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Maintenance Practices

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Maintenance Work Zone Safety: Pocket Guide of MUTCD Guidance on Temporary Traffic Control (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This 4x6 reference guide provides information on the typical applications that apply to short-term and mobile operations for maintenance, providing useful graphics and detailed descriptions of the app…More

Vehicle Intrusion Warning System in Work Zone Within Vehicle Infrastructure Integration Environment (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Because expressway work zones for maintenance often need lane closure, it will result in road capacity bottleneck and impact the stabilization and safety of expressway operation. To ensure the safety …More

Transformation of the Roadway Maintenance Operations Workforce (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
As part of TRB's Centennial Celebration, the Technical Activities Council invited all standing committees to submit a Centennial Paper. The Centennial Papers showcase TRB’s standing committees’ pa…More

Decades in the Making, UDOT’s Reconstruction of U.S. 89 Begins in Earnest This Week (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
After decades of study and preparation, work on the transportation department’s massive reconstruction of U.S. 89 in Davis and Weber counties is scheduled to start this week. The state will implemen…More

Gardiner Bridge Replacement Delayed due to Coronavirus Concerns (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Reed & Reed, the contractor on the Gardiner bridge replacement project, will temporarily halt operations to protect employees during the peak time of the coronavirus spread in Maine. According to …More

Missouri DOT Launches Statewide Pothole Repair Effort (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) began a roadway pothole repair effort that will last from March through April this year. The agency said some 300 patching crews are being deployed st…More

3rd State Showcase Webinar: Showcasing the Use of Technology in Achieving the Maintenance Mission (Training)

Co-hosted by SICOP and the AASHTO Committee on Maintenance - Maintenance Operations TWG, the Missouri and North Dakota DOTs will showcase their use of technology to achieve their maintenance mission i… More

Study on Traffic Organization and Work-Zone Optimization of Four-Lane Freeway Reconstruction and Expansion (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
In this paper, the bi-directional four-lane traffic organization plan and its key factors in the freeway reconstruction and expansion were analyzed. Combined with the actual traffic flow and construct…More

Review of Literature and Maintenance Practices at State Transportation Agencies (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This report reviews relevant literature related to maintenance scheduling, prioritization, and methodologies. It discusses Kentucky Transportation Center’s current approach to maintenance activities…More

Developing a Pre-Task Safety Briefing Tool for Kentucky Maintenance Personnel (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The dangerous work environment in the construction industry and the inherited high risks associated with its work make it the focus of safety training and regulations. Highway construction and mainten…More

Awareness of Occupational Safety and Health Issues on Roadway Maintenance Works in Nyeri County, Kenya (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The nature of the construction industry combined with the required physical demands and rigorous work processes, make it an industry that faces several safety and health issues and thus higher risk of…More

Evaluation of Safety Practices for Short Duration Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This report documents a research effort tasked with identifying cost effective and safer alternatives to the current procedures used by Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) maintenance crews durin…More

Road Safety Aspects in the Management of Road Maintenance (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The last decade in Poland has been a period of intense expansion of the public roads network. During this period a spectacular increase in the number of vehicles and traffic intensities has been notic…More

Evaluation of Alternative Methods of Temporary Traffic Control on Rural One-Lane, Two-way Highways (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This report describes the methodology and results of analyses performed to identify and evaluate alternative methods for rural, one-lane, two-way temporary traffic control for maintenance operations. …More

Roundabout Maintenance Flipbook (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This flipbook is a summary of the work published in the Roundabout Maintenance Manual by Indiana LTAP. This information was collected through a series of interviews with city engineers, public works d…More

Roundabout Maintenance Manual (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This maintenance manual serves as an additional resource for communities who have implemented roundabouts or are considering them. This manual will provide specific information regarding roundabout ma…More

Design of Traffic Organization Program for Expressway Reconstruction Project: A Case Study in Hunan, China (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This study presents a methodology to design the traffic organization program in an expressway reconstruction project. Based on the analysis of current traffic volume and traffic direction flow, an int…More

Work Zone Safety: Temporary Traffic Control for Maintenance Operations / Seguridad en la zona de trabajo: Control temporal de tránsito para operaciones de mantenimiento (Publication)

Resource Type: Brochures and Fact Sheets
Este folleto extrae información clave de la publicación “Pocket Guide of MUTCD’s Guidance on Temporary Traffic Control” (Guí­a de bolsillo sobre directrices para el control temporal del trá…More

Maintenance Work Zone Safety — Pocket Guide of MUTCD’s Guidance on Temporary Traffic Control / Seguridad en la zona de trabajo de mantenimiento – Guí­a de bolsillo sobre la orientación del MUTCD en relación con el control de tránsito temporal (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
Esta guí­a de 4 por 6 pulgadas provee información sobre los diagramas tí­picos que aplican a trabajos de corta duración y operaciones móviles de mantenimiento. La guí­a provee diagramas útil…More

Identification and Assessment of Risks Involved in Operations and Maintenance Activities on Highways: Crash Data Analysis and Development of Severity-Frequency Lists (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Mobile operations and highway maintenance work is among the riskiest activities of state highway agencies. Over the past ten years 1,300 fatal-major crashes occurred in Iowa due to mobile operations. …More

Maintenance Manual (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This manual provides basic direction to operating personnel for performing maintenance activities on the Idaho state highway system. It includes the following sections: General; Safety; Roadway; Roads…More

Integrating Human Factors and Operational Research in a Multidisciplinary Investigation of Road Maintenance (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
There has been limited collaboration between researchers in human factors and operational research disciplines, particularly in relation to work in complex, distributed systems. This study aimed to in…More

Maintenance Work Zone Safety: Pocket Guide of MUTCD Guidance on Temporary Traffic Control (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This 4x6 reference guide provides information on the typical applications that apply to short-term and mobile operations for maintenance, providing useful graphics and detailed descriptions of the app…More

Maintenance Work Zone Safety: Pocket Guide of MUTCD Guidance on Temporary Traffic Control

PDF Version in English [594 KB] and Spanish [2.81 MB] October 2008 Table of Contents Purpose Maintenance Activities Seven Principles of Temporary Traffic Control Component … More

Work Zone Safety: Temporary Traffic Control for Maintenance Operations (Publication)

Resource Type: Brochures and Fact Sheets
This tri-fold brochure provides highlights from the “Pocket Guide of MUTCD’s Guidance on Temporary Traffic Control” (see description below). The audience for this brochure is contractors, field …More

Work Zone Safety: Temporary Traffic Control for Maintenance Operations

PDF Version in English [284 KB] and Spanish [2.18 MB] Maintenance Operations and Temporary Traffic Control Roadway maintenance activities occur in close proximity to traffic, creating a potentia… More

Evaluation of the Visibility of Workers’ Safety Garments during Nighttime Highway-Maintenance Operations (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
To reduce traffic congestion in the United States, roadway maintenance and construction operations are widely performed during nighttime hours. This makes visibility a critical issue as workers need …More
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