Automated Vehicle Location (AVL) Technology for Winter Maintenance

A Peer Exchange Workshop

Courtyard by Marriott, Sacramento Midtown
4422 Y Street
Sacramento, CA 95817
October 27th, 2016 9:00AM-5:00PM
October 28th, 2016 9:00AM-3:00PM

Thursday, October 27th – Day 1
9:00 AM	Introduction and Announcements Prof. Bahram Ravani Advanced Highway Maintenance and Construction Technology Center
9:10 AM	Opening Remarks James Appleton Division Chief, DRISI Caltrans
9:25 AM	Overview: Caltrans Winter Operations Chris Smith Chief, Caltrans Winter Operations Branch Caltrans
9:45 AM	An Overview of the PennDOT AVL Program Jon Fleming Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
10:15 AM	An Overview of the Idaho State AVL Program Steve Spoor Idaho Transportation Department
10:45 AM	Break
11:00 AM	AVL at the Iowa DOT Tina Greenfield Iowa Department of Transportation
11:30 AM	2016 Yard 4 Production Run Angela Wheeler Caltrans
11:30 AM	Panel Discussion
12:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM	An Overview of the Washington State AVL Program Joe Schmit / James R. Morin Washington DOT
2:00 PM	Deployment of Two Road Weather Management Solutions Paul Pisano US Department of Transportation
2:30 PM	Break
2:45 PM	An Overview of the Minnesota State AVL Program Joseph Huneke Minnesota Department of Transportation
3:15 PM	Fleet Management Analytics Kyle Lester / Chris Volkert / Al Martinez Colorado DOT
3:45 PM	Panel Discussion
5:00 PM	End of Day 1

Friday, October 28th – Day 2
9:00 AM	AVL at the City of West Des Moines Kevin Hensley City of West Des Moines
9:30 AM	Implementation and Application of AVL Technology at the Ministry of Transportation, Province of Ontario, Canada Max Perchanok Ontario Ministry of Transportation
10:00 AM	Break
10:15 AM	Putting the AVL Tool into the Winter Maintenance Toolbox Wilf Nixon, PhD., P.E. Salt Institute
10:45 AM	Use Of Mobile Data Collection for Winter Maintenance Decision Support Daris Ormeshir South Dakota DOT
11:15 AM	Panel Discussion
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM	Snowplow Colors Richard Nelson AASHTO
1:30 PM	Workshop Summary Prof. Bahram Ravani Advanced Highway Maintenance and Construction Technology Center
1:30 PM	Open Questions Lisa Kunzman Caltrans
2:00 PM	Open Forum and Networking
3:00 PM	Workshop Commencement