Episode 158: AI in Winter Operations: Hype or Help?
Artificial Intelligence tools are seemingly everywhere and folks throughout transportation agencies are trying to get their heads, and hands...
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Episode 157: AMS Road Weather and Technology - 2026 National Briefing
This National Briefing segment is presented by Dr. Brittany Welsh of the National Center For Atmospheric Research and Chair of the AMS Road...
Episode 156: TRB WINTER MAINTENANCE - 2026 National Briefing
This National Briefing segment is presented by Anna Arvidsson Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute and features the Transp...
Episode 155: WINTER SERVICE TC - 2026 National Briefing
This National Briefing segment is presented by Peter Nutz, City of Vienna Austria and features the World Road Association’s Winter Service T...
Episode 154: MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS TWG - 2026 National Briefing
This National Briefing segment is presented by Jed Falgren Minnesota DOT and features the Maintenance Operations Technical Working Group of...
Episode 153: MAINTENANCE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM - 2026 National Briefing
This National Briefing segment is presented by Dave Huft South Dakota DOT and Ben Hersey DTN and features the Maintenance Decision Support S...
Episode 152: CLEAR ROADS - 2026 National Briefing
This National Briefing segment is presented by Danny Varilek South Dakota DOT and features the Clear Roads Pool Fund Study. Clear Roads’ wor...
Episode 151: AURORA - 2026 National Briefing
This National Briefing segment is presented by James Roath Michigan DOT and features the Aurora Pool Fund Study. Aurora's work focus is on r...
Episode 150: APWA - 2026 National Briefing
This National Briefing segment is presented by Matt Morreim City of Shorewood, Minnesota and features the American Public Works Association...
Episode 149: AASHTO WINTER WEATHER MANAGEMENT TSP - 2026 National Briefing
This National Briefing segment is presented by Jed Falgren Minnesota DOT and features AASHTO’s Winter Weather Management Technical Service P...
Episode 148: INTRODUCTION to the 2026 National Briefing
Welcome to the 2026 National Winter Maintenance and Road Weather Briefing series! Each year, this special event brings together organization...
Episode 147: The Georgia DOT Snow School
No matter where you live or where you operate, people have come to expect that they can get where they need to go, whenever they need to go....
Episode 146: First storm of the season
Every agency has gone through it. Perfect planning for winter, perfect preparation for that first storm, then mother nature sends a curve ba...
Episode 145: The winter app that isn't an app
On this episode were going to showcase the work of a couple of innovative maintenance professionals long time friend and listener, Phillip A...
Episode 144: Communicate, Coordinate, Cooperate - the I-80 Corridor Coalition
Born out of a desire to improve winter operations across state lines the Interstate 80 Corridor Coalition has grown into the second longest...
Episode 143: Winter readiness, get your house in order
While it's important to have stockpiles full, equipment repaired and ready, and staff training and assignments set, it's important...
Bonus Episode 142: Pacific Northwest Snowfighters 2026
The Pacific Northwest Snowfighters Association will be holding their biannual conference for winter maintenance professionals and practition...
Episode 141: Maintenance-If you think it's not important, just stop doing it
From that moment the very first engineering project was completed the age of maintenance began. While the initial delivery of the public wor...
Episode 140: Salt is about the speed
In this episode we’re revisiting an earlier episode of Talkin Winter Ops that you may have missed. In this episode we visit with Dr. Scott K...
Episode 139: Don't give your spouse the leftovers
Winter maintenance is more than work plans, budgets, disasters and recovery. Your family plays a huge role in your public works career and p...