Utility Work Zone Safety Guidelines and Training: State-of-the-Art Synthesis and State-of-the-Practice Synthesis
Appendix II—Table of Additional References
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| Anderson, H. L. | Work Zone Safety | Federal Highway Administration & Transportation Research Board | This report describes the safety program initiated by the Federal Highway Administration in the 1970s. |
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| Anderson, R. W. | AASHTO Issues New Report on Accidents in Work Zone | TransSafety Reporter | This article contains information regarding work zone crashes in the 1980s and discusses recommendations to improve the safety of the work zones. |
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| Andrew, L. B. and J. E. Bryden | Managing Construction Safety and Health: Experience of New York State Department of Transportation | Transportation Research Board | This report describes a program developed by the New York State Department of Transportation to successfully manage safety and health during construction projects. |
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| Benekohal, R. F. and E. Shim | Multivariate Analysis of Truck Drivers’ Assessment of Work Zone Safety | ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering | The study conducted a survey of truck drivers to obtain characteristics of the driver and vehicle, receive the drivers’ assessment of work zone features and traffic control devices, learn about their high risk driving experiences and obtain suggestions to improve traffic flow and safety throughout work zones. |
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| Benekohal, R. F. and J. Shu | Speed Reduction Effects of Changeable Message Signs in a Construction Zone | Illinois Cooperative Highway Research Program & Federal Highway Administration | This paper focused on reducing the speed of vehicles in work zones by using Changeable Message Signs. |
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| Benekohal, R. F. and L. M. Kastel | Evaluation of Flagger Training Session on Speed Control in Rural Interstate Construction Zones | Transportation Research Board | The study focused on the effectiveness of training flaggers on speed reduction in rural construction work zones. |
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| Benekohal R. F. and L. Wang | Relationship Between Initial Speed and Speed Inside the Work Zone | Transportation Research Board | This paper analyzed the speeds of vehicles in the advanced warning area versus the speed of vehicles inside the work zone. |
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| Bernhardt, K. L., M. R. Virkler, and N. M. Shaik | Evaluation of Supplementary Traffic Control Measure for Freeway Work Zone Approaches | Transportation Research Board | The study focused on evaluating the effectiveness of white lane-drop arrows, the citizens band wizard alert system and orange rumble strips in reducing vehicular speeds and improving merging. |
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| Bligh, R. P., W. L. Menges and R. R. Haug | Crashworthy Work-Zone Traffic Control Devices | National Cooperative Highway Research Program | This report evaluated the crashworthiness of commonly used work zone traffic control devices with emphasis on cost and functionality. |
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| Brewer, M. A., G. Pesti, and W. H. Schmeider | Effectiveness of Selected Devices on Improving Work Zone Speed Limit Compliance | Transportation Research Board | This study focused on determining which devices would help drivers obey the speed limits in work zones. |
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| Brown, D. B. | Comparative Analysis of Work Zone Crashes | University of Alabama Institute of Communication Research | The study compares all types of work zone and non work zone crashes from 1992 to 1993. |
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| Bryden, J. E | Crash Tests of Work Zone Traffic Control Devices | Transportation Research Board | Crash tests were performed on various traffic control devices to evaluate their impact on work zones. |
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| Bryden, J. E. and D. J. Mace | A Procedure for Assessing and Planning Nighttime Highway Construction and Maintenance | Transportation Research Board | The study was done to determine the proper traffic control needed for a safe nighttime work zone. |
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| Bryden, J. E. and L. B. Andrew | Serious and Fatal Injuries to Workers on Highway Construction Projects | Transportation Research Board | This study investigated fatal and injury crashes in NYSDOT construction work zones from the year 1993 to 1997. |
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| Burns, D. M., L. A. Pavelka and R. L. Austin | Durable Fluorescent Materials for the Work Zone | Transportation Research Board | The study focused on comparing the visibility of fluorescent retro-reflective sheeting, conventional fluorescent films and ordinary retro-reflective materials. |
