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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Snow and Ice Alphabet SoupAVL, MDSS and MDC Use in
Indiana
Anthony K. McClellan P.E.Highway Operations Director
April 15, 2008
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Snow and Ice Operations
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Central Office and 6 Districts Make up INDOT
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Thunder
Over
Louisville
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Innovations at Seymour and around the State
• New Snow Plows• Anti-Icing• Safe Lane Application• MDSS• AVL and MDC (Mobile Data Collector)
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Some Southern Indiana Hill Country in the Middle of Winter…
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Just remember in the middle of winter – it could always be worse…Unless you’re in Colorado!
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
New Snow Plows with Squeegees
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Anti-Icing Before the Storm
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Brine Makers
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Our first attempt at Anti-Icing!I can’t believe I found this in a
yard sale in Kentucky!
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Cream Puff!
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Safelane
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Alphabet Soup
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
MDSS
Maintenance Decision Support System
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
• 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
What is MDSS?
WeatherObservations
WeatherObservations
WeatherForecastSystem
WeatherForecastSystem
RoadConditionAnalysis &
Forecast (RCAF)System
RoadConditionAnalysis &
Forecast (RCAF)System
RCAFSite Characterization
System
RCAFSite Characterization
System
MDSSProcessing &
IntegrationSystem
MDSSProcessing &
IntegrationSystem
DeliverySystem
DeliverySystem
UserInterface
UserInterface
MDSS Processing ModelMDSS Processing ModelMDSS Processing Model
MaintenanceActivity Tracking
System
MaintenanceActivity Tracking
System
Road WeatherInformation
System
Road WeatherInformation
System
Road ConditionReporting
System
Road ConditionReporting
System
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DynamicSituation
RoadCondition
MaterialApplications
PlowingOperations
Current Status
MaterialsInventory
CrewSchedules
EquipmentAvailability
Static Resources
Facilities
Policies
Practices
Maintenance Information• RWIS• Road Reporting• Maintenance Activity
Tracking
MDSS Processing Model – Maintenance Input
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Enter Road Condition
Enter Weather Condition
Check box if Maintenance Action is Occurring
Enter Truck Configuration Information
Observations Needed From the Truck
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
AVL and MDC
• Two Systems Currently in Use• 800 MHz with Purdue University• Commercial system produced by IWAPI
located in Golden Colorado
Automated Vehicle Location and Mobile Data Collection
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Put all this in the truck and…
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Lap top installation
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Vehicle Computer
• Dash mounted screen – 7”
• Computer box under passenger seat
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
What do you get when you put all the letters together?
Snow Event 3-07-2008 in the
Seymour District
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US 31 near Amity Unit
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US 31 near Amity Unit
US 31 South of Taylorsville – New Truck
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US 31 South of Taylorsville – New Truck
US 31 Southbound in Columbus
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SR 46 in Bloomington
SR135 & I64 Ramp in Corydon
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SR135 in Corydon
SR 56 at Scottsburg Unit
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SR 56 at Scottsburg – Notice Darker Blue on Map
SR 56 at Scottsburg – Getting a Cup of Coffee
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SR 56 at Scottsburg – View from an RWIS Tower
I-65 at Scottsburg – Another View from the RWIS
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I-65 South of Scottsburg
I-65 South of Scottsburg – Located on a Google Map
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I-65 South of Scottsburg
I-65 South of Scottsburg – MDSS Forecast
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I-65 South of Scottsburg – MDSS Probabilities
I-65 South of Scottsburg – MDSS Recommendations
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Versailles, In – Other Cameras
US 50 in Versailles
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US 50 in Versailles
3/7/2008 @ 2:14pm
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I-74 East of SR101
I-74 East of SR101
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SR101 North of I-74
SR101 at I-74
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Greensburg, In School Camera
I-65 at Southport – Traffic Camera
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Llama in Pajamas! Martinsville - All Kinds of Cameras
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I-65 at SR 311
I-64 W at Sherman Minton
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I-65 W at the Kennedy Bridge
I-65: SR60 to KY Line
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I-65: SR60 to KY Line MDSS Application Suggestions
Storm @ 4:00pm
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Scottsburg Unit @ 4:10pm with Route Trace
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Things yet to do
Better Driver EducationTry more AVL and MDC systemsImprove Data Collection and Standardization
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INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
This is why we do what we do
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONDriving Indiana’s Economic Growth
Seymour District
Highway Operations
Questions? For Further InformationPlease contact:
MDSS, AVL and MDC
Anthony K. McClellan812 [email protected]
MDSS
Dave Huft SDDOT605 [email protected]
David Cornett502 [email protected]
