Snow and ice control

The MnDOT Autonomous Bus Pilot project consisted of deploying a Level 4 shuttle provided by EasyMile on the MnROAD facility. The bus was used for several rounds of public demonstrations as well as testing at the MnROAD facility during winter conditions. The bus could hold up to 12 people and had a range of typical driving speeds from 2 to 11 miles per hour. Demonstrations were conducted in various winter conditions with several variables.

In 1998, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) conducted a project originally named Metro Computer Aided Dispatch/Automatic Vehicle Location (CAD/AVL) project. It was than changed to what it is known today - Safety with Automated Intelligent Locator (SAIL). The purpose of this project was to test CAD software and AVL technology in the Twin Cites metro area. This was an operational test that ran from March 19, 1999 to February 26, 2000. Six maintenance vehicles were equipped with portable mobile data terminals (MDT) for the test. The test, at that time, was used to determine the feasibility of AVL technology for maintenance activities in the metro area. The benefits of this project were real-time information for improving decision-making, recording information for after storm playback and analysis, reducing paper work, allowing operator to respond and send messages when it is safe, and provide information for verification of route completion. The SAIL 2 project is an extension of SAIL 1 to further assess the application of AVL systems for gaining value in overall snow fighting techniques, decision support systems, and area-wide highway maintenance issues for winter and summer operations by deployment of fully functional AVL systems. AVL systems were installed on 60 snow removal/highway maintenance vehicles within several Mn/DOT districts in the State of Minnesota. The project is unique from other AVL projects because of the design and planning for integration with Mn/DOT's existing resource management systems.

This report shows the amount of snow that fell in Minnesota during the winter of 2006-2007 and how much sand and salt was used during snow removal.

This report shows the amount of snow that fell in Minnesota during the winter of 2004-2005 and how much sand and salt was used during snow removal.

This report shows the amount of snow that fell in Minnesota during the winter of 2003-2004 and how much sand and salt was used during snow removal.

This report shows the amount of snow that fell in Minnesota during the winter of 2002-2003 and how much sand and salt was used during snow removal.

This report shows the amount of snow that fell in Minnesota during the winter of 2000-2001 and how much sand and salt was used during snow removal.

This report shows the amount of snow that fell in Minnesota during the winter of 1999-2000 and how much sand and salt was used during snow removal.

This report shows the amount of snow that fell in Minnesota during the winter of 1998-1999 and how much sand and salt was used during snow removal.

This report shows the amount of snow that fell in Minnesota during the winter of 1996-1997 and how much sand and salt was used during snow removal.