To help spread the word about Clear Roads and its work to support innovations in winter maintenance planning and operations across the country, Clear Roads advocates traveled to Washington D.C. earlier this month to present an informational poster to thousands of transportation professionals during the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board.
Check out the most recent episode of the Talkin’ Winter Ops podcast!
Clear Roads’ webinars give you greater insight into cutting-edge research at your convenience. Check out the just-posted recordings below to learn more about a newly completed project and two exciting examples of Clear Roads research at work in the real world.
Check out the recent research from transportation organizations around the country.
Clear Roads project 18-03, Evaluation of SSI and WSI Variables, produced a step-by-step guide and flowchart tool to help agencies identify or develop severity index methods to fit their needs and available data sources.
As estimating the impact of weather on roadway maintenance resources is becoming an increasingly important issue for agencies across the country, a recently completed Clear Roads project, 21-04, produced additional training modules geared toward three key audiences: division directors, snow and ice managers, and supervisors.
Documents from Clear Roads’ fall 2024 meeting, including the agenda, budget and minutes, are now available on the Clear Roads Meetings page.
Many of the product listing on Clear Roads’ Qualified Products List show an expiration date of 12/31/24. Once expired, products will be dropped from the list and vendors will need to complete a new product submission form to be added again.
A new feature article in the October issue of APWA Reporter highlights three new Clear Roads tools designed to help make winter maintenance easier, faster and more cost-effective.
Maintenance equipment exposed to chloride deicers can quickly corrode, presenting a common challenge for transportation agencies across the country. In 2015, Clear Roads project 13-04 published a Manual of Best Practices to compile the various products agencies use as well as guidance for preventing corrosion on highway maintenance equipment.
As one of two winners of the first-ever TPF Excellence Awards, Clear Roads featured prominently on the inaugural episode of the FHWA’s R&T Now: Interchanges audiocast as a prime example of state cooperation and collaboration.