Work zones are prone to traffic accidents. They are considered as dangerous parts of expressways not only for drivers but also for highway construction workers, as they face a higher risk of traffic … [Read more...] about Driving Risk Assessment in Work Zones Using Cloud Model
Risk Analysis
Risk Factors Affecting Crash Injury Severity by Work Zone Area
Work zones include advance warning area, transition area, and activity area. The geometric, traffic control aspects, traffic operations, and driver’s maneuverability differ within each work zone area. … [Read more...] about Risk Factors Affecting Crash Injury Severity by Work Zone Area
Novel Method of Obtaining Critical Parameter in Safety Assessment for Maintenance Work Zone
Safety assessment of maintenance work zone is crucial for the safety of conservation personnel and traveling vehicles. To make up for the limitations of current methods to do timely safety assessment … [Read more...] about Novel Method of Obtaining Critical Parameter in Safety Assessment for Maintenance Work Zone
Integrating Activities Risk and Traffic Microsimulation Data for Temporal Risk Assessment in Construction Work Zones: A Proof of Concept
Construction work zones impose mobility constraints and remain major contributors toward incidents on our highways. Pro-active hazard identification and risk assessment is necessary in order to … [Read more...] about Integrating Activities Risk and Traffic Microsimulation Data for Temporal Risk Assessment in Construction Work Zones: A Proof of Concept
Comparative Study on Beijing and Singapore’s Work Zone Rear-End Crash Risks
This paper aims to compare the rear-end crash risk in work zone activity areas by using work zone traffic trajectory data collected from Singapore and Beijing, as well as analyze the differences of … [Read more...] about Comparative Study on Beijing and Singapore’s Work Zone Rear-End Crash Risks
Safety Assessment Tool for Construction Zone Work Phasing Plans
The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) is the compilation of national safety research that provides quantitative methods for analyzing highway safety. The HSM presents crash modification functions related to … [Read more...] about Safety Assessment Tool for Construction Zone Work Phasing Plans