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Ohio and Pennsylvania will soon start a project to develop an interstate system called the Work Zone Reservation and Traveler Information System, or WZRTIS, to manage road construction projects. The W…MoreScheduling
Minimizing Work Zone Mobility Impacts Using Project Coordination (Publication)
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Under the Every Day Counts program, the Federal Highway Administration has been promoting technologies and practices that can shorten the project delivery process, enhance durability and safety, r…MoreOptimizing Work-Zone Schedule with Floating Car Data Considering Traffic Diversion and Managed Lanes (Publication)
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Work zones have become the second largest contributor to the nonrecurring delay disruptions of traffic on US highways. The development of a sound model to minimize the total cost (i.e., road user…MoreExtension of Safety Assessment Tool for Construction Work Zone Phasing Plans (Publication)
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Engineering practitioners must balance safety and mobility when evaluating different construction phasing alternatives for highway work zones. There is a need for practitioner guidance and practical t…MoreReview of Literature and Maintenance Practices at State Transportation Agencies (Publication)
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This report reviews relevant literature related to maintenance scheduling, prioritization, and methodologies. It discusses Kentucky Transportation Center’s current approach to maintenance activities…MoreStudy on the Day-Based Work Zone Scheduling Problem in Urban Road Networks Based on the Day-to-Day Traffic Assignment Model (Publication)
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Many work zones exist in the urban road network and have a great negative impact on city traffic. Finding the optimal work zone schedule can minimize the negative impact of work zones on traffic. This…MoreModeling Highway Performance Under Various Short-Term Work Zone Configurations (Publication)
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Federal rules mandate state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations to measure and report on the performance of highways within their jurisdictions. Those rules support a…MoreTime-Dependent Transportation Network Design Considering Construction Impact (Publication)
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A traditional discrete network design problem (DNDP) always assumes transportation infrastructure projects to be one-time events and ignores travelers’ delays caused by construction work. In fact, i…MoreEvaluation of Traffic Control Options in Work Zones (Publication)
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Lane closures for work zones along freeways produce bottlenecks. These bottlenecks are problematic due to loss of capacity and excessive lane changes, which impact the facility performance represented…MoreApplication of Work Zone Road User Costs to Determine Schedule-Related Incentives and Disincentives (Publication)
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Time-related contract clauses are primarily designed to encourage contractors through incentives and disincentives to complete construction projects on or ahead of schedule. Highway agencies have gain…MoreScheduling Work Zones in Multi-Modal Networks, Phase I: Scheduling Work Zones in Transportation Service Networks (Publication)
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The purpose of this project is to study the optimal scheduling of work zones so that they have minimum negative impact (e.g., travel delay, gas consumption, accidents, etc.) on transport service vehic…MoreOptimal Trade-Offs between Construction Cost and Traffic Delay for Highway Work Zones (Publication)
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Highway work zones often cause traffic congestion, resulting in increased road-user delays and vehicle emissions. These negative impacts of highway work zones can be minimized by a number of mitigatin…MoreOptimizing Scheduling of Long-Term Highway Work Zone Projects (Publication)
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The impacts of work zone activities can be summarized into the following types: safety impact (on both motorists and workers), mobility impact, economic considerations, environmental concerns, user co…MoreApplication of Work Zone Road User Costs in Determining Schedule Related Incentives and Disincentives – A Conceptual Framework (Publication)
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Time-related contract clauses are primarily designed to encourage contractors to complete on or ahead of construction schedule through incentives and disincentives (I/D). The I/Ds are typically devise…MoreWork Zone Planning in Pavement Rehabilitation: Integrating Cost, Duration, and User Effects (Publication)
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This paper describes a methodology developed to support decision makers in planning work zones for pavement maintenance and rehabilitation interventions, integrating cost, duration, and user effects. …MoreOptimization of Renewal-Based Project Scheduling in an Urban Network (Publication)
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In this paper we develop a mathematical decision model and solution method to schedule the sequence of work zones before construction starts. The model is distinguished to quantitatively measure the t…MoreIntegrating Human Factors and Operational Research in a Multidisciplinary Investigation of Road Maintenance (Publication)
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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…MoreOptimization of Work Zone Schedule Considering Time-Varying Traffic Diversion (Publication)
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Highway maintenance may cause excessive delay on transportation corridors and networks. Diverting traffic from congested highway work zones and accelerating maintenance progress can mitigate the adver…MoreAutomated Constructibility Analysis of Work-Zone Traffic-Control Planning (Publication)
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Constructibility, in simple words, is the ability to construct effectively. This study involved the development of a prototype system to perform highway constructibility analysis of traffic-control pl…MoreComputer Model for Evaluating and Scheduling Freeway Work-Zone Lane Closures (Publication)
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QUEWZ is a computer model that was developed in 1982 as a tool for planning and scheduling freeway work-zone operations. The model analyzes traffic flow through lane closures in freeway work zones and…MoreDeveloping a Scheduling Tool for Work Zones on Houston Freeways (Publication)
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In Houston the condition of the existing highway network has deteriorated at a far greater rate than can be maintained without affecting traffic severely or endangering the safety of maintenance crews…MoreA Tabu Search Based Approach for Work Zone Scheduling (Publication)
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This paper introduces a work zone scheduling methodology, which is intended to be used as a decision - aid tool for transportation planners that have to undertake a number of work zones larger than th…MoreRoad Work Zones to Have Minimal Effect on Labor Day Traffic (Publication)
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AMES, IOWA - Road work will have a minimal effect on traffic during the Labor Day weekend, according to Iowa Department of Transportation officials. "We realize that many motorists will be on the road…MoreOptimizing Work Zones for Two-Lane Highway Maintenance Projects (Publication)
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Highway maintenance is very expensive in terms of not only costs to the responsible agencies but also disruptive delays to users. Construction and maintenance activities on two-lane two-way highways o…MoreModel for Analysis of Factors Affecting Construction Schedule in Highway Work Zones (Publication)
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In highway construction, it is not only important to understand the factors that affect the schedule but also to evaluate their probable severity and impact on project duration. However, there is curr…MoreValidation of a Model for Predicting Schedule Changes in Highway Work Zones-Case Studies (Publication)
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There are currently no standard or accepted methods in the construction industry to calculate the probable impact of indirect cost factors on the schedule of highway work zone projects. This paper pre…More