Abstract
This study's main objective was to enhance the efficiency of winter salting operations for the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) through the following objectives. First, we aimed to optimize the routing of salting vehicles from current facility locations to assigned road segments. The second and more pivotal objective was to identify the locations for future facilities based on “what-if” scenarios, such as the number of facilities and the composition of trucks at said facilities.
Keywords
winter operations optimization, fleet analysis, resource allocation analysis, route optimization
Report Number
FHWA/IN/JTRP-2024/21
SPR Number
4701
Sponsoring Organization
Indiana Department of Transportation
Performing Organization
Joint Transportation Research Program
Publisher Place
West Lafayette, Indiana
Date of Version
2024
DOI
10.5703/1288284317756
Recommended Citation
Dunlop, S. R., Brady, T., Senicheva, O., Ramirez, D., Thakkar, D. J., Cheeti, A., Chava, M., Sankineni, S., Tagore, J., Malhotra, H., & Deore, H. (2024). Implementation of heavy fleet routes and facilities location optimization (Joint Transportation Research Program Publication No. FHWA/IN/JTRP-2024/21). West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317756
Technical Summary
Appendix A. General Data.pdf (2869 kB)
Appendix B. Vincennes.pdf (147081 kB)
Appendix C. Optimal Facilitators with Current Characteristics Indiana District.pdf (87307 kB)
Appendix D. Current Facilitators with Different Characteristics Indiana District.pdf (95153 kB)
PDF Appendices
SPR-4701 Folder Structure.pdf (1119 kB)
SRR-4701 Results.zip (1 kB)
SPR-4701 Current Locations.zip (523384 kB)
SPR-4701 Optimal Facilities_Current Characteristics.zip (90449 kB)
SPR-4701 Optimal Facilitied_Different Characteristics.zip (652685 kB)
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