Slippery roads due to snow or ice accidents that are more frequent and heavy snowfalls might even cut the road connection of whole valleys from the outside. Thus, winter service plays a major role for traffic safety during the cold period of the year. To provide valuable information for road authorities Technical Committee 3.2 "Winter Service" is working on serval Issues with the Winter Congress being the most important one. To share information worldwide the Snow and Ice Databook is going to be updated. One might think spreading salt and ploughing snow is a rather simple task the methods and equipment is under ongoing development to achieve better results. Using different modes of transport in urban areas has its own requirements on winter service. A new issue deals with the lack of skill and resources for winter service, TC 3.2 will have a look at that. (extract from the Strategic Plan)