The increasing need to repair and maintain rapidly deteriorating infrastructure and the need to supply some additional roadway capacity lead to more work zones. Transportation agencies are challenged … [Read more...] about Full Road Closure for Work Zone Operations: A Cross-Cutting Study: Reducing Congestion and Crashes Through Full Road Closure for Maintenance and Construction
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Congestion is the Challenge
This article gives advice on ways to reduce traffic congestion. … [Read more...] about Congestion is the Challenge
Phoenix’s Roadway Closure and Restriction System: Lessons Learned From the Metropolitan Model Deployment Initiative: Providing Enhanced Information to the Public
The Phoenix, Arizona Metropolitan Model Deployment was one of four cities included in the Metropolitan Model Deployment Initiative (MMDI). The initiative was set forth in 1996 to serve as model … [Read more...] about Phoenix’s Roadway Closure and Restriction System: Lessons Learned From the Metropolitan Model Deployment Initiative: Providing Enhanced Information to the Public
Hyperfix 65/70
Indiana closed a major interstate corridor for repairs and reopened it a month ahead of schedule. … [Read more...] about Hyperfix 65/70
Full Road Closure for Work Zone Operations: A Case Study – Using Weekend Closures to Expedite Road Rehabilitation and Minimize the Impacts on Motorists and Road Builders
Use of the full closure method on I-84 was an innovative idea that was deemed to be a success. With the availability of many alternate routes, signal timing changes on the alternate routes, a … [Read more...] about Full Road Closure for Work Zone Operations: A Case Study – Using Weekend Closures to Expedite Road Rehabilitation and Minimize the Impacts on Motorists and Road Builders
Full Road Closure for Work Zone Operations: A Case Study – Reducing the Impact of Construction During the Rehabilitation of a Major Interstate Highway
This case study is one in a series of documents that examine the use of Full Road Closure in work zones. More information on this methodology, and variations of full road closure, is available in the … [Read more...] about Full Road Closure for Work Zone Operations: A Case Study – Reducing the Impact of Construction During the Rehabilitation of a Major Interstate Highway