Winter maintenance in Sweden. Compiled for COST 344 "Improvements to Snow and Ice Control on European Roads". Task Group "Best practice", 27 March 2002.

Author(s)
Ihs, A.
Year
Abstract

This report has been compiled for Task group 3: Best practice, within COST Action 344. It covers mainly the winter maintenance on the Swedish state roads. The winter maintenance in the municipalities is only briefly mentioned in some chapters. The winter maintenance on private roads is not covered at all. Contents: 1. Fundamental issues: Climatic conditions, Standards, General standards; 2. Strategic organisation of winter maintenance: General, Information provision, Methods, Equipment, Materials, Manpower, training and privatisation, Training and education, Privatisation; 3. Operational organisation of winter maintenance: Getting information, Methods, equipment and materials for snow control, Methods, equipment and materials for ice control, Methods, equipment and materials for special problems, Measurements of efficiency; 4. Information to road users. (Author/publisher)

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Library number
C 24858 S /62 / ITRD E207824
Source

Linköping, Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute VTI, 2002, 28 p.; VTI Särtryck ; No. 351 - ISSN 1102-626X

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