The routing of snowplow trucks in urban and regional areas encompasses a variety of
complex decisions, especially for jurisdictions with heavy snowfall. The main activities …

In the annual winter route maintenance, transportation agencies often deploy multiple fleets
of trucks for snow control and removal activities over a vast maintenance area which creates …

In cold weather cities, snowstorms can have a significant disruptive effect on both mobility
and safety, and consequently the faster that streets can be cleared the better. Yet in most …

Plowing, snow loading, and hauling operations involve a number of vehicle routing
problems where roads have to be traversed by plows, snow blowers, and trucks. This paper …

Winter road maintenance planning involves a variety of decisions related to the routing of
vehicles for spreading chemicals and abrasives, plowing roadways and sidewalks, loading …

Each winter, Canadian municipalities deploy significant capital for snow plowing. Any
improvements to snowplow operations not only results in significant capital savings for …

As Sweden experiences heavy snowfall throughout the winter season, timely, expedient and
cost effective road maintenance is significantly affected by the routing of snowplows. The …

This research addresses the problem of finding a minimum cost set of routes for vehicles in a
road network subject to some constraints. Extensions, such as multiple service …

This research describes a geographic information system-based methodology developed for
the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) to improve the efficiency of Kentucky's snow …

Snowplowing is an indispensable part of winter road maintenance because it contributes to
improving drivers' mobility and safety. Most prior studies, however, limit focus to operational …