Project Dates: Oct 1, 2020 - Sep 30, 2021
Project Description:
Planning for and evaluating snow and ice control (SIC) activities has been a persistent challenge for VTrans due to winter-to-winter variability in weather severity and a historical lack of objective performance measures. Recent research initiatives undertaken by VTrans and other snowbelt DOTs have helped establish objective measures of storm severity and SIC effectiveness. These measures, combined with greater data availability, provide VTrans with an opportunity to quantify relationships among winter severity, SIC costs, and SIC performance to make data-driven decisions about SIC budgeting, where SIC activities can be improved, and how SIC resources can best be utilized.
Poster:
Reports Archived Documents
Related Symposium Pages - 2021
Researchers:
Jonathan Dowds and James Sullivan (UVM)
Champion(s)/TAC members:
Ken Valentine, Manuel Sainz, Angie Wilder, Todd Law, Shane Morin, Brian Sanderson, Brian Roberts
Implementation:
SIC Add-On project contracted to take place April 1 - September 20, 2022
**Posters, Fact Sheets, Presentation Recordings and Other Materials are prepared for our September Research and Innovation Symposium each year. This page includes the latest materials. Check back in September for updated materials related to this project.
