MARWIS

Ramp to parking deck

Migros keeps ramp safe while saving energy and costs with a tailored road monitoring system

To ensure safe travel on a ramp, the Swiss company Migros built a heater into the roadway winding to the parking deck of its distribution center in Zurich. Frost and...
Meteorology
Bus in Offenburg mit Straßenwettersensor MARWIS

Pilot project: Bus with Mobile Sensor increases Road Safety

Winter services save lives. They use salt spreaders and snow plows to ensure safe roads as soon as the days get shorter and colder and detect the road condition with...
Meteorology

How important are water, snow and ice layers for the friction?

A recent research project of the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) aimed to develop a method for predicting the friction coefficient on the road. To achieve this, the team...
Meteorology

Friction & stopping distances: There is a lot behind these MARWIS values

Physics explained easily: What exactly does the new mobile road sensor MARWIS output “Friction” mean? How does this affect the driving behavior of a vehicle? Here, this will be explained...
Meteorology