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Portable Positive Protection: A Guide for Short Duration and Short Term Work Zones (Publication)
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This guideline covers various types of positive protection devices that can be easily placed and moved for short duration and short term work operations, especially compared with traditional portable …MoreMaintenance 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)
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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…MoreRequirements for work or shadow vehicles to have Truck-Mounted Attenuator (TMA) (Practice)
When a shadow vehicle is used, TxDOT requires the vehicle to be equipped with a truck-mounted attenuator. Shadow vehicles are required in many situations including mobile operations and short-term fre… More
A Comparative Study to Evaluate Short-Term Work Zone Safety Control Measures’ Effectiveness Based on a Simplified Traffic Conflict Model (Publication)
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As traffic-related work zone crashes continue to increase across the nation, the safety of road users and workers has become a top priority for transportation agencies. This study compared three diffe…MoreClosed-Course Test and Analysis of Vibration and Sound Generated by Temporary Rumble Strips for Short-Term Work Zones (Publication)
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Driver distraction and speeding are two contributors to crashes in construction and maintenance work zones. Rumble strips can be effective and have been used in some states to alert drivers to reduce …MoreImproving the Effectiveness of Nighttime Temporary Traffic Control Warning Devices, Volume 2: Evaluation of Nighttime Mobile Warning Lights (Publication)
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Vehicle-mounted warning lights for nighttime mobile highway operations provide critical protection to workers and the driving public. Alerting the traveling public of the approaching work activity and…MoreInnovative Traffic Control Devices for Improving Safety at Rural Short-Term Maintenance Work Zones (Publication)
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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) sponsored a Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) research project to determine if innovative traffic contro…MoreUpdated Capacity Values for Short-Term Freeway Work Zone Lane Closures (Publication)
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Recommendations on estimating the capacities of short-term freeway work zone lane closures are presented. The recommendations are based on 45 hr of capacity counts at 33 work zones in Texas between 19…MoreUse of Innovative Traffic Control Devices to Improve Safety at Short-Term Rural Work Zones (Publication)
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This is the summary report for Project 0-1879: Investigation and Evaluation of Newly Developed and Innovative Traffic Control Devices for Application at Construction Work Zones to Alert Drivers and/or…MoreService Vehicle Lighting and Traffic Control Systems for Short-Term and Moving Operations (Publication)
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This project applied laboratory, test track, and highway field study to develop traffic control systems for short-term and moving maintenance operations. While the emphasis of this study was to test v…MoreQueuing and Natural Diversion at Short-Term Freeway Work Zone Lane Closures (Publication)
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Research conducted to explore the effects of natural diversion on traffic conditions and travel patterns upstream of temporary work zone lane closures on high-volume urban freeways in Texas is describ…MoreMaintenance 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
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Maintenance Activities
Seven Principles of Temporary Traffic Control
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Impact Assessment of Short-Term Work Zones on Intersection Capacity in New York City (Publication)
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New York City infrastructure is one of the oldest transportation infrastructures in the United States. Local street construction and short-term work zones are almost continuously planned events that a…MoreIowa DOT Using Audible Attenuators to Increase Short-Term Work Zone Awareness (Publication)
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The Iowa Department of Transportation is employing a number of safety practices including the use of audible attenuators on short-term, stationary, or slow-moving maintenance operations. The attenuato…MorePortable Positive Protection: A Guide for Short Duration and Short Term Work Zones
September 2015
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Developed by ATSSA for the FHWA Work Zone Safety Grant Program
Note: This document cites specific products solely to illustrate the concept of portable… More
Development of a Decision Matrix and Specifications for Portable Temporary Rumble Strips for Short-Term Work Zones (Publication)
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The objective of this research was to develop specifications for portable temporary rumble strips (PTRSs) for their applications in different work zone settings. A decision matrix and a classification…MoreMaintenance Work Zone Safety: Pocket Guide of MUTCD Guidance on Temporary Traffic Control (Publication)
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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…MoreSafely Implementing Rolling Roadblocks for Short-term Highway Construction, Maintenance, and Utility Work Zones (Publication)
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This Fact Sheet summarizes best practices related to rolling roadblocks for short-term road work activities requiring a short-term full closure of the roadway.MoreImplementing Safe Work Zone Operations Strategies Training Course (Training)
This free one day course will provide personnel responsible for planning the operations of their workers in flagged, mobile, short duration, short term and incident response operations, tools and stra… More
Effectiveness of Temporary Rumble Strips in Alerting Motorists in Short-Term Surveying Work Zones (Publication)
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Many surveyors who work in/near live traffic encounter unique safety challenges as they are frequently exposed to fast moving vehicles. Unlike traditional work zones, safety countermeasures at surveyi…MoreCapacity Models for Long-Term and Short-Term Freeway Work Zones in Germany (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The paper presents results from a comprehensive study of work zone capacity on German freeways. A large number of long-time work zones with and without a reduction of the number of lanes as well as sh…MoreDevelopment of a Methodology to Estimate the Interstate Highway Capacity for Short-Term Work Zone Lane Closures (Publication)
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Defining and understanding traffic flow parameters within short-term interstate work zones is a crucial step in developing effective policies to manage construction and maintenance work conducted on t…MorePortable Positive Protection: A Guide for Short Duration and Short Term Work Zones (Publication)
Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
This guideline covers various types of positive protection devices that can be easily placed and moved for short duration and short term work operations, especially compared with traditional portable …MoreDevices to Implement Short-Term Speed Limits in Texas Work Zones (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
In Texas, speed limits for short-term (less than 12 consecutive h) work zones are used when workers or equipment are not behind a concrete barrier, work activity is within 15 ft of the pavement edge, …MoreA Guide to Short-Term Stationary, Short-Duration, and Mobile Work Zone Traffic Control (Publication)
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This guide identifies and describes specific challenges and characteristics for short-term stationary, short-duration, and mobile work zones. Typically these work zones require special consideration i…MoreWork 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
Updated Short-Term Freeway Work Zone Lane Closure Capacity Values (Publication)
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This report reviews previous studies of work zone capacity, summarizes the analysis of new capacity data collected as part of Study 1108, and presents recommendations for estimating the capacity of sh…More