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| Bushman, R. M., J. Chan and C. A. Berthelot | Canadian Perspective on Work Zone Safety, Mobility and Current Technology | Canadian Society for Civil Engineering | This study evaluated work zone crashes throughout Canada and the use of Intelligent Transportation Systems. |
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| Carlson, P., M. Fontaine, and H. Hawkins | Evaluation of Traffic Control Devices for Rural High-Speed Maintenance Work Zones | Texas Transportation Institute | This paper was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of innovative work zone traffic control devices in high speed areas. |
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| Chambless, J., A.M. Ghadiali, J. K. Lindly and J. McFadden | Multistate Work Zone Crash Characteristics | Institute of Transportation Engineers Journal | Work zone crash data was analyzed from Alabama, Michigan and Tennessee to determine if any trends exist. |
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| Chambless, J et. al. | Identification of Over-Represented Parameters for Work Zone Crashes in Alabama, Michigan and Tennessee | Transportation Research Board | Crash data for Alabama, Michigan and Tennessee was analyzed to compare different characteristics of work zone crashes in different states. |
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| Cottrell, B. H. | Improving Night Work Zone Traffic Control | Virginia Transportation Research Council &Federal Highway Administration | The study identifies traffic control issues that are present during nighttime work zones and provides recommendations to improve those issues. |
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| Dixon, K. K., J. E. Hummer, and A. R. Lorscheider | Capacity of North Carolina Freeway Work Zones | Transportation Research Board | The purpose of this study was to determine the capacity of rural and urban freeway work zones based on lane configuration and site location. |
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| Dudek, C. L. and G. L. Ullman | Traffic Control for Short Duration, Maintenance, Operations on Four Lane Divided Highway | Transportation Research Board | The paper focused on evaluating maintenance work zone traffic control devices for four-lane divided highways |
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| Dudek, C. L. and S. H. Richards | Traffic Capacity through Urban Freeway Work Zones in Texas | Transportation Research Board | The traffic capacity of urban freeway work zones was studied to assist in determining the capacity of future work zones. |
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| Dudek, C. L, R. D. Huchingson and D. L. Woods | Evaluation of Temporary Pavement Marking Patterns in Work Zones: Proving-ground Studies | Transportation Research Board | The study evaluated the effectiveness of ten different temporary pavement marking treatments for work zones. |
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| Edara, P. K. and B. H. Cottrell | Estimation of Traffic Mobility Impacts at Work Zones: State of the Practice | Transportation Research Board | This study conducted a state of the practice survey to determine which tools are being used by State DOTs to estimate the traffic mobility impacts on their work zones. |
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| Elias, A. M., and Z. J. Herbsman | Risk Analysis Techniques for Safety Evaluation of Highway Work Zones | Transportation Research Board | This study developed an approach to determine the risks that are present in highway work zones. |
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| Faulkner, M. J. and C. L. Dudek | Field Evaluation of Moving Maintenance Operations on Texas Urban Freeways | Transportation Research Board | This paper evaluated the safety problems with moving maintenance operations on freeways in Texas. |
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| Faulkner, M. J. and C. L. Dudek | Flashing Arrowboards in Advance of Freeway Work Zones | Transportation Research Board | The objective of this paper was to evaluate the use of flashing arrow boards for freeway lane closures. |
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| Federal Highway Administration | Investigation of Highway Work Zone Crashes | Federal Highway Administration | Highway work zone crashes were investigated using the Highway Safety Information System to determine characteristic of crashes, examine how they are reported and provide ways to improve problems that were found. |
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| Federal Highway Administration | Meeting the Customer’s Needs for Mobility and Safety during Construction and Maintenance Operations | Federal Highway Administration | The objective of this report was to determine how effective the policies and procedures provided by FHWA and State DOTs are at improving mobility and increasing safety through construction and maintenance operations. |
