Most Recent Links
FHWA Road Weather Management and Operations Community of Practice: This web site is part of the FHWA knowledge exchange. The goal of the task force is to encourage discussions related to weather-surface transportation issues and opportunities, to foster and contribute significantly to the research, development and implementation of related technologies and innovative practices.
Clear Roads
The Clear Roads web page has an active link to Aurora and the research efforts of these two groups captures much of the research needed in winter maintenance.
FHWA Road Weather Management and Operations Community of Practice
This web site is part of the FHWA knowledge exchange. The goal of the task force is to encourage discussions related to weather-surface transportation issues and opportunities, to foster and contribute significantly to the research, development and implementation of related technologies and innovative practices.
MDSS Pooled Fund
This Pooled Fund Study (PFS) is the result of a multi-state effort to bring about an operational Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) for state transportation agencies.
MDSS
The development of a prototype winter Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) is an initiative of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
Road Weather-Related Resources
511 Deployment Coalition
511 Deployment Coalition Deployment Assistance Report: Weather and Environmental Content on 511 Systems
American Meteorological
Society
AMS journals, newsletters, articles, and upcoming events in the world of
weather.
Bridge Deck Anti-Icing
Project in Virginia
Learn about VTRC's automated anti-icing experiments.
Effective
Anti-icing Program
Manual of Practice for highway winter maintenance personnel, developed by
FHWA.
ENTERPRISE
The ENTERPRISE Program is a pooled-fund study focused to develop, evaluate and deploy Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
Evaluation
of the Operation and Demonstration Test of Short-Range Weather Forecasting
Decision Support Within an Advanced Rural Traveler Information System
ATWIS evaluation report.
Finnish National Road Administration
FINNRA reports on road conditions, traffic density, and technology transfer.
Highway Deicing and Anti-icing
for Safety and Mobility
The Salt Institute's perspective on the use of salt on roadways, and the
debate over environmental considerations.
Introduction
to RWIS Standards (pdf)
An FHWA publication
ITS International
Companion website to the industry's leading independent publication for
intelligent transport systems.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA site provides US-wide conditions, forecasts, and warnings, with satellite
imagery.
NTCIP (National Transportation Communications
for ITS Protocol)
NTCIP's communication interface allows cross-platform compatibility for
optimized information exchange.
"Road
Weather Information Systems: Enabling Proactive Maintenance Practices in
Washington State" (pdf)
A report published by the Washington State Transportation Center that outlines
the progress WSDOT has made and the problems they face with state-of-the-art
RWIS/Public information systems.
RWIS Environmental Sensor Station Siting Guidelines
This document provides guidelines for siting an RWIS Environmental Sensor Station (ESS) and its associated environmental sensors.
Salt Institute
The Salt Institute is one of the most frequently used sources of information for winter operations among cities and counties.
Seasoning rWeather:
Lessons Learned in Providing Road Weather Information to Travelers
An interview with Washington State DOT's Bill Brown, project manager for
rWeather.
SICOP
Snow and Ice Pooled Fund Cooperative Program
SICOP events, projects, and the snow and ice list-serv
Standing International
Road Weather Commission
SIRWEC promotes exchanging ideas among different groups with a common interest:
safer roads under all conditions.
Winter Maintenance
Skillbuilder
Work in progress! An online training package, being developed by Iowa DOT
and Iowa State.
Winter Maintenance Virtual
Clearinghouse
FHWA-hosted site for sharing the latest in winter maintenance research and
technology.
World Meteorological Organization
Official website of WMO, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
World Road Association
International information forum for road design, construction, and maintenance
(acronym: PIARC.)