The Winter Maintenance Podcast - A Podcast supporting transportation winter maintenance

 

 Episode 016 - NTOC Talking Operations Webcast on Road Weather Management, Part 2 [30:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 Podcast permission to record and publish the audio portion of the webcast. Visit the NTOC web site at: www.ntoctalks.com.The complete webcast with audio and presentation slides will be available from the NTOC web site archive at: www.ntoctalks.com/web_casts_archive.php. (more…)

 

 Episode 015 - NTOC Talking Operations Webcast on Road Weather Management, Part 1 [10:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 Podcast permission to record and publish the audio portion of the webcast. Visit the NTOC web site at: www.ntoctalks.com.The complete webcast with audio and presentation slides will be available from the NTOC web site archive at: www.ntoctalks.com/web_casts_archive.php. (more…)

 

 Episode 014 - A research report on Vehicle Based Sensor Technologies presented by Dr. Xianming Shi [17:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

At the 2007 TRB Annual Meeting, Dr. Shi presented a results of a NCHRP project entitled “Vehicle Based Sensor Technologies: A Critical Review”. (more…)

 

 Episode 013 - A TRB presentation on SafeLane by Wilf Nixon [15:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Another winter maintenance related presentation at TRB was the “Winter Performance of SafeLane Overlays”. Dr. Wilf Nixon conducted a study of this surface overlay’s performance during winter. In this episode Wilf provides us a summary of the study. (more…)

 

 Episode 012 - A research report on FAST presented by Dr. Xianming Shi [13:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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, Dr. Shi presented a research report entitled “Fixed Automated Spray Technology for Winter Maintenance: The State of the Practice in North America“. (more…)

 

 Episode 011 - Highlights of the 2007 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting with Wilf Nixon [10:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 bring you a few highlights of the meeting through this podcast.In this first TRB episode, Dr. Wilf Nixon of the University of Iowa will provide us a few highlights of the overall meeting and what stood out for him from a winter maintenance perspective. (more…)

 

 Episode 006 - The 12th International Winter Road Congress with Wilf Nixon [25:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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 SIRWEC conference from March 25th to 30th.

Wilf Nixon of the University of Iowa attended both and provides us his insight to these conferences. You can listen to my interview with Wilf by clicking the “Podcast” icon or “Launch Player” button. (more…)

 

 Episode 004 - The 2006 APWA North American Snow Conference [50:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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, roundtables and manufacturer/supplier exhibits.

The Conference featured Change Track sessions, which were coordinated to address some of the barriers to change that organizations face and ideas for overcoming them. (more…)