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Auditing Work Zone Mobility Using Probe Vehicle Data (Publication)
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This document aims to introduce the concept of a Work Zone Mobility Audit and define the involved data for completing such an audit. Agencies have a difficult time assessing the operational performanc…MoreAccommodating Pedestrians
This page includes resources that are related to pedestrian accommodations during road construction.
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Improving Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety in Work Zones (Training)
On December 4, the UNC Highway Safety Research Center hosted a webinar on the unique problems faced by nonmotorized road users in work zones. Topics focused on the importance of maintaining mobility f… More
Pedestrian Accommodation in Work Zones: A Field Guide (Publication)
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This guide identifies common issues adversely affecting pedestrians that field personnel should be regularly checking for and correcting when working on or near sidewalks or walking paths. These issue…MorePortable 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 …MoreNational Symposium on Work Zones and Large Trucks
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) facilitated the National Symposium on Work Zones and Large Trucks on April 13, 2015 in Jacksonvill… More
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…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…MoreMobile and Short Duration Work Zone Operations (Publication)
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This work zone safety module provides an overview of moobile and short duration traffic control, including relevant excerpts from the MUTCD.MoreSeparating Large Trucks From Non-Truck Traffic in Work Zones (Publication)
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Large trucks and automobiles have very different dimensions and operating characteristics that can create challenges when approaching and passing through certain work zones. Using Virginia Department …MoreModeling the Traffic Flow of the Urban Signalized Intersection With a Straddling Work Zone (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Work zones widely exist on urban roads in many countries and have a significant negative impact on traffic. Few studies have focused on modeling the traffic flow of the work zone on the urban arterial…MoreThe National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS) and Application for Work Zone Performance Measurement (Publication)
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Transportation agencies are increasingly using probe vehicle data for transportation system performance management and as a resource for meeting the federal requirements of monitoring and reporting co…MoreWork Zone Crash Prediction Model and Characteristics Analysis (Publication)
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This research’s main goal is to improve the safety of work zones. It is commonly thought that work zones have a negative impact on the number of vehicle crashes. In addition to the high cost for mai…MoreThe Role That Connected and Automated Vehicles Can Play in Re-Organizing Traffic Flow: Work Zones and Emergency Services (Publication)
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The extensive progresses in computer science and communication technology in recent decades facilitate the development of the connected and automated vehicles (CAV). Since the emergence of the conce…MoreSafety Analysis of Truck Mounted Attenuators in Mobile Work Zones Using Differential Analysis (Publication)
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While talking about road maintenance and safety in mobile work zones, it is unavoidable to not talk about truck mounted attenuators (TMAs). TMAs are eminent in work zones as they are mainly inte…MoreSeverity of Worker-Involved Work Zone Crashes: A Study of Contributing Factors (Publication)
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Despite the recent efforts to investigate crash severity, worker presence and its impact on injury severity in work zone crashes is still unexplored. A better understanding of work zone crash ch…MoreA Multistage Analytic Model of the Longitudinal and Lateral Acceleration During Lane Changing in Work Zone Areas With the Aid of a Driving Simulator Experiment (Publication)
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The problem of modelling the lane-changing process in work zone areas is important. This study proposed a multistage analytic model based on driving simulator experiment. Several scenarios under diffe…MoreEffectiveness Evaluation of Section Speed Control in Czech Motorway Work Zones (Publication)
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The goal of section speed control is to increase speed limit compliance in the monitored road sections, decrease speed variance and improve traffic safety. General experience with section speed contro…MoreInteragency Work Zone Traffic Data Modeling and Analysis for New York City (Publication)
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Road construction events are a necessary part of keeping road infrastructure in good condition but can pose significant safety problems when implemented. Transportation authorities in NYC seek a bette…MoreNested Network for Detecting PPE on Large Construction Sites Based on Frame Segmentation (Publication)
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Safety is a main concern for the construction industry because of the high rate of accidents and casualties on construction sites. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a major part of safety regulat…MoreKentucky Testing Orange Striping to Improve Work Zone Safety (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet is testing whether installing orange pavement markings to delineate a highway construction zone will improve safety for roadway workers and motorists alike.MoreWarrants and Recommendations on Using Temporary Work Zone Signs in High Wind Areas (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Under high wind, temporary traffic signs in a work zone are possibly being knocked down, which is a safety threat to through traffic, and is one of major contributors of work zone related incidents. I…MoreFault-Tolerant Control of Variable Speed Limits for Freeway Work Zone Using Likelihood Estimation (Publication)
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Freeway work zone with lane closure can lead to disruption to local traffic and cause significant impacts on mobility, safety and environmental sustainability. To mitigate traffic congestion near work…MoreMachine Learning Approach to Forecast Work Zone Mobility Using Probe Vehicle Data (Publication)
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The aim of deploying intelligent transportation systems (ITS) is often to help engineers and operators identify traffic congestion. The future of ITS-based traffic management is the prediction of traf…MoreKentucky Tests Orange Striping for Work Zones (Publication)
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The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet received the approval from the Federal Highway Administration to test the orange markings to determine how effective they are in terms of reducing accidents. Centra…MoreUtilizing Industry 4.0 on the Construction Site: Challenges and Opportunities (Publication)
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In recent years a step change has been seen in the rate of adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies by manufacturers and industrial organizations alike. This paper discusses the current state of the art …MoreDetecting Safety Helmet Wearing on Construction Sites With Bounding-Box Regression and Deep Transfer Learning (Publication)
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Detecting safety helmet wearing in surveillance videos is an essential task for safety management, compliance with regulations, and reducing the death rate from construction industry accidents. Howeve…MoreDrone Scheduling for Construction Site Surveillance (Publication)
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Using drones to monitor construction site is a flexible approach with low manpower costs. Researchers study a drone scheduling problem in which a drone flies on a fixed path over a construction site. …MoreAddressing Work Zone Speed and Safety Webinar (Training)
This 90-minute workshop discussed the effectiveness of various work zone countermeasures used to reduce speeds and address crashes in work zones. General countermeasures, such as dynamic speed feedb… More
Unobserved Heterogeneity and Temporal Instability in the Analysis of Work-Zone Crash-Injury Severities (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
In the state of Florida, work zone related crashes and their resulting injury severities have been increasing recently, particularly over the 2015 to 2017 time period. In the current study, researcher…MoreDriving Simulator Validity of Driving Behavior in Work Zones (Publication)
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Driving simulation is an efficient, safe, and data-collection-friendly method to examine driving behavior in a controlled environment. However, the validity of a driving simulator is inconsistent when…MoreEvaluating Strategies for Work Zone Transportation Management Plans (Publication)
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Transportation management plans are a set of coordinated strategies designed to help agencies achieve work zone project goals related to traffic mobility, efficient system operation, motorist and work…MoreCharacterization of Mobile Work Zone Safety in Missouri (Publication)
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Work zones often deviate from normal conditions in terms of geometrics (e.g. lane closure, narrow lanes), striping/markings, signs, and traffic. A Mobile Work Zone (MWZ) is a special category of a wor…MoreStrategies for Work Zone Transportation Management Plans (Publication)
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One of the ways a state department of transportation or other transportation agency can address work zone safety and other impacts is to develop and implement a transportation management plan (TMP). T…MoreProbabilistic Speed–Flow Models in Highway Construction Work Zones (Publication)
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Since variations in exogenous factors could cause unpredictable fluctuations/variability of the speed–flow relationship, the aim of this study was to develop probabilistic speed–flow relationships…More