Journal of Natural Disaster Science

STUDY ON THE SNOW REMOVAL SYSTEM IN A STREET NETWORK

Tadashi FUKUDA
Professor
Sadanori MURAI
Research Associate
and
Masafumi HORII
Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai

(Received 29 September, 1982 and in revised form 17 December, 1982)

Abstract

Traffic in snow areas is frequently paralyzed in the snow season. In many cases, countermeasures, such as snow removal by machine, encounter many difficulties. Such being the case, we have proposed a system of street management levels for snow removal. The Markov Chain Theory and the Multivariate Theory are applied to evaluate streets as to their functions of traffic flow and as urban facilities, respectively. Finally, both of the results are combined into the system.

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