Highway work zones are dangerous. Construction workers are primarily killed by motorist intrusions into highway work zones when drivers are speeding, distracted, under the influence of alcohol or … [Read more...] about Digital Alerting Could Reshape Work Zone Safety
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Florida DOT Starts Lane Closure Notification Pilot Test
The Florida Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Florida Transportation Builders Association, recently activated a pilot program to test a new Lane Closure Notification System (LCNS). … [Read more...] about Florida DOT Starts Lane Closure Notification Pilot Test
Real-Time Warning Model of Highway Engineering Construction Safety Based on Internet of Things
Real-time and effective early warning of highway engineering construction sites is the key to ensuring the safety of highway engineering construction. At present, highway engineering construction … [Read more...] about Real-Time Warning Model of Highway Engineering Construction Safety Based on Internet of Things
A Generic Work Zone Evaluation Tool Driven by a Macroscopic Traffic Simulation Model
This study proposed a generic work zone evaluation tool driven by a dynamic macroscopic traffic model. The tool can investigate the effects of a work zone on freeway conditions. The classical freeway … [Read more...] about A Generic Work Zone Evaluation Tool Driven by a Macroscopic Traffic Simulation Model
Utah DOT Traffic App Tops One Million Downloads
The UDOT Traffic app, a smartphone traffic monitoring application launched by the Utah Department of Transportation in 2011, surpassed one million downloads in January 2021. The app serves as … [Read more...] about Utah DOT Traffic App Tops One Million Downloads
IoT-Based Detecting, Locating and Alarming of Unauthorized Intrusion on Construction Sites
Monitoring of unauthorized intrusion on construction sites is crucial to reducing safety accidents. The existing methods have shortages such as detection error, locating error, alarming delay and … [Read more...] about IoT-Based Detecting, Locating and Alarming of Unauthorized Intrusion on Construction Sites