摘要: |
The 2012 International Conference on Winter Maintenance and Surface Transportation Weather was held April 30-May 3, 2012 in Coralville, Iowa. The conference was conducted by the TRB Committees on Winter Maintenance and Surface Transportation Weather in cooperation with Iowa Department of Transportation, AASHTO, and FHWA. This conference included papers and presentations on Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability, Road Safety Under Winter Conditions, Decision Support Systems, Winter Surface Friction, Blowing and Drifting Snow, Winter Mobility andMaintenance Performance, Road Weather Data Management, Climate Trends, Large-Volume Snow Control, Winter Maintenance Policy and Management, Data Networks and Quality, Delivery Approaches and Performance Measures, Optimizing Winter Maintenance Materials, Measuring and Forecasting Pavement Surface and Subsurface Conditions, Innovations in Winter Maintenance Equipment, and Weather Information to Improve Driver Decisions. Maintenance managers, engineers, and researchers from the following countries presented their papers: Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Norway, Sweden, and the United States. The papers were not subjected to the TRB peer review process. |