This document provides a comprehensive overview of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) safety challenges in work zones and outlines practical mitigation strategies rooted in the Safe System Approach. It … [Read more...] about Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety in Work Zones
Countermeasures
Working Near Traffic – Work Zone End of Queue Study: Literature Review
To properly understand work zone End of Queue (EOQ) crashes, the associated issues, and potential treatments, a comprehensive review of literature and background materials was undertaken. This review … [Read more...] about Working Near Traffic – Work Zone End of Queue Study: Literature Review
Human Science and Professional Approaches to Improve Road Worker and Driver Safety on Workzones
On the French national road network, over the past ten years, from one to two road workers are killed and thirty injured during interventions every year. The number of killed and severely injured is … [Read more...] about Human Science and Professional Approaches to Improve Road Worker and Driver Safety on Workzones
Driver Injury Severity Analysis of Work Zone Crashes: A Bayesian Hierarchical Generalized Ordered Probit Approach
Highway work zones are locations where severe traffic crashes tend to occur. Most of the extant research on work zone crash severity neglects the discrepancy in the injuries sustained by different … [Read more...] about Driver Injury Severity Analysis of Work Zone Crashes: A Bayesian Hierarchical Generalized Ordered Probit Approach
Hearing: America Builds: A Review of Programs to Address Roadway Safety
The Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held a hearing titled "America Builds: A Review of Programs to Address Roadway Safety," examining federal and state efforts to reduce traffic fatalities and … [Read more...] about Hearing: America Builds: A Review of Programs to Address Roadway Safety
CDOT Launches New Safety Initiatives
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) and the Colorado State Patrol have launched new initiatives to reduce traffic-related fatalities and serious injuries by 22.5% by 2027. A key strategy … [Read more...] about CDOT Launches New Safety Initiatives