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http://onlinepubs.trb.org...onf/1996/cp16/cp16-001.pdf

Traffic and transport are of vital importance to the Netherlands. The country has an average winter temperature of just above 0 deg C, and winter maintenance is important to keep roads open and safe. The organization and strategy of winter maintenance are discussed. Special attention is given to the National Ice Warning System, which has been installed on highways and secondary roads in the Netherlands. This system, along with regional weather reports, weather radar, and road-surface forecasts provided by experienced meteorologists, gives authorities up-to-date road and weather conditions. The combination of winter maintenance, knowledge of road management, and meteorology appears to be a success in the Netherlands. In 3 years, Meteo Consult, a private weather service, has significantly enlarged its share in the market. Experience in the Netherlands has shown that free competition in meteorological assistance (which is not common in Europe) can improve quality in road management without reducing traffic safety or increasing cost.

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00745777

English

p. 3-11

1997

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology

0309062160

Digital/other

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Administration; Ice; Meteorology; Strategic planning; Warning systems; Weather forecasting; Weather radar; Weather stations; Winter maintenance

Netherlands

Netherlands

Administration and Management; Geotechnology; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Terminals and Facilities; I62: Winter Maintenance

TRIS, TRB

Feb 24 1998 12:00AM

• ACTIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING OF ROAD SURFACE CONDITIONS
• ANTI-ICING FIELD EVALUATION
• APPLICATION OF A ROAD WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM
• BENEFIT-COST COMPARISON OF SALT-ONLY VERSUS SALT-ABRASIVE MIXTURES USED IN WINTER HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE IN THE UNITED STATES
• COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF SNOW-REMOVING CHANNELS IN AN URBAN AREA WITH HEAVY SNOWFALL
• EFFECTS OF STUDDED TIRE REGULATION ON ROAD ENVIRONMENTS AND TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN HOKKAIDO
• FIELD TEST OF ROAD WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND IMPROVEMENT OF WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE IN HOKKAIDO
• FIELD TEST RESULTS OF INTELLIGENT DELINEATOR SYSTEM: INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR WINTER TRAFFIC
• GUIDANCE FOR SUCCESSFUL ANTI-ICING OPERATIONS BASED ON U.S. EXPERIENCE
• INFLUENCE OF DEICING SALT ON VEGETATION, GROUNDWATER, AND SOIL ALONG TWO HIGHWAYS IN SWEDEN
• MODEL EXPERIMENT AND FIELD OBSERVATION OF A SNOW AVALANCHE DEFLECTOR
• PREDICTING SLIPPERINESS OF ROAD SURFACE IN WINTER WITH A NEURAL-KALMAN FILTER
• PRODUCTION OF LOW-COST ACETATE DEICERS FROM BIOMASS AND INDUSTRIAL WASTES
• REAL-TIME ROAD ICE PREDICTION AND ITS IMPROVEMENT IN ACCURACY THROUGH A SELF-LEARNING PROCESS
• SOCIOECONOMIC CALCULATIONS FOR WINTER TIRES
• TEST AND EVALUATION OF CALCIUM MAGNESIUM ACETATE-SODIUM CHLORIDE MIXTURES IN SWEDEN
• THEORETICAL BACKGROUND FOR USE OF A ROAD WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM
• VARIABLE SLIP FRICTION MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES FOR SNOW AND ICE OPERATIONS
• WEATHER-RELATED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT IN THE E18 FINNISH TEST AREA
• WINTER MAINTENANCE ON POROUS ASPHALT