Citation

Smithson L. Transp. Res. Circular 2004; (E-C063): 208-215.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, U.S. National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board)

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Abstract

The user demand for year-round, all-weather mobility has created a great need to bring about change and improve the effectiveness of snow and ice control programs at state and local government levels. The function of end-to-end snow and ice control research is to discover ways to bring about that change. The term "end-to-end research" is used to describe a process that includes identification of research needs, the research, peer evaluation, and finally application of the research and validation of it in an operational setting. This paper illustrates and documents how an important element of snow and ice control research progressed on this arduous trail and is now the state of the practice.