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Title: LEARNING FROM ABROAD--WINTER MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
Accession Number: 00742016
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: In recognition of the major annual investment made by state and local governments in snow and ice control, the need to advance the use of state-of-the-art technologies in this critical endeavor, and the fact that snow and ice control operations in the United States differ from those used in other countries, a Winter Maintenance Panel was organized and visited Japan and Europe to study the differences. The Panel was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration's Office of International Outreach Programs, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and the National Cooperative Highway Research Program of the Transportation Research Board. The Panel consisted of six U.S. managers responsible for snow and ice control operations from federal, state, county and municipal authorities. General topics of interest to the Panel members included winter maintenance equipment, anti-icing and deicing operations, road weather information systems, weather forecasting services, public information systems, policy roadway level of service criteria and environmental issues. The Panel visited Japanese and European officials at national and local governments, and toured field operations and research facilities. Each area visited in Japan and Europe had very complex winter maintenance problems. Each country developed unique solutions to those problems that may have application in the U.S. A Winter Maintenance Program involving federal, state and local governments has now been established in the United States where technologies imported from other industrialized nations and/or developed in the U.S. will soon be demonstrated, vigorously evaluated and acceptance tested in an operational setting against the state-of-the-art.
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Monograph Accession #: 00742013
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Smithson, Leland DPagination: p. 17-19
Publication Date: 1997-7
Serial: Conference:
11th Equipment Management Workshop
Location:
Syracuse, New York Media Type: Digital/other
Features: References
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Policy; Vehicles and Equipment; I62: Winter Maintenance
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Oct 30 1997 12:00AM
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