Aurora and Clear Roads Update

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Aurora and Clear Roads Update

• MDSS Stakeholder Meeting
• Falls Church, VA
• August 10, 2006

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• Working together to advance Road Weather
  Information Systems (RWIS) technology

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• Aurora is an international partnership of public
  agencies who work together to perform
  collaborative research activities, development,
  and deployment in the area of road weather
  information systems (RWIS).

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• Ontario M of T Québec M of T
• Swedish RA Alaska DOTPF
• Pennsylvania DOT Virginia DOT
• Minnesota DOT Wisconsin DOT
• New York DOT Illinois DOT
• Tennessee DOT Indiana DOT
• Ohio DOT Utah DOT
• North Dakota DOT Iowa DOT (admin. state)

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• Aurora Program Web Site
• www.aurora-program.org
• Aurora Program Chair
• Dennis Belter, Indiana DOT
• Phone [phone]
• E-mail dbelter_at_indot.state.in.us

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Test and Evaluation of Materials, Equipmentand
Methods for Winter Highway Maintenance

• Pooled fund project TPF-5(092)
• Winter operations research
• focused on practical applications, field
  testing and usable results
• Current members
• Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri,
  Indiana, Ohio, Michigan,
• Colorado and Illinois.
• www.clearroads.org

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Test and Evaluation of Materials, Equipmentand
Methods for Winter Highway Maintenance

• Tom Martinelli, Wisconsin DOTClear Roads
  Technical Advisory Committee ChairWinter
  Operations EngineerWisconsin Department of
  TransportationBureau of Highway Operations4802
  Sheboygan Avenue, Room 501Madison, Wisconsin
  53707-7986thomas.martinelli_at_dot.state.wi.usPhone
  [phone]
• www.clearroads.org

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Advantages to INDOT

• Access to and Participation in Research
• Knowledge
• Networking
• Support