Winter Service Session 19 -Winter Service in Urban Areas
Thursday, March 12
11:30
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13:00
Chair: Dr. Peter Nutz, City of Vienna, Austria
Room: Room 2
This session focused on innovative approaches to winter services in urban areas, with presentations addressing both traditional and emerging challenges in the urban context. The presentations explored rubber-on-ice friction tests to better understand how the design of icy surfaces influences safety; the development of de-icing pavements made from high-thermal-conductivity concrete mixed with synthetic graphite; and strategies to improve winter road management in snow-free metropolitan areas such as Greater Tokyo. The session also broadened the discussion to include the dynamics of urban heat islands and the role of cooling networks in creating resilient urban climates. Together, these perspectives highlighted various solutions for ensuring safe, efficient, and sustainable winter maintenance in different urban environments.
Welcome and session introduction
• Dr. Peter Nutz, City of Vienna, Austria
Presentations
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Rubber-Ice Friction Testing: The Effect of Ice Surface Design
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Snow-melting pavement using high-thermal-conductive concrete mixed with synthetic graphite
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Developing Winter Road Management for the Non-snowy Greater Tokyo Area
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Climate Change Adaptation & Urban Winter Service
Questions and Answers
• Moderator: Dr. Peter Nutz, City of Vienna, Austria
Conclusion
• Dr. Peter Nutz, City of Vienna, Austria
Organization
Session Organiser: Horst Hanke, Leader of the German Winter Service Committee, Germany
Session Secretary: [To be confirmed]