Roadway construction workers are killed at a rate nearly three times higher than other construction workers and eight times higher than general industry workers, according to ARTBA. The findings were … [Read more...] about Roadway Construction Workers at Higher Risk Federal Government Data Show, ARTBA Programs Aim to Improve Worker Safety: National Work Zone Awareness Week Held April 4-10
Highway Safety
Safe Road Work: In Construction Zones, Drivers Must Put Safety First
Another construction season is under way, meaning orange barrels, detours, lane closures and delays. It also means some people are going to get injured or killed, as drivers speed through construction … [Read more...] about Safe Road Work: In Construction Zones, Drivers Must Put Safety First
Quality of Life
Unflinching attention to safety and sure-handed traffic control plans: these were two quality principles that landed the New Jersey Department of Transportation, designer Parsons-Brinckerhoff and J.H. … [Read more...] about Quality of Life
A Full-Time Show: From Start to Finish, ATSSA’s Annual Convention and Traffic Expo is a Valuable Experience
At the American Traffic Safety Services Association's (ATSSA) 34th Annual Convention and Traffic Expo, Jan. 30-Feb. 3 in San Antonio, Texas, the Super Bowl will be one of many great breaks of … [Read more...] about A Full-Time Show: From Start to Finish, ATSSA’s Annual Convention and Traffic Expo is a Valuable Experience
Learn from the Safest
The American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) is hoping that in the near future a motorist cited by a police officer for speeding in a work zone will later be told in court by a judge to … [Read more...] about Learn from the Safest
Shields of Steel: California Introduces New Mobile Work Zone Protection Device
Inspired by a tragic Work Zone accident that injured 2 maintenance workers, California has introduced a mobile work protection system. The system, which is carried on a tractor-trailer, is … [Read more...] about Shields of Steel: California Introduces New Mobile Work Zone Protection Device