After completing a successful third round in 2016, the Federal Highway Administration’s Every Day Counts (EDC) program has proven to be successful in providing tools and resources to help … [Read more...] about What’s New Today is Mainstream Tomorrow
State of the Practice
Challenges in Ensuring Worker Safety in Active Roadway Work Zones
With highway infrastructure getting older and requiring regular maintenance, temporary work zones are a necessary part of upgrading our aging transportation infrastructure to meet today's needs. … [Read more...] about Challenges in Ensuring Worker Safety in Active Roadway Work Zones
Work Zone Coordination Software Tool
Faced with growing number of work zones, the challenge for transportation agencies is to effectively manage the impacts of work zones for alleviating congestion and maintaining the safety of motorists … [Read more...] about Work Zone Coordination Software Tool
Special-Color Pavement Marking for Highway Work Zones: Literature Review of International Practices
Roadway lanes are often repositioned to accommodate highway work operations, resulting in a need to alter pavement markings. Although there are various methods for removing or obscuring existing … [Read more...] about Special-Color Pavement Marking for Highway Work Zones: Literature Review of International Practices
Highway Worker Safety: A Synthesis of Highway Practice
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 509: Highway Worker Safety identifies how state departments of transportation (DOTs) implement policies using highway worker … [Read more...] about Highway Worker Safety: A Synthesis of Highway Practice
More Robust DOT Oversight of Guardrails and Other Roadside Hardware Could Further Enhance Safety
In 2014, 54 percent of traffic fatalities in the United States occurred as a result of a vehicle's leaving the roadway, according to U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) data. Roadside safety … [Read more...] about More Robust DOT Oversight of Guardrails and Other Roadside Hardware Could Further Enhance Safety