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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Work Zone Safety Performance on Illinois State Routes

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) faces challenges in understanding the causes of increased work zone crashes. Although direct safety metrics of work zone (WZ) crashes are useful, they … [Read more...] about Work Zone Safety Performance on Illinois State Routes

Work Zone Traffic Management Analysis Using Analytical Methods

The course provides hands-on training on basic analytical methods (sketch planning methods) to compute work zone performance measures (WZPM). The WZPM includes the following factors: capacity, speed, … [Read more...] about Work Zone Traffic Management Analysis Using Analytical Methods

Improving the Effectiveness of Smart Work Zone Technologies

This project evaluates the effectiveness of sensor network systems for work zone traffic estimation. The comparative analysis is performed on a work zone modeled in microsimulation and calibrated with … [Read more...] about Improving the Effectiveness of Smart Work Zone Technologies

Development of a Highway Incident Management Operational and Training Guide: Phase II

The overall goal of both phases of this project was to reduce responder fatalities and injuries, as well as to prevent secondary crashes, especially those involving incident responders. The phases of … [Read more...] about Development of a Highway Incident Management Operational and Training Guide: Phase II

Effect of Flaggers and Spotters in Directing Work Zone Traffic for Illinois Expressways and Freeways

This research project focused on assessing the effectiveness and essential role of flaggers and spotters in directing traffic for expressway and freeway work zones in Illinois with a posted speed … [Read more...] about Effect of Flaggers and Spotters in Directing Work Zone Traffic for Illinois Expressways and Freeways

Minimizing Traffic-Related Work Zone Crashes in Illinois

This report presents the findings of a research project to study and develop recommendations to minimize work zone crashes in Illinois. The objectives of this project were (1) to provide in-depth … [Read more...] about Minimizing Traffic-Related Work Zone Crashes in Illinois

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