The Clear Roads Research Program

brings together transportation professionals and researchers from around the country to drive innovation in the field of winter maintenance. By evaluating materials, equipment and methods in real-world conditions, the program identifies the most effective techniques and technologies to improve safety, increase efficiency and save agencies money.

News & Events

Clear Roads’ National Survey Compiles 11th Year of Winter Maintenance Data

Clear Roads has just published its 11th Annual Survey of State Winter Maintenance Data, which compiles winter resources, material and cost data from 39 states for …

New episodes of the Talkin’ Winter Ops podcast

Check out the most recent episode of the Talkin’ Winter Ops podcast!

New Clear Roads Research: Leveraging the Deicing Benefits of Solar Radiation

To help winter maintenance managers understand how sunlight affects melt rates, prioritize vegetation management, and communicate the benefits of roadside vegetation management to the public, this Clear Roads project produced a vegetation management guide.

Winter Maintenance News Roundup

Check out the recent news on winter maintenance from around the country.

Recent Research Results

New Clear Roads Research: Leveraging the Deicing Benefits of Solar Radiation

To help winter maintenance managers understand how sunlight affects melt rates, prioritize vegetation management, and communicate the benefits of roadside vegetation management to the public, this Clear Roads project produced a vegetation management guide.

New Clear Roads Research: Quantifying the Value of Winter Operations

This Clear Roads project developed a tool that states can use to quantify the economic value of their snow-and-ice programs.

New Clear Roads Research: Comparing Salt Brine and Granular Salt for Safety and Performance

In this Clear Roads project, researchers developed metrics for comparing the two different forms of salt and conducted a variety of tests to measure their performance.

New Resources

Clear Roads’ National Survey Compiles 11th Year of Winter Maintenance Data

Clear Roads has just published its 11th Annual Survey of State Winter Maintenance Data, which compiles winter resources, material and cost … Read more

New episodes of the Talkin’ Winter Ops podcast

Check out the most recent episode of the Talkin’ Winter Ops podcast!

New Clear Roads Research: Leveraging the Deicing Benefits of Solar Radiation

To help winter maintenance managers understand how sunlight affects melt rates, prioritize vegetation management, and communicate the benefits of roadside vegetation management to the public, this Clear Roads project produced a vegetation management guide.