Feature Articles

Clear Roads research has been featured in publications like Roads & Bridges, APWA Reporter, Better Roads and TR News.

Tools to Make Better Winter Maintenance Decisions (637.44 KB)

APWA Reporter, October 2024
Article features Clear Roads project 20-05, "Using GIS to Highlight Highway Segments Sensitive to Deicing Materials"; project 21-03, "Efficacy, Cost, and Impacts of Non-Chloride Deicers"; and project 21-06, "Calculating Plow Cycle Times from AVL Data."


New Winter Maintenance Tools Emphasize Efficiency (501.94 KB)

APWA Reporter, October 2022
Article features Clear Roads project 19-03, "Measuring the Efficiencies of Tow Plows and Wing Plows"; project 19-04, "Technical Requirements and Considerations for Automated Snowplow Route Optimization"; and project 21-04, "Training Module Development for Evaluation of Storm Severity Index and Winter Severity Index Variables."


Training: Don't Start the Season Without It (373.47 KB)

APWA Reporter, October 2019
Article features Clear Roads project 14-03, "Training Video and Manual for Clearing Different Interchange Configurations"; project 16-06, "Training Video for the Implementation of Liquid-Only Plow Routes"; and project 12-04, "Snowplow Operator and Supervisor Training."


Clear Conditions (515.17 KB)

Roads & Bridges, February 2018
Article features Clear Roads project 12-04, "Snowplow Operator and Supervisor Training"


Sustainable Snow Control (472.44 KB)

Roads & Bridges (Winter Maintenance supplement), September 2015
Article features Clear Roads project 13-01, "Snow and Ice Control Environmental Best Management Practices Manual"


There's a Toolkit for That (2.50 MB)

Better Roads, “Highway Contractor” section, June 2011
Article features Clear Roads project 08-02, “Cost-Benefit Analysis Toolkit”


On the [Clear] Road Again (2.84 MB)

Better Roads, July 2009
Article features Clear Roads project 05-02, “Calibration Accuracy of Manual and Ground-Speed-Control Spreaders”