Condition-responsive, reduced-speed-ahead messages were evaluated as part of the Midwest States Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative, a pooled-fund study sponsored by Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, … [Read more...] about Effect of Condition-Responsive, Reduced-Speed-Ahead Messages on Speeds in Advance of Work Zones on Rural Interstate Highways
Managing Speeds
Using Speed Display Trailers to Slow Vehicles in Short-Term Work Zones
A speed display trailer was evaluated by the Texas Transportation Institute on both two-lane and four-lane rural roads and proved to have a positive impact on speeds at both locations. … [Read more...] about Using Speed Display Trailers to Slow Vehicles in Short-Term Work Zones
Catalog of Work Zone Speed Control Methods
This report presents a catalog of available speed control methods for work zones. Information contained in the report comes from three sources: a literature review, a telephone survey of SDHPT … [Read more...] about Catalog of Work Zone Speed Control Methods
Speed Limits Lowered in High-Speed Work Zones
Lower speed limits for certain work zones on interstate and other multi-lane highways became effective today, June 1, 2001. The Iowa Department of Transportation announced the change, which will … [Read more...] about Speed Limits Lowered in High-Speed Work Zones
Illinois Takes Work Zone Safety to Heart – with Help of Workers’ Kids
Illinois drivers are getting an important message these days from an authority they can trust - kids. Illinois Department of Transportation officials, watching death tolls rise in state work zones, … [Read more...] about Illinois Takes Work Zone Safety to Heart – with Help of Workers’ Kids
Speeding in Work Zones Taking a Deadly Road Toll
A record number of people are being killed in highway work zones as motorists speed through construction areas -- confused, frustrated or both by ever-increasing miles of narrow lanes and orange … [Read more...] about Speeding in Work Zones Taking a Deadly Road Toll