Traffic safety engineers responsible for improving work zone safety have long recognized that training is one of the key elements to reducing accidents in work zones. Training of managers, supervisors … [Read more...] about Training for Work Zone Safety
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Contest for Highway Worker Safety
The National Research Council (NRC) has announced the winners of its competition designed to gather innovative ideas for better protection of highway maintenance workers from dangerous traffic. The … [Read more...] about Contest for Highway Worker Safety
Temporary Pavement Markings and Work Zone Safety: A Forum
We offer our readers a forum on the safety issue of temporary pavement markings applied in a work zone. The increasing number of rehabilitation and repaving projects underway on our nation's highways … [Read more...] about Temporary Pavement Markings and Work Zone Safety: A Forum
Traffic Control Plans: Safely Handling Dropoffs
One of the most effective ways to reduce the hazards of edge dropoffs to road users and workers that can occur in construction and maintenance zones is the careful planning and implementation of a … [Read more...] about Traffic Control Plans: Safely Handling Dropoffs
Safety Tips from the Penn. Local Roads Program — RTAP
Topics included are: Why are hard hats essential', Front-end loader safety, and Strategies for decreasing tort liability. … [Read more...] about Safety Tips from the Penn. Local Roads Program — RTAP
Design and Construction of Transportation Facilities
The Transportation Research Circular, Number 363, "Research Problem Statements: Design and Construction of Transportation Facilities," includes information from research prepared to "provide guidance … [Read more...] about Design and Construction of Transportation Facilities