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Technical Reports Winter Service

This page lists technical reports of PIARC in the field of winter service. These publications are classified chronologically.

  • Overview of winter maintenance contracts

    Road transportation has increased considerably in the past few decades and winter maintenance has become a public service activity of vital importance to the economy. Many production activities are organized with reduced inventories and just-in-time policies have developed considerably, resulting in a substantial growth of road transportation. In a society in motion, it is necessary to make passenger and freight traffic transportation when weather conditions are deteriorating and are likely to result [...]

  • Roadway winter maintenance support systems and information exchange

    This report presents a state of practice for the use of road weather information systems in relation to winter maintenance. An overview is provided on: the types of sensors that are used by road weather stations, collection and management of data, the file formats that are used for data exchange, information sharing with the general public, and the use of mobile road weather stations. The report examines the outcome of road weather information to support system of decision-making for winter maintenance. [...]

  • Increasing customer orientation in the winter maintenance of roads

    This report, prepared by Committee 3.4 Winter Maintenance, is based on the responses of 25 countries to a survey of organizations responsible for winter maintenance issues. The information gathered focuses on many topics: how road maintenance is provided in winter, levels of service and categories of maintenance defined for the various types of roadway, communication in the area of level of service and driving conditions, and studies conducted on the expectations expressed by the users.

  • Snow and ice databook

    The Snow and Ice Data Book was first published on the occasion of the XIth International Winter Road Congress, 2002, Sapporo (Japan) and contained information from 15 countries. This book was a valuable tool to support the exchanges of experiences between international experts. For this reason, the PIARC Executive included a revision to this document in its Strategic Plan for the 2004-2007 cycle. Technical Committee 3.4 on Winter Maintenance was pleased to carry out this important work and prepared [...]