Vehicle mounted travel surface and weather condition monitoring system

A method for monitoring and controlling a vehicle travel surface, comprising:

• determining a location of the surface conditioning vehicle utilizing a geographic positioning system;
• sensing a surface condition of the travel surface at the location;
• accessing a treatment database containing treatment data;
• determining a conditioning treatment to modify the surface condition based on the treatment data and one or both of the location and the sensed surface condition;
• and applying the conditioning treatment to the travel surface.

A method for monitoring a vehicle travel surface, comprising:

• positioning a surface conditioning vehicle at a first location;
• sensing a travel surface condition from the vehicle;
• monitoring a weather condition from the vehicle;
• communicating information representative of travel surface and weather condition information from the vehicle to a remote location;
• processing the travel surface and weather condition information with a database of surface treatment options at the remote location;
• determining a surface treatment based upon the travel surface and weather condition information;
• and transmitting information representative of the surface treatment from the remote location to the vehicle.

A method for monitoring and controlling a vehicle travel surface, comprising:

• determining a geographic location of the surface conditioning vehicle, utilizing a geographic positioning system;
• communicating the location to a remote computer;
• communicating treatment instructions to the vehicle based on the location;
• and applying a conditioning treatment from the vehicle to a travel surface, at the location.