Efforts to improve safety and traffic flow through merge areas on high volume/high speed roadways have included early merge and late merge concepts and several studies of the effectiveness of these … [Read more...] about Effectiveness of Dynamic Messaging on Driver Behavior for Late Merge Lane Road Closures
Driving Behavior
Modeling Speed Behavior of Passenger Cars and Trucks in Freeway Construction Work Zones: Implications on Work Zone Design and Traffic Control Decision Processes
Current work zone design and traffic control guidance is based on desirable speed outcomes; knowledge related to actual speed outcomes of design and traffic control decisions is limited. The objective … [Read more...] about Modeling Speed Behavior of Passenger Cars and Trucks in Freeway Construction Work Zones: Implications on Work Zone Design and Traffic Control Decision Processes
Traffic Control Systems in Construction Work Zones
Traffic control devices in work zones are intended to provide sufficient guidance to motorists to help prevent collisions, especially with construction operations, and based on study of their use in … [Read more...] about Traffic Control Systems in Construction Work Zones
Midwest Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative Year 3: Fluorescent Yellow-Green Background for Vehicle-Mounted Work Zone Signs
As a part of the Midwest States Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative (MwSWZDI) Year 3, the impact of the FYG background on improving drivers' lane-changing behavior in advance of a work zone was … [Read more...] about Midwest Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative Year 3: Fluorescent Yellow-Green Background for Vehicle-Mounted Work Zone Signs