Guide for Snow and Ice Control Operations

The AASHTO Guide for Snow and Ice Control was published in 1999. This guide was intended to provide a training tool to help operators, supervisors, and managers select and implement methods or technologies to effectively deal with snow and ice conditions and provide road users with safe conditions and timely information to make trip decisions. However, substantial changes in the state of practice of snow and ice control have occurred since the publication of this guide as a result of advancements in plowing equipment, materials handling and storage, communications, technology, strategies, and other aspects of snow and ice control and management. Also during this period, substantial research on the different aspects of snow and ice control operations has been performed. Because of these changes as well as the environmental implications, budgetary and work force constraints, and the relevant research findings, there is a need to produce a guide that recognizes these issues and provides updated information and guidance on all aspects of snow and ice control operations. Such a guide will help highway agencies and other organizations address relevant issues and perform snow and ice control operations more effectively. The objective of this research was to develop a guide that will serve as the primary source for guidance on all aspects of snow and ice control operations. The guide was intended for adoption/publication by AASHTO and will supersede the 1999 AASHTO Guide for Snow and Ice Control, and other guidance on snow and ice control operations.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4552

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $300000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 06-18

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Hanna, Amir

• Performing Organizations:

  Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI)

  400 Harvey Mitchell Parkway South
  Suite 300
  College Station, TX  United States  77845-4375
• Principal Investigators:

  Habermann, John

• Start Date: 20190701
• Expected Completion Date: 20220225
• Actual Completion Date: 20220225

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Handbooks; Maintenance equipment; Snow and ice control; State of the practice; Technological innovations; Winter maintenance
• Identifier Terms: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01672238
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 06-18
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Jun 18 2018 7:18PM