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| Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration | 2000 Work Zone Traffic Crash Facts | Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration | This study identified number and percentages work zone-related crashes and work zone-related large truck crashes for 2000. | 4 |
| Finley, M. D., B. R. Ullman and N. D. Frout | Motorist Comprehension of Traffic Control Devices for Mobile Operations | Transportation Research Board | This paper identified and evaluated traffic control devices that could be used for mobile and short duration maintenance operations and determined the motorists understanding of the devices. | 2 |
| Finley, M. D., G. L. Ullman and C. L. Dudek | Work Zone Lane Closure Warning—Light System | Texas Transportation Institute | The study focuses on determining the effectiveness of a sequential waning light system on drums in work zones at night. | 3 |
| Fontaine, M. D. | Guidelines for Application of Portable Work Zone Intelligent Transportation Systems | Transportation Research Board | This study evaluated the use of Portable Work Zone Intelligent Transportation Systems by various agencies. | 3 |
| Garber, N. and S. Srinivasan | Influence of Exposure Duration on the Effectiveness of Changeable-Message Signs in Controlling Vehicles Speed sat Work Zones | Transportation Research Board | Changeable Message Signs were evaluated to determine the effect they have on speeding drivers in Virginia. | 3 |
| Hall, J. W. and V. W. Lorenz | Characteristics of Construction Zone Accidents | Transportation Research Board | The paper focused on identifying characteristics of crashes in New Mexico construction work zones to improve safety. | 3 |
| Ha, T. J. and Z. A. Nemeth | Detailed Study of Accident Experience in Construction and Maintenance Zones | Transportation Research Board | This study used crash data to identify the causes and effects of construction and maintenance work zone crashes. | 2 |
| Hummer, J. E. and C. R. Scheffler | Driver Performance Comparison of Fluorescent Orange to Standard Orange Work Zone Traffic Signs | Transportation Research Board | The study was conducted to determine the safety related operational measures of fluorescent orange and standard orangetraffic signs. | 2 |
| Hinze, J., and D. L. Carlisle | Variables Affected by Nighttime Construction Projects | Transportation Research Board | The paper focused on determining the issues that are related to nighttime construction projects. | 3 |
| Khattak, A. J., A. J. Khattak and F. M. Council | Effects of Work Zone Presence on Injury and Non-injury Crashes | Accident Analysis and Prevention | This study analyzed crash data to determine the effect of work zone duration on injury and non-injury crashes and compare pre-work zone crashes with crashes occurring during the work zone period. | 2 |
| Kononov, J. and Z. Znamenacek | Risk Analysis of Freeway Lane Closure During Peak Period | Transportation Research Board | The purpose of this study was to provide state DOTs with an effective way to use lane closures. | 3 |
| Koushki, P. A. and F. Al-Kandaru | Road Safety: Prioritization of Roadside Hazard Improvement | Transportation Research Board | This study was conducted in Kuwait to identify hazards that exist along roadways. | 4 |
| Krammes, R. A., and G. O. Lopez | Updated Capacity Values for Short-term Freeway Work Zone Lane Closures | Transportation Research Board | The study focused on estimating the capacity of short-term lane closures in freeway work zones. | 3 |
| Kuemmel, D. A. | Maximizing Legibility of Traffic Signs in Construction Work Zones | Transportation Research Board | The study focused on improving the legibility of work zone traffic control signs by rearranging legends, increasing stroke width, and using upper case lettering. | 2 |
| Levine, S. Z. and R. J. Kabat | Planning and Operation of Urban Highway Work Zones | Transportation Research Board | The objective of this paper was to determine ways in which the problems associated with planning and operation of freeway work zones can be safely alleviated. | 2 |
| Lew, A | Construction Zone, Detour and Temporary Connection Accidents | California Department of Transportation | Crash analysis was done in construction work zones to evaluate the problems that are occurring and recommend ways to improve those problems | 2 |
| Lipscomb, H. J., J. M. Dement, and R. Rodriguez-Acosta | Deaths from External Causes of Injury Among Construction Workers in North Carolina | Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene | This paper studies the causes for deaths among construction workers. | 2 |
| Lozier, W. C., M. E. Kimberlin, and T. L. Grant | Case Study of Highway Maintenance Management | Transportation Research Board | A study was conducted to evaluate the maintenance management program developed by Ohio DOT. | 3 |
| Mak, K. K., R. P. Bligh and L. R. Rhodes | Crash Testing and Evaluation of Work Zone Barricades | Transportation Research Board | The paper focused on evaluating three types of barricades as traffic control devices to reduce crashes in work zones. | 2 |
