Citation

Hill A, Sinn R, Nibbe R, Korfhage G. Transp. Res. Rec. 1987; 1127: 27-33.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

The level of winter maintenance on a low-volume trunk highway in northern Minnesota was reduced during the winter of 1984-1985. Sand or salt was used only at hazardous locations and plowing coverage was limited to 8 hr a day. The roadway conditions were assessed periodically on this section of highway as well as on two control sections, one a county road and the other a trunk highway where the normal level of winter maintenance was provided. Questionnaires were used to obtain public reaction. Primary findings from the study were that farmers are more tolerant of a lower level of service than nonfarmers, two-thirds of the respondents were satisfied with the lower level of service, road users expect a higher level of service on trunk highways than on county roads, and an annual cost savings of $140 per roadway mile (approximately 40 percent) was realized by the reduced service.

Record URL:
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1987/1127/1127-004.pdf


TRT Terms: Costs; Level of service; Low volume roads; Maintenance practices; Public opinion; Questionnaires; Savings; Snow and ice control
Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Society; I61: Equipment and Maintenance Methods;

Language: en

Keywords

HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION - Research; ROADS AND STREETS - Snow And Ice Control; SODIUM CHLORIDE