Podcasts by Talkin Winter Ops

Episode 41: Latest word on alternate methods for deicing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

In this episode Laura Fay from the Western Transportation Institute at the University of Montana talks about a recently completed project for the Clear Roads Pooled Fund Study dealing with Alternat...

Episode 40: Smart Salting for Sustainability from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Learn more about how sustainable winter maintenance includes smart salting as SICOP Talks Winter Ops with Connie Fortin

Episode 39: Covid impacts on maintenance operations from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Covid impacts maintenance operations on several levels. Listen in and hear three state DOTs respond.

Episode 38: Winter service by contract from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Get a contractors perspective on winter service by listening in as Frank Rizzardo shares his experiences.

Episode 37: RWIS - How many and where? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Listen in as SICOP Talks Winer Ops and RWIS density with Tae Kwon, University of Alberta

Episode 36: Decisions, Decisions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Listen in as SICOP Talks Winer Ops talks Maintenance Decision Support Systems with Dave Huft, South Dakota DOT

Episode 35: Maintenance Goes to College from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Listen in as Susan Baillargeon describes the Associate of Applied Science in Highway Maintenance Management offered by the Front Range Community College.

Episode 34: Asleep at the wheel - Fighting Driver Fatigue from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Listen in as SICOP Talks Winer Ops with David Orr from the Cornell Local Roads Program

Episode 33: Nordic Experiences from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Listen in as SICOP Talks Winer Ops with James Morin as he tells about his nordic experiences in winter service

Episode 32: A new guide for material application methodologies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

One of the primary missions of SICOP is to promote work advancing winter maintenance operations.  Clear Roads is a consortia of states conducting practical research in winter maintenance.  In this ...

Episode 31: What is the Professional Snowfighters Association? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Recording at the TRB Annual Meeting, Wilf Nixon returns to SICOP Talks Winter Maintenance to visit about winter maintenance and the new Professional Snowfighters Association (PSA).  The PSA is a ne...

Episode 30: 2019 SICOP Year in Review from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Listen in as SICOP recaps their accomplishments in 2019 with SICOP Committee Chair Steve Lund

Episode 29: Let's talk some road weather from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Let's talk road weather with the weather professional

Episode 28: Challenges of winter maintenance in the south from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

SICOP Talks Winer Ops with David Miller, Chief Maintenance Engineer for the Louisiana DOTD

Episode 27: Integrated Mobile Observations at the Nevada DOT from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

SICOP Talks Winter Ops with Rod Schilling from the Nevada DOT as he discusses Integrated Mobile Observations for winter maintenance.

Episode 26: I ain’t afraid of no winter maintenance problem from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

SICOP Talks Winter Ops and winter maintenance research with Laura Fay

Episode 25: The Swedish perspective on winter maintenance from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Learn about winter maintenance in Sweden as SICOP Talks Winter Ops with Dan Eriksson

Episode 24: The road to road weather management from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

SICOP talks winter ops with Paul Pisano, retired team leader for the FHWA Road Weather Management and Work Zone team.

Episode 23: Is the wind blowing in Wyoming? High wind blowover hazard warnings. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Connected Vehicle Pilot Project is the ability to generate weather alerts including high wind blow over hazard warnings

Episode 22: EDC5 - Weather Responsive Management Strategies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Find out about Every Day Counts 5 - Road Weather Management Strategies

Episode 21: Snow fence is a safe bet for blowing snow from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Safety effectiveness of different types of snow fence in Wyoming

Episode 20: TSMO369 - Weather or not from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Transportation System Operations need to take place 24/7/365 and can't sit back just because the weather isn't cooperating. Steve Cook of the Michigan DOT talks about Transportation System Managem...

Episode 19: When the snow hits the fan - Emergency operations methodology from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Winter Maintenance Emergency Methodology

Episode 18: Just what has SICOP been up to? The 2018 SICOP Year in Review from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Program accomplishments from 2018

Episode 17: You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

SICOP Talks winter performance measures

Episode 16: Winter Maintenance and the Social Sciences from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

How can the social sciences help improve winter operations and mobility during bad weather.

Episode 15: What's the news from TRB? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Listen in as SICOP Talks Winter Ops with James Bryant, TRBs Maintenance and Preservation Engineer, as he shares whats on the calendar this next year for the TRB committees on Winter Maintenance and...

Episode 14: Oral history of winter maintenance in the US from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

SICOP Talks Winter Ops with Lee Smithson as he recounts the significant activities that contributed to modern winter maintenance.

Episode 13: We got big data - Now what? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Transportation agencies are collecting rafts of data - big data. now is the time sort out things to do with it.

Episode 12: Taking liquids to the max, Liquid Only Routes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Wisconsin's experience with Liquid Only Routes

Episode 11: Which Way Should The Snowplow Go? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Route optimization is helping states develop effective and effective snowplow routes and resource locations. Listen to hear how three states are progressing with their route optimization programs

Episode 10: It's All About the Equipment from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

SICOP Talks Winter Ops with Caltrans Division of Equipment about snow removal equipment.

Episode 9: Why You Should be a Pathfinder from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Paul Pisano of FHWA discusses the Pathfinder Project.

Episode 8: Timely and Accurate Forecasts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jeff Williams, UDOTs Weather Operations and RWIS Manager talks winter operations with SICOP and discusses how they deliver timely and accurate road weather forecasts to UDOT maintenance crews.

Episode 7: Are we sustainable? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Using sustainable winter maintenance practices is one of the top-10 things you should be doing to have a world class winter maintenance program but what does being sustainable mean?

Episode 6: Winter always wins the budget wars from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Winter always wins the budget struggle. 6 Things to consider in creating your winter maintenance budget

Episode 5: Part 2: Top-10 Things For A World Class Winter Maintenance Program from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

The Top-10 things for a world class winter maintenance program are revealed

Episode 4: Part 1: Top-10 Things For A World Class Winter Maintenance Program from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

How SICOP went about identifying the Top-10 things necessary for a world class winter maintenance operation.

Episode 3: Whats up with TRB Winter Maintenance? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

TRB winter maintenance committee chairs visit about whats happening in their committees.

Episode 2: What is SICOP? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Steve Lund, SICOP's Chairman and State Maintenance Engineer for the Minnesota DOT visits with Rick Nelson about the SICOP program.

Episode 1: Welcome to SICOP Talks Winter Ops from 2017-09-22T00:00

Introduction to the SICOP Talks Winter Ops podcast. The podcast of AASHTOs Winter Maintenance Technical Service Program - SICOP.

Episode 1: Welcome to SICOP Talks Winter Ops from 2017-09-21T21:00

Introduction to the SICOP Talks Winter Ops podcast. The podcast of AASHTOs Winter Maintenance Technical Service Program - SICOP.

If you'd like to be a guest on SICOP Talks Winter Ops ...