| Mak, K. K., R. P. Bligh and L. R. Rhodes | Crash Testing and Evaluation of Work Zone Traffic Control Devices | Transportation Research Board | This study evaluated the effectiveness of traffic control devices including plastic drums, sign substrates, temporary and portable sign supports, plastic cones and vertical panels when impacted by vehicles. | 2 |
| Maze, T., G. Burchett and J. Hochstein | Synthesis of Procedures to Forecast and Monitor Work Zone Safety and Mobility Impacts | Federal Highway Administration | The study was performed to determine what is currently being done by State Transportation Agencies to plan, manage, operate and evaluate work zone safety and mobility. | 2 |
| McGee, H. W. and B. G. Knapp | Visibility Requirements for Traffic Control Devices in Work Zones | Transportation Research Board | The study focused on developing standards for traffic control devices in work zones based on visibility requirements. | 2 |
| McGee, H. W., D. B. Joost and E. C. Noel | Speed Control at Work Zones | Institute of Transportation Engineers Journal | This article presents a user guideline that was prepared for controlling vehicle speeds in work zones. | 3 |
| Melia M. K. | How to Improve Work-Zone Safety | Traffic Safety | This article discusses the certification requirements for flaggers in multiple states. | 2 |
| Melia M. K. | Warning: Work Still Ahead on Work-Zone Safety | Traffic Safety | This article discusses the safety of motorists in work zones particularly dealing with flaggers. | 2 |
| Michalopoulos, P. G. and R. Plum | Determining Capacity and Selecting Appropriate Type of Control at One-lane Two-way Construction Sites | Transportation Research Board | The study was conducted to evaluated different traffic controls including stop signs, signals, and flaggers for one-lane two-way construction work zones. | 2 |
| Migletz, J. and J. L.Graham | Work Zone Speed Limit Procedures | Transportation Research Board | The goal of this study was to develop uniform procedures for determining the speed limit of work zones. | 3 |
| Mohan, S. B. and P. Gautam | Cost of Highway Work Zone Injuries | ASCE Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction | The study was performed to estimate the direct and indirect costs for different types of work zone crashes. | 2 |
| Mohan, S. B. and W. C. Zech | Characteristic of Worker Accidents on NYSDOT Construction Projects | Journal of Safety Research | This paper provides information on work zone crashes to help develop safety plans to provide safer work zones for the workers and motorists. | 3 |
| Morelli, C. J., J. D. Brogan and J. W. Hall. | Accommodating Pedestrians in Work Zones | Transportation Research Board | This report focuses on the safety on pedestrians in work zones. | 2 |
| Noel, E. C., C. L. Dudek, O. J. Pendleton and Z. A. Sabra | Speed Control Through Freeway Work Zones: Technique Evaluation | Transportation Research Board | The study focused on evaluating ways in which speed of vehicles can be controlled through work zones. | 3 |
| Paniati, J. F. | Redesign and Evaluation of Selected Work Zone Sign Symbols | Transportation Research Board | The study evaluated work zone traffic signs including Pavement Width Transition, Flagger Ahead, Low Shoulder and Uneven Pavement to determine if a redesign is better understood by drivers. | 2 |
| Polivka, K. A., R. K. Faller, J. R. Rohde, and D. L. Sicking | Crash Testing and Analysis of Work-Zone Sign Supports | Transportation Research Board | The paper evaluated the design of traffic control work zone signs and determined the safety impacts of different sign supports. | 2 |
| Qi, Y., R. Srinivasan, H. Teng and R. Baker | Frequency of Work Zone Accidents on Construction Projects | New York State Department of Transportation | This study focused on work zone crashes in the state of New York to improve the safety of the work zones and recommend ways to improve the crash database. | 3 |
| Raub, R. A. and O. B. Sawaya | Effects of Under-Reporting Construction Zone Crashes | Transportation Research Board | This report analyzed the issues related to under-reporting crashes. | 3 |
| Richards, S. H. and M. Faulkner | An Evaluation of Work Zone Traffic Accidents Occurring on Texas Highway in 1977 | Transportation Research Board | This paper focused on evaluating crashes that were occurring in work zones in Texas during the 1970s. | 3 |
| Richards, S. H., H. Stephen and C. L. Dudek | Implementation of Work-Zone Speed Control Measures | Transportation Research Board | This study was conducted to determine measures that can be taken to reduce speeds in work zones. | 3 |
| Richards, S. H., R. C. Wunderlich and C. L. Dudek | Field Evaluation of Work Zone Speed Control Techniques | Transportation Research Board | Speed control methods including flagging, law enforcement, Changeable Message Signs, effective lane width reduction and rumble strips were tested to determine their effect on reducing speed in work zones. | 3 |
