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KANSAS Department of Transportation

KANSAS Department of Transportation. Developments and Initiatives Affecting Winter Maintenance. Kansas DOT. Center line miles: 9,564.9 Lane miles: 20,968.4. Kansas DOT Winter Equipment. Single Axle Dump Trucks 17 Tandem Dump Trucks 577 Liquid Chemical Spreaders 144

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KANSAS Department of Transportation

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  1. KANSASDepartment of Transportation Developments and Initiatives Affecting Winter Maintenance

  2. Kansas DOT Center line miles: 9,564.9 Lane miles: 20,968.4

  3. Kansas DOT Winter Equipment Single Axle Dump Trucks 17 Tandem Dump Trucks 577 Liquid Chemical Spreaders 144 Pre-Wetting Tanks 594 Wing Plows on Trucks 178 Underbody Plows on Trucks 2 Salt Brine Makers 117

  4. Kansas RWIS • 42 sites statewide – KDOT • 53 sites non-KDOT – KTA, cities, counties • All RWIS stations are Surface Systems, Inc. • KDOT full time employee for RWIS maintenance/repair

  5. KanRoad Road Condition Reporting System • System Allows Real-time Data Input • Camera views added in 2008 • Feeds Winter Performance Measure Database

  6. Winter Index • Objective indication of winter severity • Formula parameters: • Nov 1st to March 31st • air temperature (min. and max.) • snowfall amounts • number of air frosts • temperature range

  7. % LOS Met (from RCRS) with Winter Index Overlay

  8. Winter Index Proves Useful in “Equalizing” Other Comparisons

  9. KDOT Maintenance Training Expo • Annual 1-1/2 day training • Geared to the Equipment Operator to provide the latest info. in snow/ice • Classroom sessions, vendor booths, tours, demonstrations • One-third KDOT (485) maintenance employees • APWA attendees (100) • Held in Salina, Kansas - you are all welcome to attend!

  10. So What is New? • KDOT RWIS is being expanded by 11 weather stations without buying any new equipment.

  11. Reclassified Eq. Operators(Creating Intermediate Step Below Subarea Supervisor) • Gives Eq. Operators Improved Career Path • Gives Eq. Operators Training Incentive • Allows KDOT to Define New Qualifications • Gives KDOT Better Trained Workforce • Gives KDOT Fully-Trained Supv. Back-up

  12. Deployed AI/RWIS Computer-based Training

  13. 511 System • System Set Up Also for Non-Traveler Use • System Taps RWIS for Improved Forecasts • System Taps RCRS for Automated, Real-Time Road Condition Data Feed • System Utilizes Voice Recognition Software

  14. Implemented “Meet Your Level of Service and Stop”

  15. Implementing New Truck Plan • 1) Attempts to keep the same number of trucks overall. • 2) Changes to a work-based justification of equipment.

  16. Thank You

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