Snow, Surges, and Strategy: Inside Winter Safety and INTERSECT 2026

Winter brings a unique set of challenges for field-based teams across the industries RouteSmart serves—waste collection, public works, parcel and postal delivery, utilities, field services, and newspaper distribution. In this episode of Right on Time with RouteSmart, host Matt Kemeny is joined by industry veteran David Biderman, former executive director and CEO of the Solid Waste Association of North America, and Jessica Cearfoss, RouteSmart Senior Business Development Manager, for a timely conversation on keeping crews safe during cold-weather operations.

We dig into practical reminders for working in snow, ice, and freezing temperatures, discuss how the post-Christmas surge in waste volume increases the risk of strains and injuries, and explore how intentional route design can reduce dangerous maneuvers during high-pressure seasons.

The episode also offers an early look at INTERSECT 2026, RouteSmart’s two-day learning and collaboration event coming March 17–18 to Orlando, Florida. Attendees can expect hands-on training, one-on-one consulting, product roadmap insights, peer roundtables, and a five-year vision for the future of RouteSmart solutions.

Whether you’re preparing your teams for winter or planning ahead for Orlando, this episode delivers timely insights to support safer, more efficient operations—no matter your industry.

Right on Time with RouteSmart is the podcast that brings industry leaders together to discuss the challenges and innovations shaping waste and recycling, postal and parcel, newspaper delivery, and utility/field service route planning and optimization.

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