The Iowa Department of Transportation is employing a number of safety practices including the use of audible attenuators on short-term, stationary, or slow-moving maintenance operations. The … [Read more...] about Iowa DOT Using Audible Attenuators to Increase Short-Term Work Zone Awareness
Mobile Operations
Intermediate Work Zone Safety
This workshop builds on the information covered in the Basic Work Zone Installer course, with particular emphasis paid to multi-lane urban streets. Multi-lane intersection work zones, detours, and … [Read more...] about Intermediate Work Zone Safety
Instructing the Implementing Safe Work Zone Operations Strategies Training Course
This one-day course provides safety managers, operations managers, engineers, directors, and other interested and qualified individuals responsible for instructing Implementing Safe Work Zone … [Read more...] about Instructing the Implementing Safe Work Zone Operations Strategies Training Course
Safety Analysis of Truck Mounted Attenuators in Mobile Work Zones Using Differential Analysis
While talking about road maintenance and safety in mobile work zones, it is unavoidable to not talk about truck mounted attenuators (TMAs). TMAs are eminent in work zones as they are mainly intended … [Read more...] about Safety Analysis of Truck Mounted Attenuators in Mobile Work Zones Using Differential Analysis
Characterization of Mobile Work Zone Safety in Missouri
Work zones often deviate from normal conditions in terms of geometrics (e.g. lane closure, narrow lanes), striping/markings, signs, and traffic. A Mobile Work Zone (MWZ) is a special category of a … [Read more...] about Characterization of Mobile Work Zone Safety in Missouri
Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities: A synthesis of Highway Practice
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program Synthesis 533 identifies the current state of practice among state departments of transportation (DOTs) regarding selection and setup of very short … [Read more...] about Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities: A synthesis of Highway Practice