Battelle and the Federal Highway Administration conducted a demonstration site visit with the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) to discuss the use of positive protection devices in work zones. The … [Read more...] about North Texas Tollway Authority: Positive Protection for Workers in Short Term Work Zones or Traffic Incidents
Temporary Barriers
Data-Driven Approaches to Improve Work Zone Safety
This document provides an overview of various decision-support tools that have been developed to aid transportation professionals in planning and evaluation activities related to work zone safety. … [Read more...] about Data-Driven Approaches to Improve Work Zone Safety
Digital Alerting Could Reshape Work Zone Safety
Highway work zones are dangerous. Construction workers are primarily killed by motorist intrusions into highway work zones when drivers are speeding, distracted, under the influence of alcohol or … [Read more...] about Digital Alerting Could Reshape Work Zone Safety
Alternative Technologies for Mitigating the Risk of Injuries and Deaths in Work Zones: Conduct of Research
Work zone intrusion technologies are available that provide an opportunity to prevent and mitigate vehicle intrusions into roadway work zones. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research … [Read more...] about Alternative Technologies for Mitigating the Risk of Injuries and Deaths in Work Zones: Conduct of Research
Guide to Alternative Technologies for Preventing and Mitigating Vehicle Intrusions Into Highway Work Zones
Work zone intrusion technologies are designed to warn workers and drivers of potential intrusion, provide a barrier to prevent intrusion, detect and alert drivers and workers during intrusion, and/or … [Read more...] about Guide to Alternative Technologies for Preventing and Mitigating Vehicle Intrusions Into Highway Work Zones
Stiffening Guidance for Temporary Concrete Barrier Systems in Work Zone and Construction Situations
Portable concrete barrier (PCB) systems are utilized in many situations, including placement adjacent to vertical drop-offs, work zones, and construction areas. Free-standing PCB systems are known to … [Read more...] about Stiffening Guidance for Temporary Concrete Barrier Systems in Work Zone and Construction Situations