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
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Improving the Effectiveness of Nighttime Temporary Traffic Control Warning Devices, Volume 2: Evaluation of Nighttime Mobile Warning Lights
Vehicle-mounted warning lights for nighttime mobile highway operations provide critical protection to workers and the driving public. Alerting the traveling public of the approaching work activity and … [Read more...] about Improving the Effectiveness of Nighttime Temporary Traffic Control Warning Devices, Volume 2: Evaluation of Nighttime Mobile Warning Lights
Improving the Effectiveness of Nighttime Temporary Traffic Control Warning Devices, Volume 1: Evaluation of Lights on Nighttime Work Zone Channelization Devices
Currently, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is one of the few state transportation agencies that require warning lights on nighttime work zone channelization devices, such as drums and … [Read more...] about Improving the Effectiveness of Nighttime Temporary Traffic Control Warning Devices, Volume 1: Evaluation of Lights on Nighttime Work Zone Channelization Devices
WorkZoneQ User Guide for Two-Lane Freeway Work Zones
WorkZoneQ was developed in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to implement the results of the previous study, “Queue and Users’ Costs in Highway Work Zones.” This report contains the WorkZoneQ user … [Read more...] about WorkZoneQ User Guide for Two-Lane Freeway Work Zones
Development of a Highway Incident Management Operational and Training Guide
Each year highway traffic incidents, such as crashes, place responders on and beside roadways with dangerous high-speed traffic. The unexpected conditions of an incident scene have the potential to … [Read more...] about Development of a Highway Incident Management Operational and Training Guide
Evaluation of Performance of Solar Powered Flashing Beacons at Severe Temperature Conditions
This report contains the results of 34 tests for JSF and 26 tests for Carmanah solar-powered flashing beacons operating in mild cold temperature (-6.6 ºC), severe cold temperature (-20 ºC), and hot … [Read more...] about Evaluation of Performance of Solar Powered Flashing Beacons at Severe Temperature Conditions