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Recent Issues (2011):

      Vol 17, no 4 [PDF]                     Vol 17, no 3 [PDF]                    Vol 17, no 2 [PDF]                  Vol 17, no 1 [PDF]

● FHWA

● Aurora (RWIS - US/MTO/MTQ)

● Clarus (MDSS/ITS - US)

● Clear Roads (Maintenance Treatments - US)

● SICOP (Test, AASHTO)

● The Pacific Northwest Snowfighters (PNS)

● PIARC (World Road Congress, International Winter Road Congress)

● TRB Annual Meeting
           - TRB Transportation Research Circular, Maintenance Management 2009, Presentations from the 12th AASHTO–TRB
              Maintenance Management Conference. [PDF]

● SIRWEC
           - SIRWEC Conferences (200~2008)

● Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

● Canadian Society for Civil Enigneering (CSCE)

● ITS Canada

● 2008 International Symposium on Snow Removal and Ice Control Technology. [PDF]

● WTI, Development of Winter Severity Index, 2005 (excellent review of literature on WSI)

● NCHRP 136,Performance Measures for Snow and Ice Control Operations

● The Effects of Winter Road Maintenance (review on literature...)

● Hanbali, Rashad M. (1992), "Influence of winter road maintenance on traffic accident rates", Marquette University,
    Milwaukee, WI

● Carl-Gustaf Wallman and H. Astrom (2001),Friction Measurement Methods and The Correlation between Road Friction
    and Traffic Safety - A Literature Review. [PDF]

● Vehicle based technologies for winter road maintenance

● North/West Passage Clarus Regional Demonstration Environmental Sensor Station Metadata Development

● Applied multiple regression/correlation analysis for the behavioral sciences,, By Jacob Cohen

● Dummy variables or subgroup models?

● The Snowfighter's Handbook

● Snow and Ice Control: Guidelines for Materials and Methods

● Manual of Practice for an Effective Anti-icing Program

● Guidelines for the Selection of Snow and Ice Control Materials to Mitigate Environmental Impacts

● Development of an Improved Agricultural-Based Deicing Product (2010)

● Sanding-Winter Research Project by Norwegian Public Roads Administration

● Pre-wetting and Anti-icing —Techniques for Winter Road Maintenance

● Winter Friction Project in Norway

● Study of Warm, Pre-Wetted Sanding Method at Airports in Norway

● Field and Laboratory Investigation of Anti-Icing/Pretreatment, Ph.D. Thesis (2008)

● Vaisala

● AerotechTelub ITS Technology, Sweden

● Boschungs, Switzerland

● Coastal Evironmental Systems, US

● Cross, Czech Republic (Winter maintenance index information)

● LAB-EL, Poland

● Lufft, Germany

● Optical Scientific, USA

● ScanMatic, Norway

● Surface Systems, USA

● Friction: Holliday Technologies Inc.