Extensive literature exists regarding recommendations for lane widths, merging tapers, and work zone geometry to provide safe and efficient traffic operations. However, it is often infeasible or … [Read more...] about Application of LiDAR and Connected Vehicle Data to Evaluate the Impact of Work Zone Geometry on Freeway Traffic Operations
Navigation Systems
You are Where?
Every year more than 100 workers lose their lives in road construction work zones. U.S. DOT's top priority is to eliminate fatalities in construction work zones. At the University of Minnesota, … [Read more...] about You are Where?
Best Practices for Maximizing Driver Attention to Work Zone Warning Signs
Studies have shown that rear-end crashes in the advance warning area for a work zone are the most common type of work zone crashes. Driver inattention (or distraction) is reported as the most common … [Read more...] about Best Practices for Maximizing Driver Attention to Work Zone Warning Signs
Driving Simulator Validation of Driver Behavior with Limited Safe Vantage Points for Data Collection in Work Zones
This study is aimed at validating a driving simulator (DS) for the study of driver behavior in work zones. A validation study requires field data collection. For studies conducted in highway work … [Read more...] about Driving Simulator Validation of Driver Behavior with Limited Safe Vantage Points for Data Collection in Work Zones
New App Helps the Visually Impaired Navigate Work Zones
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has funded a University of Minnesota research to develop a smartphone application that will help the visually impaired pedestrians navigate through … [Read more...] about New App Helps the Visually Impaired Navigate Work Zones
Development of an Interactive GIS Based Work Zone Traffic Control Tool
The purpose of this study was to include consideration for intersections into the previously created GIS traffic control planning tool. Available data for making intersection control calculations were … [Read more...] about Development of an Interactive GIS Based Work Zone Traffic Control Tool