Maintenance-Related Research Resources
FHWA Winter Maintenance Management website.
UC Davis' Advanced Highway Maintenance and Construction Technology (AHMCT) is a project-oriented research center on the campus of UC Davis. They develop concept vehicles and equipment for the California Department of Transportation.
The Aurora Program is an international partnership of public agencies who work together to perform joint research activities in the area of Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS).
The Clear Roads pooled fund project began in early 2004 in response to a need for real-world testing in the field of winter highway operations. This ongoing project is funding practical, usable winter maintenance research.
The Pacific Northwest Snowfighters (PNS) Association strives to serve the traveling public by evaluating and establishing specifications for products used in winter maintenance that emphasize safety, environmental preservation, infrastructure protection, cost-effectiveness, and performance.
The Transportation Research Board's Research in Progress (RiP) website contains the Research In Progress (RiP) Database, which contains current or recently completed transportation research projects. Most of the records are projects funded by Federal and State Departments of Transportation. University transportation research is also included. To view the maintenance-related research in the RiP database, see http://rip.trb.org/search/advanced_project.asp?sc=MA::Maintenance. To browse research by subject category, see http://rip.trb.org/browse/subjects.asp.