Use of Social Media by Transportation Agencies for Traffic Management
•Assessing Driver Speed Choice in Fog with the Use of Visibility Data from Road Weather Information Systems
•Modeling Effects of Precipitation on Vehicle Speed: Floating Car Data Approach
•Chemical Melting of Ice: Effect of Solution Freezing Point on the Melting Rate
•Design and Performance Monitoring of Snow-Supporting Structures for the Milepost 151 Avalanche near Jackson, Wyoming
•Energy-Regenerative Shock Absorber for Transportation Vehicles Based on Dual Overrunning Clutches: Design, Modeling, and Simulation
•Fire Risk Assessment for Highway Bridges in South Korea