Item: Transportation Avalanche Research Pooled Fund Program
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Title: Transportation Avalanche Research Pooled Fund Program
Proceedings: International Snow Science Workshop Proceedings 2018, Innsbruck, Austria
Authors:
- John Stimberis [ WA State Department of Transportation, Seattle WA, United States ]
- Jim Kennedy [ Alaska Department of Transportation, Girdwood AK, United States ]
- Rob Bickor [ California Department of Transportation, Sacramento CA, United States ]
- Jamie Yount [ Colorado Department of Transportation, Denver CO, United States ]
- Bill Nalli [ Utah Department of Transportation, Salt Lake City UT, United States ]
- Brian Gorsage [ Wyoming Department of Transportation, Jackson WY, United States ]
- Dave Hamre [ Alaska Railroad, Anchorage AK, United States ]
- Ethan Greene [ Colorado Avalanche Information Center, Boulder CO, United States ]
- Kevin Thompson [ New Zealand Transport Agency, Fiordland, New Zealand ]
Date: 2018-10-07
Abstract: The Transportation Avalanche Research Pool (TARP) is a partnership of transportation entities to further communication and cooperation on research, development, and evaluation of avalanche mitigation equipment and methodology to improve the safety and efficiency of highway transportation in mountain corridors. TARP was established through the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) state planning and research pooled fund program and is currently administered by the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). The group’s mission is to promote, enhance, and facilitate cooperative interagency research that improves the safety and effectiveness of avalanche mitigation operations. Members contribute funds, develop ideas for projects, and vote on the how to spend money in the pool. Currently, the membership includes groups from the western United States, Alaska, and New Zealand. Projects generally fall under six main categories: remote sensing, mapping and planning, information exchange, worker safety, explosives techniques, remote avalanche triggering, and mitigation effectiveness. To date TARP has, or is currently funding, projects related to mapping, explosives, and remote sensing. Future projects related to information exchange and mitigation effectiveness are anticipated.
Object ID: ISSW2018_P02.1.pdf
Language of Article: English
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Keywords: Transportation, Avalanche Detection, Avalanche Mitigation, Explosives.
Page Number(s): 131-133
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