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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)
Resource Type: Manuals, Policies, Guidelines, and Handbooks, etc.
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…MoreImpact of Mobile Work Zone Barriers on Driving Behavior on Arterial Roads (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
In the year 2015, in the United States, a work zone crash occurred once every 5.4 minutes, according to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). Work zone barriers can help reduce the risk to the wo…MoreUsing Driver State Detection in Automated Vehicles (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
The next several years will bring a large increase in automated vehicle capabilities. High levels of automation will require bi-directional transfers of control between the driver and vehicle. These c…MoreDetecting Work Zones in SHRP 2 NDS Videos Using Deep Learning Based Computer Vision (Publication)
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Naturalistic driving studies seek to perform the observations of human driver behavior in the variety of environmental conditions necessary to analyze, understand and predict that behavior using stati…MoreEvent Information: Work Zone ITS Planning and Decision Support with the Work Zone ITS Implementation Tool (Training)
Hosted by the FHWA Work Zone Management Program, this webinar is on leveraging the Work Zone Intelligent Transportation System (WZITS) Implementation Tool to assist in planning WZITS deployments on hi… More
Optimal Camera Placement for Monitoring Safety in Metro Station Construction Work (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Monitoring systems based on cameras are crucial for safety management of the high-risk activities common in the complex environment of metro station construction sites, and hence there is a need for a…MoreOptimizing Work-Zone Schedule with Floating Car Data Considering Traffic Diversion and Managed Lanes (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
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…MoreDevelopment of a Travel-Time Reliability Measurement System (Publication)
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This study has developed a computerized Travel-Time Reliability Measurement System (TTRMS), which can automate the time-consuming process of gathering and managing data from multiple sources and calcu…MoreToronto Safe Work Zone Pilot Brings Highway Safety Concept to City (Publication)
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Highway drivers have become accustomed to bold signs in work zones, advising them about lane reductions and travel delays. The City of Toronto is testing a similar concept as part of its Smart Work Zo…MorePedestrian Safety Group Demonstrates Accessible Sidewalk Work Zone in Atlanta (Publication)
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PEDS, an advocacy group that provides technical expertise, outreach, and training to help make streets safe and inviting places to walk, held a demonstration of an accessible work zone on October 18-1…MoreAccidents in Construction Sites: A Study on the Causes and Preventive Approaches to Mitigate Accident Rate (Publication)
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Accidents occur at construction sites are due to the faults of either the construction companies or the workers themselves. It is disheartening that the victims suffer injuries, death, loss or damage …MoreAnalysis of Work-Zone Crashes Using the Ordered Probit Model with Factor Analysis in Egypt (Publication)
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Work-zones, due to their nature, are predisposed to hazardous situations. This is a consequence of conducting construction work within the vicinity of, or near, vehicular traffic. The exposure to dang…MoreVariety of Accident Causes in Construction Industry (Publication)
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Construction Industry is a high risk industry and widely recognized as one of most hazardous occupation in the world. The statistic of accidents in Malaysia give us a picture that Malaysian constructi…MorePredicting Work Zone Collision Probabilities via Clustering: Application in Optimal Deployment of Highway Response Teams (Publication)
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This paper proposes a clustering approach to predict the probability of a collision occurring in the proximity of planned road maintenance operations (i.e., work zones). The proposed method is applied…MorePeripheral Monitoring of Traffic in Conditionally Automated Driving (Publication)
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Conditionally automated vehicles (level 3) allow drivers to engage in visual, non-driving related tasks (NDRTs) while the automation is active. System limits require drivers to reengage in the dynamic…MoreEvaluation of Speeding and Behaviour of Drivers in Roadwork Zones (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Due to the increased traffic flow, more and more roadwork zones are formed in highways. Accidents are a significant problem in all European countries in roadwork zones while noncompliance with speed l…More‘Cone Zone’ Helps Track Street Projects (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
The city of Grand Island’s website has a “Cone Zone” section which lists all the road closures. Details include the location, project description, the agency doing the work, and start and comple…MoreQualitative and Quantitative Risk Analysis of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Flights over Construction Job Sites (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been used on construction job sites for a variety of purposes for more than a decade. But the risks and hazards of flying UAVs on construction job sites has never …MoreLooking Deep into the Eyes: Green Light on TMAs Could be Another Option for DOTs (Publication)
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Truck-mounted attenuator (TMA) has been used as a countermeasure to help improve safety in mobile work zones. However, 139 TMA crashes occurred in Missouri from 2012 to 2017 with distracted driving be…MoreAutomated Detection of Workers and Heavy Equipment on Construction Sites: A Convolutional Neural Network Approach (Publication)
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Detecting the presence of workers, plant, equipment, and materials (i.e. objects) on sites to improve safety and productivity has formed an integral part of computer vision- based research in construc…MoreEvaluation of Green Lights on TMAs (Publication)
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The use of green versus traditional amber lights on Truck Mounted Attenuators (TMAs) was investigated to see if their use could help to improve safety in mobile work zones. Four light color configurat…MoreOn the Impact of Connected Automated Vehicles in Freeway Work Zones: A Cooperative Cellular Automata Model Based Approach (Publication)
Resource Type: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Purpose - Freeway work zones have been traffic bottlenecks that lead to a series of problems, including long travel time, high-speed variation, driver’s dissatisfaction and traffic congestion. This …MoreOklahoma DOT Pilot Tests Dedicated Work Zone ‘Rescue Trucks’ (Publication)
Resource Type: News and Other Non-research Articles
To reduce crashes and congestion in the work zone, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation launches “GO-DOT,” a pilot program which dedicates two rescue trucks to remove stranded or wrecked vehi…MoreExploring the Effects of the Location of the Lane-End Sign and Traffic Volume on Multistage Lane-Changing Behaviors in Work Zone Areas: A Driving Simulator-Based Study (Publication)
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The lane-changing behavior in work zone areas has special features than a regular lane change as the former is usually compulsively motivated involving complicated cognitive processes with drivers’ …MoreMD Drivers Finally Heed Work Zone Speed Cameras: AAA (Publication)
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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…MoreEffectiveness of Stationary Police Vehicles with Blue Lights in Freeway Work Zones (Publication)
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Work zone safety affects both drivers and construction workers. Two main safety measures for reducing work zone crashes and their severity have been to reduce the vehicle speeds in work zones and to i…MoreA Study of Differences in Severity Among Crash Types in Work Zones and Between Work Zone and Non-Work Zone Crashes in Alabama (Publication)
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Highway work zones have become a hazardous place for both construction workers and roadway users due to the increasing risk caused by maintaining and reconstructing roadways. Both the number of crashe…More