Resource Type: Presentations
The 2019 Commercial Vehicle Safety Summit – Best Practices for Industry & Law Enforcement Partnerships brought together 158 attendees from 86 agencies and organizations involved in truck and bus…MoreConnected Vehicles
Featured Items:
Surrogate Safety Assessment of Work Zone Rear-End Collisions in a Connected Vehicle Environment: Agent-Based Modeling Framework (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This paper presents an agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS) framework to evaluate the safety performance impacts of connected vehicle (CV) technologies in a work zone setting. This research is p…MoreSocio-Demographic Impacts on Lane-Changing Action Time and Distance in Work Zone with Drivers’ Smart Advisory System (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
A lane-changing behavior is an important component of traffic simulation. Lane-changing actions are normally confined to the decision-making process of the task, and the action itself is assumed as an…MoreRadio Frequency Identification-Based Drivers’ Smart Assistance System to Enhance Safety and Reduce Emissions in Work Zone (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
A work zone is an area of roadway with highway construction, maintenance, or utility-work activities. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, many traffic accidents and fatali…MoreAssessing the Impacts of Connected-Vehicle Technology on Work Zone Rear-End Collisions: Agent-Based Modeling Approach (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The objective of this paper is to assess the impacts of connected vehicle technology on work zone rear-end collisions through an agent-based modeling approach. This research is primarily motivated by …MoreApplication of LiDAR and Connected Vehicle Data to Evaluate the Impact of Work Zone Geometry on Freeway Traffic Operations (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Extensive literature exists regarding recommendations for lane widths, merging tapers, and work zone geometry to provide safe and efficient traffic operations. However, it is often infeasible or unsaf…MoreU.S. Department of Transportation Makes $2.4 Million Available for Work Zone Data Exchange Grants in Preparation for Automated Vehicles (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $2.4 million in Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx) grants to promote the devel…MoreIntelligent Work Zone System and Connected Vehicle Technologies to Reduce Crashes in Roadway Construction Area (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Even though a lot of countermeasures have been implemented in construction area (or called work zone), there are still many crashes in work zone reported in the United States. Angle and rear-end crash…MorePresentations from the 2019 Commercial Vehicle Safety Summit: Best Practices for Industry & Law Enforcement Partnerships (Publication)
Resource Type: Presentations
The 2019 Commercial Vehicle Safety Summit – Best Practices for Industry & Law Enforcement Partnerships brought together 158 attendees from 86 agencies and organizations involved in truck and bus…MoreGeorgia and Alabama Cities Become Test Beds for Early Warning Traffic Safety App (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Applied Information Inc., a Georgia technology firm, is partnering with Atlanta, Marietta, Georgia and Tuscaloosa, Alabama to beta-test an IoT project that connects cars, cyclists and pedestrians to i…MoreConnected Vehicle Work Zone Pilot & Work Zone Monitoring Tools (Training)
This webinar is sponsored by the I-95 Corridor Coalition.
Speakers include:
Mike Pack & Amber Reimnitz, PA Turnpike Commission (CV Work Zone Pilot & WZ Vehicle Entering/Exiting Warning… More
Connected Vehicle Data-Based Tools for Work Zone Active Traffic Management (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Work zones present challenges to safety and mobility that require agencies to balance limited resources with vital traffic management activities. It is important to obtain operational feedback for suc…MorePenn State to Study Integration of Automated Driving Systems into Work Zones (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
The Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute will lead a $8.4 million project funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation to study connectivity, visibility, and high-definition mappi…MoreOptimal Variable Speed Limit Control under Connected Work Zone and Connected Vehicle Environment (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Despite the long-term benefits gained through road maintenance projects, the work zone involved can cause serious traffic congestion and greatly increase traffic delay. Variable speed limit (VSL) enfo…MoreImpact of Connected Vehicle on Work Zone Network Safety through Dynamic Route Guidance (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Despite enhanced safety strategies, in-vehicles technologies, and improvements in infrastructure, urban transportation networks are still accident-prone. Connected vehicle offers the possibility to …MoreDrivers’ Reaction of Warning Messages in Work Zone Termination Areas with Left Turn (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Work zone crashes have always drawn public attention. A number of fatalities are recorded every year nationwide within work zone areas. Most existing countermeasures have been dedicated more to the ad…MoreColorado Touts Nation’s First Deployed Driverless Work Zone Impact-Protection Truck (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
On August 18, Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and a group of partners that helped develop the new "autonomous impact-protection vehicle" showcased the AIPV in action without a driver behi…MoreOhio Work Zone Safety Effort to Include Aerial Enforcement (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) are putting more focus on work zone safety due to the increase of speeding-related incidents related in part to the low traffic volumes caused by the respons…MoreResearchers’ Prototype Vest Offers a Warning System for Roadside Construction Workers, Rescue Personnel (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Working at a construction site is a dangerous job. Virginia Tech researchers created InZoneAlert vest which combines radio sensors that construction workers can wear on or inside vests with connected …MoreCDOT Tests Self-Driving Work Zone Vehicle: Video (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) unveiled its Autonomous Impact Protection Vehicle (AIPV), a driverless crash cushion truck designed to advance safety for roadway maintenance crews. CD…MoreColorado DOT and Partners to Unveil Self-Driving Work Zone Vehicle (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Royal Truck & Equipment, a US manufacturer of truck mounted attenuator (TMA) trucks, is to unveil the Colorado Department of Transportation autonomous attenuator truck, along with partners at Co…MoreAssessment of the Effectiveness of Connected Vehicle Weather and Work Zone Warnings in Improving Truck Driver Safety (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Improving work zone safety remains a prime challenge for the transportation sector in the United States. In particular, the frequency and severity of work zone crashes involving large trucks in rural …More3M and MDOT Partner on Nation’s First Connected Work Zone on I-75 in Oakland County (Publication)
Resource Type: Other News Releases
3M and the Michigan Department of Transportation announced they are partnering to utilize connected vehicle technologies along more than 3 miles of I-75. Using leading roadway solutions from 3M, the c…MoreSimulation and Evaluation of Speed and Lane-Changing Advisory of CAVS at Work Zones in Heterogeneous Traffic Flow (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Emerging connected autonomous vehicle (CAV) technologies provide an opportunity to the vehicle motion control to improve the traffic performance. This study simulated and evaluated the CAV-based speed…MoreA Work Zone Simulation Model for Travel Time Prediction in a Connected Vehicle Environment (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
A work zone bottleneck in a roadway network can cause traffic delays, emissions and safety issues. Accurate measurement and prediction of work zone travel time can help travelers make better routing d…MoreEvaluating the Effects of Connected Vehicle Weather and Work Zone Warnings on Truck Drivers’ Workload and Distraction Using Eye Glance Behavior (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This study acts in support of the Wyoming Department of Transport (WYDOT) connected vehicle pilot efforts in the deployment of effective, safe, and user-centered connected vehicle (CV) applications an…MoreCDOT Purchases the World’s First Automated Self-Driving Construction Vehicle (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
When Robert Roy was helping to create the world's first self-driving construction truck, he traveled across the country and talked to people in the construction industry. He learned that drivers of cr…More