Highway Work Zones (HWZs) are associated with significant adverse impacts on safety, mobility, and work costs. The objective of this paper is two-fold: First, to quantify the impacts of HWZs on … [Read more...] about An Optimization Model for Highway Work Zones Considering Safety, Mobility, and Project Cost
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An Optimization Model for Highway Work Zones Considering Safety, Mobility, and Project Cost
Highway Work Zones (HWZs) are associated with significant adverse impacts on safety, mobility, and work costs. The objective of this paper is two-fold: First, to quantify the impacts of HWZs on … [Read more...] about An Optimization Model for Highway Work Zones Considering Safety, Mobility, and Project Cost
Bi-Level Optimization of Long-Term Highway Work Zone Scheduling Considering Elastic Demand
Purpose More and more work zone projects come with the needs of new construction and regular maintenance-related investments in transportation. Work zone projects can have many significant impacts … [Read more...] about Bi-Level Optimization of Long-Term Highway Work Zone Scheduling Considering Elastic Demand
Optimizing Work Zone Schedules Considering Traffic Diversion With Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm
Highway maintenance activities often decrease roadway capacity and intrude traffic movements. The need to finish the project on time and under a specific budget while minimizing the traffic congestion … [Read more...] about Optimizing Work Zone Schedules Considering Traffic Diversion With Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm
PennDOT Aims to Deploy Work Zone Reservation System
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)’s Lane Reservation System is expected to go live in 2022. This system allows work crews to make reservations to perform roadwork based on … [Read more...] about PennDOT Aims to Deploy Work Zone Reservation System
COVID-19: Effect of the Pandemic on Work Zone Schedule Optimization
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has caused enormous impacts on various social, economic, and health spectrums. Rapid decline in the mobility trends have been detected with the … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Effect of the Pandemic on Work Zone Schedule Optimization