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You have a new director, a new departmental structure, and ambitious new performance goals… but you also have the same team you had before the change. What do you do…
Read MoreExamine how newer technologies are providing superior safety, performance, cost, and environmental benefits to winter road maintenance operations. Scientific research will be presented, as well as case studies from European…
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service, Water and Environmental Programs (WEP) finances water and wastewater infrastructure in rural America where many systems struggle to meet standards or…
Read MoreSession 1: Public Works to the Rescue: Looking Beyond Structural Solutions for Effective MS4 Nutrient Control Effectively reducing nutrient loads will require a full suite of structural and non-structural implementation…
Read MoreIn 2017, Augusta, Maine, decided to put Hatch Hill Landfill to work. The active municipal solid waste disposal site, serving the city’s population of 18,500 plus eight surrounding communities, now…
Read MoreGender diversity in the operations end of public works is shockingly poor. Women make up less than 10 percent of the workforce but even this figure includes those who work…
Read MoreTo address the issue of elevated chloride levels in surface and ground water and the associated environmental impacts these levels are causing, many agencies have been proactively making changes over the last decade in the products they select for deicing and the methods used to apply these products. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the the performance and impacts of alternative deicing methods including: non-chloride based deicers; blends of deicing products, and methods used to reduce the number of applications or the application rates of the deicers used. We’ll also discuss what the future holds for deicing products and practices and we will be seeking your input on what non-traditional practices or products you may be using. This will be a great chance to learn from each other!
Read MoreAnswer this: What is the main tool that you use to make winter weather decisions? If you answered radar, you need to attend this session! We will explore several key weather scenarios and walk you through what information you’ll need and where to get it. Weather scenarios ranging from road frost to black ice and snow will be covered. We’ll examine using smartphones, sensors, software, weather forecasting services, and decision support tools; all from an independent consultant who will give you straight talk about what works and what doesn’t.
Read MoreAny vehicle, regardless of who or what is driving it, has limits in the kinds of atmospheric weather and road surface conditions that it can handle. Take this opportunity to hear and discuss the results of an ongoing FHWA research project on how automated vehicles perform in adverse weather. Among the issues to be covered are how well the vehicles’ sensors and navigation systems perform when nearby vehicles and pavement markings are partially obscured; how road weather providers can best communicate information on current weather and road conditions to automated vehicles; and how an automated vehicle can determine whether a planned trip will be within the weather limits of its operational design domain (ODD). This session will also offer information about FHWA Road Weather programs and initiatives including voluntary data exchanges to accelerate safe integration of automated vehicles, maintenance decision support systems, and road weather data collection initiatives such as Pathfinder, Integrating Mobile Observations (IMO), and Vehicle Data Transfer (VDT).
Read MoreLessons Learned from Thousand Oaks, California: On November 7, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at a local bar & grill in Thousand Oaks, California resulting in the tragic deaths of…
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