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Fleet Optimization and Failure Probability of Winter Maintenance Routes

Miller, Tyler Matthew
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1481276516789334

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2017, Master of Science in Engineering, University of Akron, Engineering.
For winter maintenance purposes, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) deploys a fleet of approximately 1,600 snow plow trucks that maintain 43,000 lane miles of roadway. These trucks are based out of 200 garages, yards, and outposts that also house 650,000 tons of salt (ODOT, 2011). The deployment of such a large number of trucks over a vast maintenance area creates an operational problem in determining the optimal maintenance routes and fleet size. Traditionally, ODOT has used county borders as maintenance boundaries for ODOT garages. However, by removing these borders and optimizing the snow plow routes, ODOT may benefit from a significant time and cost savings. The results of this project provides ODOT with a tool to determine the minimum number of trucks needed to maintain the necessary roadways within Districts 1, 2, and 10. In addition, the project provides ODOT a tool to assign assets to specific facilities and the most optimal routes for each truck in the district. This research has resulted in reducing the fleets within Districts 1, 2, and 10 by 29 trucks while maintaining the same level of service currently observed. In addition to the reduced fleets, the route optimization decreasing the time to treat each road in the three districts by 17 hours for one iteration.
William Schneider, IV (Advisor)
Christopher Miller (Committee Member)
Stephen Duirk (Committee Member)
152 p.
Civil Engineering
Winter Maintenance; Fleet Optimization; Route Optimization; Level of Service; Monte Carlo

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  • Miller, T. M. (2017). Fleet Optimization and Failure Probability of Winter Maintenance Routes [Master's thesis, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1481276516789334

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Miller, Tyler. Fleet Optimization and Failure Probability of Winter Maintenance Routes . 2017. University of Akron, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1481276516789334.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Miller, Tyler. "Fleet Optimization and Failure Probability of Winter Maintenance Routes ." Master's thesis, University of Akron, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1481276516789334

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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