Adaptive Route Optimization for Winter Maintenance

Adaptive route optimization (ARO) is a method of dynamically and effectively routing winter maintenance vehicles across all segments of a road network to meet an agency’s maintenance objectives, subject to weather conditions, traffic, and/or resource constraints.

Snowplows utilizing ARO provide a means of analyzing winter maintenance operations to find routing solutions that balance safety, mobility, efficiency, and sustainability. The ARO program is characterized by five key areas.

1. Vision and Mission
2. Goals, Objectives, and Performance Measures
3. Stakeholders
4. Opportunities for Collaboration
5. Risks and Mitigations

The presentation will present an overview of ARO and describe the five key areas associated with the ARO program.