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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…MoreWork Zones
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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 …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.More2009 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
Design of Construction Work Zones on High-Speed Highways (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
This report explores an approach for the selection of an appropriate construction work zone type; offers suggested guidance for the design of geometric features, including horizontal and vertical alig…MoreGuidelines for Traffic Control in Short Duration/Mobile Work Zones (Publication)
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This handbook summarizes guidelines listed in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) with particular emphasis on short duration and mobile activities. It contains basic principles, a de…MoreFault-Tolerant Variable Speed Limit Control for Freeway Work Zone (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Freeway work zone can easily lead to traffic congestion which has detrimental effects on travel time and safety. By using the detected traffic states near work zone area, variable speed limit (VSL) co…MoreTechnologies Currently Available to Obtain the Occupancy Rate of Resources on a Construction Site (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The construction industry is utilizing new emerging technologies that have the potential to help managers and contractors to track the work progress on construction sites. Combined with scheduling met…MoreImproved Support Vector Machine Models for Work Zone Crash Injury Severity Prediction and Analysis (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Work zones are a high priority issue in the field of road transportation because of their impacts on traffic safety. A better understanding of work zone crashes can help to identify the contributing f…MoreCumbria Highways Signs are Multilingual (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
Highways England has started giving warning in nine foreign languages on several of its portable electronic variable messages signs to better communicate road work and closure information to lorry dri…More‘Lyndon’s Law’ Signed by Gov. Parson (Publication)
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House Bill 499, also known as “Lyndon’s Law,” was signed by Gov. Mike Parson. It authorizes the Missouri Department of Revenue to revoke the driver’s license of anyone who hits a highway or ut…MoreExpansion of “Move Over” Law July 1 Extends Protections to Highway Workers and ITD Responders (Publication)
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Effective July 1, the "Move Over" law will be expanded in Idaho to include responders to a roadside emergency, such as highway workers. The existing law from 2006 requires motorists to move over for l…MoreCost Benefit: Wichita Eases Workzone Congestion (Publication)
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Delays in work zones have caused about 10% of highway congestion in the US. The lack of accessible real-time traffic information to help motorists is a major contributor. One effective solution is the…MoreUsing Combined Multi-criteria Decision-Making and Data Mining Methods for Work Zone Safety: A Case Analysis (Publication)
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Work zone accidents are important concerns for transportation decision-makers. Therefore, knowledge of driving behaviors and traffic patterns are essential for identifying significant risk factors…MoreA Method for Expressing and Displaying the Vehicle Behavior Distribution in Maintenance Work Zones (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Maintenance work zones on the road network have impacts on the normal travelling of vehicles, which increase the risk of traffic accidents. The traffic characteristic analysis in maintenance work zo…MoreUDOT: It’s Illegal to Trespass in Active Construction Zones (Publication)
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Trespassing can impact construction timelines and costs. While the Mountain View Corridor is under construction in Saratoga Springs, the Utah Department of Transportation reminds people that it is ill…MoreTownship of Scugog Now Using Traffic Watch Powered by Municipal 511 to Communicate Construction and Road Closures (Publication)
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As part of their continued efforts to modernize and improve road works operations and communications, the Township of Scugog is utilizing the online tool Traffic Watch from Durham Region powered by Mu…MoreNighttime Visibility of Prototype Work Zone Markings Under Dry, Wet-Recovery, and Rain Conditions (Publication)
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This paper presents the findings of a dynamic pavement marking visibility study conducted as part of the FHWA Highways for LIFE Technology Partnerships Program Temporary Wet-Weather Pavement Markings …MoreAssessing the Impact of Smartphone Usage while Driving in Work Zones (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The use of smartphones has been increasing over the last decade. The increase of smartphone usage by drivers is particularly concerning in highway work zones when operations and maintenance activities…MoreCode of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management Part 10: Sample Layouts (Publication)
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This Austroads Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management (ACoPTTM) has been developed as part of the strategic priority project Safety at Road Worksites (Project BN2019). The intent of Austroa…MoreSafely Implementing Rolling Roadblocks for Short-term Highway Construction, Maintenance, and Utility Work Zones (Publication)
Resource Type: Brochures and Fact Sheets
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.MoreOhio, Pennsylvania Plan Interstate System for Managing Road Work (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
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…MoreTest and Evaluate a Bluetooth Based In-Vehicle Message System to Alert Motorists in Work Zones (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Safe and efficient traffic flow in a work zone is a major concern for transportation agencies. To reduce risky behavior around work zones, we have developed a prototype system to investigate the feasi…MoreImpacts of Work Zone Component Areas on Driver Injury Severity (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The establishment of work zones along roadways is considered a necessity for the construction of new roadways, the maintenance of deteriorating structures, and to provide access for the installation a…MoreImplementing Safe Work Zone Operations Strategies Training Course
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
Implementing 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
RTC Using Technology to Navigate Las Vegas Construction Zones (Publication)
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With the work shifting on a daily basis, the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada is challenged to obtain timely, accurate information about temporary construction zones and the…MoreThe Influence of Project Bundling on Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) Costs Across Highway Project Types (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Maintenance of traffic (MOT) is the process of providing transportation management and traffic control at highway work zones. MOT work is an essential part of any construction project and can constitu…MoreA Macroscopic Traffic Flow Model for the Highway Work Zone (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Work Zones widely exist on highways, causing high traffic delay and many accidents. The majority of the existing studies focus on the characteristics of work zones, such as traffic capacity, speed, de…MoreModeling Drivers’ Travel Behavior Changes Caused by Highway Work Zones (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
It is critical to understand the impacts that work zones have on travel behavior and tripmaking, as more are implemented across the national highway system each year. For example, despite much recogni…MoreModeling the Heterogeneous Traffic Flow of the Urban Signalized Intersection with the Straddling Work Zone (Publication)
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Work zones widely exist on urban roads in many countries and have a serious impact on traffic. Few studies have focused on modeling the traffic flow of the work zone on the urban arterials, especially…MoreA Signal Timing Optimization Model for the Intersection with the Island Work Zone (Publication)
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Work zones widely exist on city arterials of many countries, while the studies on the urban work zones are very limited. This paper focuses on a specific type of work zone that is located within the a…More