| Richards, S. H., R. C. Wunderlich and C. L. Dudek | Visibility in Construction and Maintenance Work Zones | Transportation Research Board | The paper discusses multiple studies conducted in the 1970s about visibility requirements and improving visibility in construction and maintenance work zones. | 2 |
| Sarasua, W. A., W. J. Davis, D. B. Clarke, J. Kattappally and P. Mulukutla | Evaluation of Interstate Highway Capacity for Short-term Work Zone Lane Closures | Transportation Research Board | The study focused on developing a model to estimate the capacity of work zones in South Carolina based on roadway characteristics, traffic and work zone activity. | 3 |
| Sarasua, W. A., W. J. Davis, M. A. Chowdhury and J. K. Ogle | Estimating Interstate Highway Capacity for Short-term Work Zone Lane Closures: Development of Methodology | Transportation Research Board | The objective of the study was to determine a way to estimate the capacity of an interstate highway during a short-term lane closure. | 3 |
| Sayer, J. R. and M. L. Mefford | High Visibility Safety Apparel and Nighttime Conspicuity of Pedestrians in Work Zones | Journal of Safety Research | Retroreflective safety garments were studied to determine if it helps to see pedestrians in nighttime work zones. | 3 |
| Shepard, F. D. | Improving Work Zone Delineation on Limited Access Highways | Transportation Research Board | Steady-burn lights and raised pavement markers were studied to determine their role in guiding vehicles through work zones. | 2 |
| Sicking, D. L., J. R. Rohde, and J. D. Reid | Development of Trailer Attenuating Cushion for Variable Message Signs and Arrow Boards | Transportation Research Board | This paper focused on the design of new trailer attenuating cushions to increase the safety of variable message sign trailers and arrow board trailers. | 2 |
| Sisiopiku, V. P. and R. W. Lyles | Study of Speed Patterns in Work Zones | Transportation Research Board | The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of various posted speed limits on the actual speed of vehicles in a work zone. | 2 |
| Tooley, M. S., J. L. Gattis, R. Janarthanan and L. K. Duncan | Evaluation of Automated Work Zone Information Systems | Transportation Research Board | This paper determined the effectiveness of Automated Work Zone Information Systems in determining the presence of backups at work zones and in notifying motorists of work zone. | 3 |
| Turner, J.D. | What is a Work Zone? | Public Roads | This article describes the problems that result because there is not a set definition of work zone that everyone uses. | 2 |
| Ullman, G. L. | Effect of Radar Transmissions on Traffic Operations at Highway Work Zones | Transportation Research Board | The purpose of this paper was to determine if transmitting radar signals without using visible enforcement effects vehicular speeds and maneuvers at the beginning of and throughout highway work zones. | 3 |
| Ullman, G. L. and S. Z. Levine | An Evaluation of Portable Traffic Signals at Work Zones | Transportation Research Board | The study evaluated the use of portable traffic signals to replace flaggers at work zones. | 2 |
| Ullman G. L., B. R. Ullman and M. D. Finley | Evaluating the Safety Risk of Active Night Work Zones | Texas Transportation Institute | The study evaluated the different safety risks of workers and motorists in work zones at night. | 3 |
| Ullman G. L., C. L. Dudek, B. R. Ullman, A. William and G. Pesti | Improved Work Zone Portable Changeable Message Sign Usage | Texas Transportation Institute | This paper focuses on the proper use of portable changeable message signs in work zones. | 3 |
| Ullman, G. L, M. D. Finley and B. R. Ullman | Analysis of Crashes at Active Night Work Zones in Texas | Transportation Research Board | This paper focused on the crash issues related to nighttime highway work zones. | 3 |
| Van Winkle, J. and J.B. Humphreys | Effectiveness of City Traffic-Control Programs for Construction and Maintenance Work Zones | Transportation Research Board | This study consisted of a state-of-the-art survey and field investigation to determine the risks involved with city traffic-control programs for work zones. | 2 |
| Venugopal, S. and A. Tarko. | Safety Models for Rural Freeway Work Zones | Transportation Research Board | The study was done to develop models to predict the number of crashes on sections of rural freeways approaching work zones and inside work zones. | 3 |
| Wang, J, et. al | Investigation of Highway Work Zone Crashes | Federal Highway Administration | This study focused on issues related to work zone crashes and provided recommendations to improve those issues. | 2 |
| Yodock, J. L. and M. Christensen | Increasing Work Zone Safety - Water-Filled Barricades Guide Through Dangerous Work Areas | Public Works Magazine | This article focuses on the use of water-filled barricades to improve safety through work zones. | 3 |
| Zhu, J. and F. F. Sacromanno | Safety Implications of Freeway Work Zone Lane Closures | Transportation Research Board | The paper focused on determining the safety implications that result from freeway lane closures including right lane closures, left lane closures and an alternative lane closure | 3 |
