Work Zone Safety: Shareable Material includes animated and static graphics, fact Sheet, and post card that you can download and use to amplify the message of road safety in work zones, especially … [Read more...] about Work Zone Safety: Shareable Material
Large Trucks in Work Zones
Designing Work Space Access Points to Better Accommodate Large Trucks
Large trucks have been significantly over-represented in work zone crashes nationally for the past several years. Many of these crashes involve rear-end collisions. One way to reduce rear-end … [Read more...] about Designing Work Space Access Points to Better Accommodate Large Trucks
Presentations from the 2019 Commercial Vehicle Safety Summit: Best Practices for Industry & Law Enforcement Partnerships
The 2019 Commercial Vehicle Safety Summit – Best Practices for Industry & Law Enforcement Partnerships brought together 158 attendees from 86 agencies and organizations involved in truck and bus … [Read more...] about Presentations from the 2019 Commercial Vehicle Safety Summit: Best Practices for Industry & Law Enforcement Partnerships
Driver Behavior Models for Heavy Vehicles and Passenger Cars at a Work Zone
Traffic impact assessment is a key step in the process of work zone planning and scheduling for transportation agencies. Microscopic traffic simulation models enable transportation agencies to … [Read more...] about Driver Behavior Models for Heavy Vehicles and Passenger Cars at a Work Zone
Use of Smart Work Zone Technology to Improve Work Space Access Point Safety
Large trucks have been significantly over-represented in work zone crashes. About one-half of those crashes involved a passenger vehicle running into the back of a large truck. One way to reduce … [Read more...] about Use of Smart Work Zone Technology to Improve Work Space Access Point Safety