Establishing performance measures and service standards are essential steps for DOTs in benchmarking the effectiveness of their winter maintenance programs. Recent research has helped DOTs identify meaningful, outcome-based measures that are tied to key winter maintenance goals such as ensuring mobility — keeping traffic flowing
at normal or nearly normal speeds — and safety.
Specifications and Guidance
Research and Resources
- Improve and Gain Efficiency in Winter Operations (Indiana DOT, March 2021)
- ESRI Insights Phase II: The War Room (Utah DOT, January 2021)
- Performance Measures in Snow and Ice Control Operations (NCHRP, 2019)
- Probe Data Dashboards for Interstate Performance Measurement and Winter Operations Management (Purdue University, 2017)
- Long-Term & Short-Term Measures of Roadway Snow and Ice Control Performance (Vermont Agency of Transportation, 2016)
- Identifying Performance Based Measures for Winter Maintenance Practices (Vermont Agency of Transportation, 2013)