Organizations such as the World Road Association (PIARC), American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Transportation Research Board (TRB), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), American Public Works Association (APWA), National Association of County Engineers (NACE), and others, have encouraged the international exchange of research and new ideas in their conferences, workshops and publications. In March 1994, FHWA/AASHTO/TRB/APWA/NACE organized and conducted the first international winter maintenance scanning tour to Japan, Germany and Austria and participated in the 9th PIARC International Road Congress in Seefeld, Austria. A second scanning tour was conducted in March 1998 to Switzerland, France, Norway and Sweden and participants attended the 10th PIARC International Road Congress in Luleaa, Sweden. The results of the scanning tours showed that while each country had similar operational and environmental problems, each had developed unique approaches and solutions to those problems. The face-to-face technical discussions that took place during the scanning tours resulted in each participating country being able to expand its knowledge base without going through the rigors of basic research and equipment development processes. This greatly reduced the time to test, evaluate, and implement these newly discovered technological advances. This paper will report on how various State Departments of Transportation in the United States have utilized the technological information discovered on the 1994 and 1998 winter scanning tours to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of winter maintenance equipment and operations. It will also show how this improved technology is being integrated with the developing Intelligent Transportation System.