New Clear Roads Tools Featured in APWA Reporter
A new feature article in the October issue of APWA Reporter highlights three new Clear Roads tools designed to help make winter maintenance easier, faster and more cost-effective.
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New Clear Roads Research: Update to CR 13-04 – Best Practices for Protecting DOT Equipment from the Corrosion Effect of Chemical Deicers
Maintenance equipment exposed to chloride deicers can quickly corrode, presenting a common challenge for transportation agencies across the country. In 2015, Clear Roads project 13-04 published a Manual of Best Practices to compile the various products agencies use as well as guidance for preventing corrosion on highway maintenance equipment.
Clear Roads Earns Shout-Out on New FHWA Audiocast
As one of two winners of the first-ever TPF Excellence Awards, Clear Roads featured prominently on the inaugural episode of the FHWA’s R&T Now: Interchanges audiocast as a prime example of state cooperation and collaboration.
Clear Roads Featured at National Briefing
Last month, AASHTO’s Winter Weather Management Technical Services Program, Maintenance Committee and Maintenance Operations Technical Working Group jointly held its 5th National Briefing on Winter Maintenance and Road Weather to showcase the activities of the various organizations dedicated to winter and year-round transportation maintenance.
New Clear Roads RFPs: Proposals due Oct. 4
Clear Roads is currently soliciting investigator proposals for three new research projects.
Clear Roads Selects 2024 Research Projects
At its 2024 spring meeting, the Clear Roads Technical Advisory Committee reviewed new research proposals and selected projects to fund. This year, the committee selected three research projects and four synthesis projects.
New Clear Roads Research: Tools to Maximize Snowplowing Efforts
This Clear Roads project developed a methodology for calculating plow cycle times considering road type, road width, weather conditions, traffic volume, and other factors. This could form the basis for a map-based visualization tool that agencies can format with their own electronic data to make real-time operational decisions.
New Clear Roads Research: Identifying Environmentally Sensitive Roadways
To help agencies identify which highway segments are most sensitive, this Clear Roads project developed a geospatial tool that offers an analysis of environmental impacts that can be balanced against other safety and performance objectives.
New Clear Roads Research: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Deicers
This Clear Roads project identified equipment improvements and refinements to the mechanical rocker test, giving agencies a more accurate tool for evaluating deicer performance.
Clear Roads Honored With First-Ever Transportation Pooled Fund Excellence Award
The Clear Roads Winter Maintenance Research study has been selected for a 2024 Transportation Pooled Fund Excellence Award! This new annual award is only given to two pooled fund studies per year in recognition of “meaningful collaboration and partnership to advance national transportation research priorities in the areas of safety, economic strength, equity, sustainability, and organizational excellence.”