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
- Clear Roads Standards and Guidance for Using Mobile Sensor Technology to Assess Winter Road Conditions
- Clear Roads Snow Removal Performance Metrics
Other Research and Resources
- SPR-4404: Improve and Gain Efficiency in Winter Operations (Indiana DOT, expected completion in 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)