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Publication

Use of Smart Work Zone Technologies for Improving Work Zone Safety: A Synthesis of Highway Practice

Author/Presenter: Brown, Henry; Edara, Praveen
Abstract:

To make work zones safer, state departments of transportation (DOTs) use smart technologies with specialized components, such as sensors, communications, software, and electronic equipment, to manage traffic and operations and disseminate traveler information.

The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program’s NCHRP Synthesis 587: Use of Smart Work Zone Technologies for Improving Work Zone Safety reviews and documents state DOT practices and implementation challenges regarding the use of smart work zone technologies designed to improve safety for motorists, construction and maintenance workers, and other users of the transportation system.

Source: NCHRP Synthesis of Highway Practice
Volume: 587
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Publication Date: 2022
Full Text URL: Link to URL
Publication Types: Books, Reports, Papers, and Research Articles
Topics: Advanced Traveler Information Systems; Changeable Message Signs; Dynamic Lane Merge Systems; Intrusion Alarms; State of the Practice; Surveys; Technological Innovations; Temporary Traffic Control; Traffic Queuing; Variable Speed Limit Systems; Warning Systems; Work Zone Safety

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