Highway maintenance is very expensive in terms of not only costs to the responsible agencies but also disruptive delays to users. Construction and maintenance activities on two-lane two-way highways … [Read more...] about Optimizing Work Zones for Two-Lane Highway Maintenance Projects
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Arizona Tackles Work Zone Delays
This article explains two innovative programs developed by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), a motorist assist patrol and a travel-time incentive program. ADOT used the new approaches … [Read more...] about Arizona Tackles Work Zone Delays
Avoiding Utility Delays: What Works
Utility related problems are a leading cause of delays for high construction projects, and this has been compounded with the recent downsizing and mergers on the part of utilities. The FHWA and the … [Read more...] about Avoiding Utility Delays: What Works
U.S. Depapartment of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Office of Operations – Making Work Zones Work Better
The combination of more work zones and heavier traffic volumes will result in more impacts from work zones. The American public cited work zones as second only to poor traffic flow in causing traveler … [Read more...] about U.S. Depapartment of Transportation Federal Highway Administration Office of Operations – Making Work Zones Work Better
Economic Impact of Work Zone Travel-Time Delays
The Idaho Department of Transportation (!DT) is interested in the development of a computer model that can calculate an estimate of user costs of travel time delays due to work zones. The IDT hopes … [Read more...] about Economic Impact of Work Zone Travel-Time Delays
FHWA Helps Deliver QuickZone to Transportation Agencies
To help mitigate the traffic delays and costs associated with work zones, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) currently is providing training sessions on QuickZone, a user-friendly, … [Read more...] about FHWA Helps Deliver QuickZone to Transportation Agencies