Abstract
In snowfall regions, the installation of snow-melting equipment is desirable for residents, but it needs a high price and much groundwater. Now, local government has need of the method for snow-removal.
This paper aims to propose the practical method to select snow-removal and snow-melting roads considering a road land-use condition. Firstly, in this method, roads are classified to any ranks using its function. Secondly, the number of lanes and sidewalks to ensure the road traffic is decided for each rank. Finally, selection of snow-removal or snow-melting is carried out a considering roadside condition.
This method is applied to the actual road network in Sabae-city. The result is used to practical selection of snow-removal and snow-melting.
