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A podcast discussing ideas and practices used to minimize winter weather's effects on highways and streets.
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Bret Hodne is the Maintenance Superintendent for West Des Moines, Iowa and Larry Schneider is the Street Superintendent for Ft. Collins, Colorado. Both Bret and Larry are involved
The Pacific Northwest Snowfighters (PNS) Association held their winter maintenance conference in Kennewick, Washington on May 20th through the 22nd.
Wilf Nixon was the Key Note speaker...
Mark and Bret join me to bring you a wrap-up of the APWA Snow Conference.
Listen in and here about the Kentucky Derby Night Banquet, their tour of Louisville International Airports,...
Bret Hodne, Public Works Superintendent with the City of West Des Moines, IA and Mark DeVries, Maintenance Superintendent with McHenry County, IL, had the opportunity during the last...
At the 2008 APWA North American Snow Conference, APWA President Larry Frevert presented the APWA Excellence in Snow and Ice Control Award to five agencies. This was the first year
The American Public Works Association held the 2008 North American Snow Conference in Louisville, KY on April 13th – 16th.
Thanks to an APWA Press Pass, I was able to attend “The Show...
The American Public Works Associations 2008 North American Snow Conference will be held in Louisville, KY from April 13th through 16th.
Peter King, the APWAs Executive Director, joined...
The Salt Institutes Salt Winter Roadway Safety: For Roadway Maintainers (Snowfighters) Blog has a couple of articles about some public agencies and private contractors running low
Again this year, Dr. Wilf Nixon of the University of Iowa provides us a summary of the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The 87th TRB Annual Meeting was held in Washington,...
Again this year, Dr. Wilf Nixon of the University of Iowa provides us a summary of the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. The 87th TRB Annual Meeting was held in Washington,...
On June 25, 2007 the FHWA hosted a webcast on the Clarus Initiative. The FHWA granted The Winter Maintenance Podcast permission to make the webcast proceedings available. So you can...
On June 25, 2007 the FHWA hosted a webcast on the Clarus Initiative. The FHWA granted The Winter Maintenance Podcast permission to make the webcast proceedings available. So you can...
On June 25, 2007 the FHWA hosted a webcast on the Clarus Initiative. The FHWA granted The Winter Maintenance Podcast permission to make the webcast proceedings available. So you can...
On June 25, 2007 the FHWA hosted a webcast on the Clarus Initiative. The FHWA granted The Winter Maintenance Podcast permission to make the webcast proceedings available. So you can...
On June 25, 2007 the FHWA hosted a webcast on the Clarus Initiative. The FHWA granted The Winter Maintenance Podcast permission to make the webcast proceedings available. So you can...
On March 14, 2007 the National Transportation Operations Coalition (NTOC) sponsored a Talking Operations Web Conference on Road Weather Management. NTOC granted The Winter Maintenance...
On March 14, 2007 the National Transportation Operations Coalition (NTOC) sponsored a Talking Operations Web Conference on Road Weather Management. NTOC granted The Winter Maintenance...
On March 14, 2007 the National Transportation Operations Coalition (NTOC) sponsored a Talking Operations Web Conference on Road Weather Management. NTOC granted The Winter Maintenance...
On March 14, 2007 the National Transportation Operations Coalition (NTOC) sponsored a Talking Operations Web Conference on Road Weather Management. NTOC granted The Winter Maintenance...
On March 14, 2007 the National Transportation Operations Coalition (NTOC) sponsored a Talking Operations Web Conference on Road Weather Management. NTOC granted The Winter Maintenance...
At the 2007 TRB Annual Meeting, Dr. Shi presented a results of a NCHRP project entitled Vehicle Based Sensor Technologies: A Critical Review.
Another winter maintenance related presentation at TRB was the Winter Performance of SafeLane Overlays. Dr. Wilf Nixon conducted a study of this surface overlays performance during...
Dr. Shi is the Program Manager for Winter Maintenance and Effects at the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University.
At the TRB Annual Meeting in January of 2007,
The 86th TRB Annual Meeting was held in Washington DC on January 21st through the 25th. I know a lot of people involved in winter maintenance are not able to attend, so we want to
St. Louis had an early introduction to winter this year. On November 30th and December 1st, mother nature threw her best at us. Since this storm was in my backyard and I got to see...
The TowPlow is a new and revolutionary snow plow design. Bob Lannert, a Technical Support Engineer with the Missouri Department of Transportation, invented the TowPlow. His farming...
The Texas Department of Transportation Tyler District is the first DOT to produce a podcast (as far as I can find in podcast directories).
You can listen to the TxDOT podcast at: http://tylerpodcasts.tamu.edu/
Larry...
SuperMix is a blend of anti-icing/deicing chemicals. Mark DeVries, the Maintenance Superintendent for the McHenry County Illinois Division of Transportation, developed a system to
Not only was Torino, Italy the site of the Winter Olympics, it also hosted the 12th International Winter Road Congress and the 13th Standing International Road Weather Commission or...
Richard Powers, the District Engineer at the Arizona Department of Transportations Globe District, gave a presentation on snowplow driver training at the 2006 APWA North American Snow...
The 2006 American Public Works Association (APWA) North American Snow Conference was held April 30th to May 3rd in Peoria, Illinois. The Conference included general and targeted sessions,...
Clear Roads is an on-going research project examining materials, equipment, technology and methods for winter maintenance operations. Currently, seven state DOTs participate and fund...
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Before we begin interviews on current day winter maintenance practices and technology, I thought it would be interesting to take a historical look at winter maintenance and some of
Welcome to the Winter Maintenance podcast.
In this first episode we introduce the podcast and explain the goals we hope to achieve, that is sharing ideas, experiences and practices
