The World Road Association's (PIARC's) XIII International Winter Road Congress is taking place in the city of Quebec February 8 to 11.
VTI will take part in the congress with a number of researchers with expertice in winter road maintenance, winter tyres and roadside environment.
Welcome to listen to the following presentations, held by VTI researchers
February 9, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m, Session T2-2
Mattias Hjort, Bus accidents in winter time
Anna Niska, The importance of winter maintenance for cyclists
February 9, 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m, Session T5-2
Göran Blomqvist, The environmental sub-model of the Swedish winter model – updated algorithms for the description of salt damage to roadside environment
February 10, 10:30 a.m. to noon, Session T1-2B
Staffan Möller, The Winter Model – a first test calculation
You can also meet the VTI researchers in the exhibition part of the congress, in the Nordic Pavilion.
Congress website
Photo: Lasse Hejdenberg