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

Performing Organization

Joint Transportation Research Program

Publisher Place

West Lafayette, Indiana

Date of Version

2024

DOI

10.5703/1288284317756

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