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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…MoreLaw Enforcement
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Guidelines on Managing Speeds in Work Zones (Publication)
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Guidelines on Managing Speeds in Work Zones summarizes available guidance on setting speed limits and managing speeds in work zones. Many factors impact the decision to reduce the regulatory speed lim…MoreGuidelines on Use of Law Enforcement in Work Zones (Publication)
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Guidelines on Use of Uniformed Law Enforcement (Subpart K) describes good practices for use of law enforcement to improve work zone safety and mobility. The document is intended to assist highway agen…MoreWork Zone Speed Management: Synthesis of Highway Practice (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This Synthesis of Practice focuses on speed management for work zones on roadways with ordinary (pre-construction) speed limits of 45 mph and above such as freeways, tollways, multilane divided rural …MoreGuidelines on Managing Speeds in Work Zones (Publication)
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Guidelines on Managing Speeds in Work Zones summarizes available guidance on setting speed limits and managing speeds in work zones. Many factors impact the decision to reduce the regulatory speed lim…MoreGetting There: When is a Work Zone a Work Zone? (Publication)
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Dave Shive, a Maryland native, was ticketed three times in the past two weeks for speeding through work zones. He contacted Michael Dresser of the Baltimore Sun and shared his concerns about drivers …MoreGuidance for the Use of Portable Changeable Message Signs in Work Zones
September 2013
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Objectives of the Document
General Guidance
Design Factors
Message Guidelines
Placement
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Va. Senate Backs Bill Putting Handheld Speed Cameras Around Work Zones (Publication)
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The Virginia State Senate has approved Sen. Bill Carrico’s bill, which would allow state police troopers to use handheld speed cameras when the troopers are physically in or near a work zone. A w…MorePennDOT Deploying Photo Speed Enforcement Across the Commonwealth (Publication)
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The electronic signs controlled by PennDOT are all sending out a common message about the beginning of photo enforcement. Designed to protect highway and construction workers, the photo enforcement wi…MoreAutomated Work Zone Speed Enforcement Begins in Pennsylvania (Publication)
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission officially began full enforcement of the statewide Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement (AWZSE) program on March…MoreCaution Urged for Drivers in Tulsa Work Zones (Publication)
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Oklahoma will be expanding the number of work zones due to increased funding from the 2009 stimulus package. The increase in the number of work zones means an increase in workers and work zone acciden…MoreRockford Police Warn Drivers to Slow Down in Construction Zones (Publication)
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The Rockford Police Department used an undercover officer dressed as a construction worker and armed with a radar gun to catch motorists violating construction zone traffic laws. Those pulled over wer…MoreMD Drivers Finally Heed Work Zone Speed Cameras: AAA (Publication)
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Speed cameras deployed in work zones in the Baltimore metro area and across Maryland have worked to reduce speeding violations. The numbers of crashes, fatalities, and fines paid have dropped signific…MoreLaw Enforcement Agencies Step up Patrols in US 41 Construction Zones (Publication)
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Parts of Highway 41 are under construciton due to a road improvement project. To ensure the safety of workers and motorists, the Winnebago County Sheriff's Department has teamed up with the Wisconsin …MoreConstruction Work Zone Safety: Will Critics Shutter Speed Cameras? (Publication)
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Speed-enforcement cameras have been proved to be effective in reducing speed by research studies and crash statistics. However, the anti-camera sentiment could be a major impediment for states that…MoreOklahoma Troopers to Target Work Zone Law Violators: With College Football Games and Labor Day Weekend, Traffic is Expected to be Heavy (Publication)
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The traffic is expected to be heavy this weekend as people head to Texas for Labor Day or college football game. Oklahoma troopers will be out in force and plan to ticket motorists who violate traff…MoreAutomated Speed Enforcement in Work Zones (Training)
The purpose of this podcast is to help practitioners familiarize themselves with the types of automated speed enforcement currently used in work zones and to discuss considerations for those practit… More
Automated Speed Enforcement in Work Zones (Publication)
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Automated speed enforcement (ASE) systems are one tool in the wide range of speed management techniques that are effective in reducing speeds in work zones, thereby improving traffic and worker safety…MoreDriver Confused by Speed-Limit Laws (Publication)
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In this article, Dr. Gridlock addressed the question regarding 12 mph window over the limit as the enforced speed limit. The 12 mph buffer is restricted by a law in Maryland to limit the use of speed …MoreMd.’s Mobile Speed Cameras Raking in Millions from Work Zones (Publication)
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Totaling over 30 million in fines and over 750,000 tickets issued, Maryland officials now has the numbers to prove how serious they are about punishing work zone speed violators. Work zone incidents …MoreMore than 500 Work Zone Violations Issued During Operation Drive Smart (Publication)
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540 citations were issued for speed violations in work zones across the state of North Carolina during Operation Drive Smart 2009, the state's work zone safety enforcement campaign. The campaign, whi…MoreDrivers Caught Going Wrong Way, Ignoring Signs in Construction Zone (Publication)
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A major construction project in Northfield Village, Ohio causes enormous safety concerns with people driving the wrong way on the wrong side of the road and going around the road closed signs. The Pol…MorePolice Enforcing Work Zone Traffic Safety in Eugene on Project Where Worker Died (Publication)
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Police are enforcing traffic safety in the work zone along Beltline Highway at Delta Highway, where a construction worker died in January and constructions crews are working in the center median. ODOT…MoreDOT Workers Push for Automated Safety Devices in Work Zones (Publication)
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Those who work on Connecticut’s highways testified in favor of HB 5198, An Act Concerning Maintenance Work Zone Safety Enforcement, before the Transportation Committee’s public hearing. The bill w…MoreUndercover Troopers Monitor Construction Sites: Trooper Dressed as Construction Worker Clocks Drivers’ Speed (Publication)
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In a terrible twist, a construction worker trying to make Florida's Turnpike a safer road was killed Monday when a motorist ran into her. In the wake of the accident, Florida Highway Patrol troopers a…MoreThruway Authority & State Police Troop T Announce “Operation Work Brake” Enforcement Begins August 8 (Publication)
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“Operation Work Brake,” an annual five-day initiative to promote work zone safety and awareness, will take place from August 8 through August 12, 2011. Officials say state troopers will be out in …MoreDownstream Effects of Speed Photo—Radar Enforcement and Other Speed Reduction Treatments on Work Zones (Publication)
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The effects of automated speed photo—radar enforcement (SPE) and traditional speed reduction treatments (speed feedback trailer, presence of police vehicles with emergency lights on and off, and com…MoreSpeed Photo—Radar Enforcement and its Effects on Speed in Work Zones (Publication)
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Automated speed photo—radar enforcement (SPE) in work zones was implemented for the first time in the United States in Illinois. This paper presents the results of the effectiveness of SPE on the ba…MoreReport on the Use of Police Details for Traffic Control on Federally-aided Highway Construction Projects in the State of Massachusetts (Publication)
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In response to a memo sent by the United States Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General, "FHWA established a team to review the use of police details on federal-aid highway projects…MoreIllinois State Police Spring Construction Zone Safety (Publication)
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With the arrival of spring, construction is underway. Illinois State Police District 1 troopers are actively patrolling construction zones and paying special attention to distracted driving and speed…More