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Guidelines on Managing Speeds in Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
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…More

Guidelines on Use of Law Enforcement in Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
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…More

2009 National Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference

The acclaimed Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference managed by the ARTBA - Transportation Development Foundation was held March 9-13 in Orlando, Florida, in conjunction with World o… More

Work 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 …More

SWZ: Technology Applications: Types of Applications: Variable Speed Limit

Variable speed limit systems strive to harmonize speeds approaching and within the work zone, calming traffic flow and warning of slowed or stopped traffic ahead. Concept of Operations for Us… More

SWZ: Technology Applications Types of Applications: Automated Enforcement

Automated enforcement systems detect and capture images of speeding vehicles to be used for enforcement purposes. Fact sheet on automated enforcement systems in work zones Evaluation of an a… More

Automated 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

PennDOT Deploying Photo Speed Enforcement Across the Commonwealth (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
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…More

MD Drivers Finally Heed Work Zone Speed Cameras: AAA (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
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…More

Va. Senate Backs Bill Putting Handheld Speed Cameras Around Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
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…More

Evaluation of Ohio Work Zone Speed Zones Process (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This report describes the methodology and results of analyses performed to determine the effectiveness of Ohio Department of Transportation processes for establishing work zone speed zones. Researcher…More

Automated Speed Enforcement in Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
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…More

Highway Work Zone Speed Enforcement (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Governor Deval Patrick joined the Massachusetts State Police, MassDOT, and state and federal officials today to kick off the work zone speed enforcement program, a one-year pilot program targeting at …More

Md.’s Mobile Speed Cameras Raking in Millions from Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
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 …More

Variable Speed Limits Signs: Effects on Speed and Speed Variation in Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Variable Speed Limit (VSL) signs are used across the country in conjunction with Intelligent Transportation Systems to lower posted speed limits in areas affected by conditions such as congestion, con…More

Synthesis of Safety Research Related to Speed and Speed Limit (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This document provides a review of safety research related to speed and speed management. This review builds upon a similar synthesis prepared in 1982. This synthesis highlights the relationships amon…More

DOT Workers Push for Automated Safety Devices in Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
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…More

Speed Bumps Can Control Work-Zone Speed (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Article discussing a controversial traffic control device- the speed bump. It is being used by the Bow, New Hampshire Department of Public Works as a work-zone safety device.More

Thruway Authority & State Police Troop T Announce “Operation Work Brake” Enforcement Begins August 8 (Publication)

Resource Type: Other News Releases
“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 …More

Investigation of Effectiveness of Radar Speed Signs and Additional Lighting for Speed Control in Highway Construction and Maintenance Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Safely controlling and reducing vehicle speeds through work zones decreases the safety risk associated with highway construction and maintenance work. Work zone speed control has been the subject of…More

Speed Photo—Radar Enforcement and its Effects on Speed in Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
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…More

Downstream Effects of Speed Photo—Radar Enforcement and Other Speed Reduction Treatments on Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
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…More

Speed Management in Work Zones — The ASAP Project (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Speed management of traffic in work zones is important for the safety of both the road user and road worker. A work zone will introduce deviations from normal travel in a discrete road section and app…More

Am I Going that Fast? Research Shows Speed Trailers Improve Safety in Temporary Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Paul Carlson, an assistant research engineer at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), has focused his attention on temporary work zones, the type that show up for one to twelve hours for minor mai…More

Operation Hardhat is an Effort to Keep Work Zones Safe (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Using an already existing work zone, the New York State Police and the Department of Transportation teamed up in Saratoga County to continue "Operation Hardhat," an effort to crack down on work zone v…More

Improving Regulatory Speed Limit Management in Texas Work Zones (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This project summary report summarizes the research performed in Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Project 0-5561. TxDOT's procedure for determining whether a reduced regulatory speed limit i…More

Field Evaluation of Work-Zone Automated Speed Enforcement Equipment and Traffic Monitoring Devices (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Speeding is a significant contributor to a significant portion of highway collisions. For work zones in particular, the speeding problem is compounded by on-site road re-configuration, narrowed lanes,…More

Work Zone Data Collection & Analysis: What, Why, and How (Training)

This podcast is a companion to the Work Zone Safety Data Collection and Analysis Guide, which was also developed under the Work Zone Safety Grant and is available at http://www.workzonesafety.org/rese… More

APD Enforcing Speed Limit Change on Alcoa Highway (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
The Tennessee Department of Transportation reduced the speed limit from 50 mph to 40 mph in a construction zone on Alcoa Highway from the airport to North Hall Road, and the Alcoa Police Department ha…More

NDDOT Deploys New Traffic Warning System for Construction Season (Publication)

Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
The North Dakota Department of Transportation is deploying a new traffic warning system on Interstate 94 to reduce crashes during construction season. New interactive caution signs are connected to se…More

Effectiveness of Changeable Message Signs in Controlling Vehicle Speeds in Work Zones – Phase II (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This report is the second phase of a longitudinal research study. The first phase of the project, conducted by Garber and Patel, examined the short term effectiveness of CMS in reducing vehicle speed…More

Innovative Traffic Control: Technology and Practice in Europe (Publication)

Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This summary report describes a May 1998 transportation technology scanning tour of four European countries. The tour was co-sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the American Associ…More
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