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SICOP Talks Winter Ops

Listen in on conversations with experts in the field of road weather and winter road maintenance as they explain how their work helps make roads safer and passable during winter storm events.

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Episode 19: When the snow hits the fan - Emergency operations methodology

Episode 19: When the snow hits the fan - Emergency operations methodology

Maintenance is used to responding to severe weather but when the storm escalates into a state of emergency maintenance b... Read more

12 Mar 2019

37mins

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Episode 12: Taking liquids to the max, Liquid Only Routes

Episode 12: Taking liquids to the max, Liquid Only Routes

Agencies have been using salt brines and a variety of other liquid concoctions for years as a winter maintenance strateg... Read more

5 Jul 2018

27mins

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Episode 7: Are we sustainable?

Episode 7: Are we sustainable?

Using sustainable winter maintenance practices is one of the top-10 things you should be doing to have a world class win... Read more

15 Feb 2018

33mins

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Episode 16: Winter Maintenance and the Social Sciences

Episode 16: Winter Maintenance and the Social Sciences

Why do travelers make the decisions they do during bad weather is a much more difficult question than many transportatio... Read more

15 Nov 2018

34mins

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Episode 17: You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure

Episode 17: You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure

You can’t manage what you don’t measure.  Agencies have been performing winter maintenance in one manner or another for ... Read more

25 Jan 2019

42mins

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Episode 8: Timely and Accurate Forecasts

Episode 8: Timely and Accurate Forecasts

Having timely and accurate road weather forecasts is one of the top-10 things you should have to be a world class winter... Read more

14 Mar 2018

20mins

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Episode 4: Part 1: Top-10 Things For A World Class Winter Maintenance Program

Episode 4: Part 1: Top-10 Things For A World Class Winter Maintenance Program

A short while back SICOP set about to identify the Top-10 things that would be necessary to have a world class winter ma... Read more

28 Nov 2017

18mins

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Episode 25: The Swedish perspective on winter maintenance

Episode 25: The Swedish perspective on winter maintenance

SICOP talks winter ops with Dan Eriksson from the Swedish Road Administration.  While State DOT’s here in the United Sta... Read more

26 Aug 2019

19mins

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Episode 26: I ain’t afraid of no winter maintenance problem

Episode 26: I ain’t afraid of no winter maintenance problem

SICOP Talks Winer Ops with Laura Fay.  Who are you going to call when you have a perplexing problem in Winter maintenanc... Read more

16 Sep 2019

21mins

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Episode 3: Whats up with TRB Winter Maintenance?

Episode 3: Whats up with TRB Winter Maintenance?

Tina Greenfield and Kathy Ahlenius give some insight into the Transportation Research Board (TRB) committees they chair ... Read more

6 Nov 2017

26mins

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Episode 10: It's All About the Equipment

Episode 10: It's All About the Equipment

It’s no surprise that having the right equipment, in the right place is one of the top-10 things you should have to be a... Read more

10 May 2018

43mins

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Episode 13: We got big data - Now what?

Episode 13: We got big data - Now what?

Many agencies have been collecting a lot of data, GPS/AVL coordinates, RWIS, mobile observations, photos and the like. N... Read more

23 Aug 2018

37mins

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Episode 22: EDC5 - Weather Responsive Management Strategies

Episode 22: EDC5 - Weather Responsive Management Strategies

Weather Responsive Management Strategies is one of the rapid deployment initiatives that is part of the FHWA program Eve... Read more

11 Jun 2019

30mins

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Episode 6: Winter always wins the budget wars

Episode 6: Winter always wins the budget wars

In the struggle to second guess Mother Nature when preparing your winter maintenance budget winter will always win, ofte... Read more

22 Jan 2018

11mins

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Episode 5: Part 2: Top-10 Things For A World Class Winter Maintenance Program

Episode 5: Part 2: Top-10 Things For A World Class Winter Maintenance Program

A short while back SICOP took to social media with the goal of identifying the 10 most important things an agency should... Read more

19 Dec 2017

35mins

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Episode 9: Why You Should be a Pathfinder

Episode 9: Why You Should be a Pathfinder

The true value in a forecast is when folks actually use them and make smart decisions in response to the weather. Road w... Read more

16 Apr 2018

26mins

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Episode 23: Is the wind blowing in Wyoming? High wind blowover hazard warnings.

Episode 23: Is the wind blowing in Wyoming? High wind blowover hazard warnings.

One of the benefits of the Connected Vehicle Pilot Project is the ability to generate weather alerts including high wind... Read more

21 Jun 2019

32mins

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Episode 15: What's the news from TRB?

Episode 15: What's the news from TRB?

The Transportation Research Board is a lot more than the week long Annual Meeting that happens every January.  Listen in... Read more

11 Oct 2018

19mins

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Episode 24: The road to road weather management

Episode 24: The road to road weather management

SICOP talks winter ops with Paul Pisano.  Paul had a very productive career with the Federal Highway Administration reti... Read more

10 Aug 2019

33mins

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Episode 11: Which Way Should The Snowplow Go?

Episode 11: Which Way Should The Snowplow Go?

Having an efficient and effective winter maintenance program is built largely on having the right resources at the right... Read more

6 Jun 2018

37mins

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