Sapporo winter road management plans

Winter service management also entails certain societal aspects capable of satisfying sustainable development concerns; for over 20 years, the city of Sapporo (Japan) has been developing an approach that places emphasis on the user/resident and is aimed at generating a real dynamic along with a genuine wintertime culture.

Improving the resilience of the United Kingdom's road network to the impact of severe winter weather

Climate change is often manifested by extreme weather events. Three harsh winters with heavy snowfall struck the United Kingdom between 2008 and 2011, causing major disturbances to road traffic and the replenishment of road salt supplies. Yet adversity does produce positive effects and can lead to improving organization and practices; this is the kind of feedback being proposed by our British colleague.

A benefit-cost approach to level of service standards for winter road maintenance

As budgetary constraints force program adaptations, it has become necessary to contemplate the level of service definitions and associated costs; the Ontario methodological approach consists of an analysis of both direct and indirect costs relative to the benefits derived by society.

The effects of climate change on winter service in Germany

A climatological analysis covering the period 1951-2010, along with a trend simulation extending until the end of the century performed in Germany; forecasts were run in order to identify the impacts on both labor management and road salt consumption.

The Andorra Congress: First glimpse of the technical content

Introduction to this issue of Route/Roads