Various road occupation works pose potential risks of traffic accidents because they cause traffic bottleneck and congestion, which lead to unstable driving patterns such as quick deceleration and … [Read more...] about Evaluation of the Expressway Work Zone Guidance Systems Using a Virtual Driving Simulator
Traffic Signs
Safety and Operational Effectiveness of Traffic Signs
Traffic signing provides critical regulatory and warning information to motorists for safety and operational purposes. This webinar will discuss the state-of-knowledge on the effectiveness and impacts … [Read more...] about Safety and Operational Effectiveness of Traffic Signs
Warrants and Recommendations on Using Temporary Work Zone Signs in High Wind Areas
Under high wind, temporary traffic signs in a work zone are possibly being knocked down, which is a safety threat to through traffic, and is one of major contributors of work zone related incidents. … [Read more...] about Warrants and Recommendations on Using Temporary Work Zone Signs in High Wind Areas
Poorly Installed Signs Played a Role in the Death of a Quebec Traffic Worker: CNESST
Poorly installed traffic sign tripods were a major factor that caused death of Lynda Lizotte, a flagger, last December in the Monteregie region. Traffic was being detoured to the northbound track due … [Read more...] about Poorly Installed Signs Played a Role in the Death of a Quebec Traffic Worker: CNESST
Strategies for Communicating Health and Safety Information on Construction Sites in Nigeria
The construction industry (CI) has earned the notoriety of being a risky or profoundly unsafe industry. Studies have credited the majority of the mishap on construction sites to poor communication of … [Read more...] about Strategies for Communicating Health and Safety Information on Construction Sites in Nigeria
California Aims to Avoid ‘Carmageddon’ Freeway Closure
The section of Interstate 5 (I-5) connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco is scheduled to be closed for 36 hours in both directions starting on April 25 for construction workers to tear down a bridge … [Read more...] about California Aims to Avoid ‘Carmageddon’ Freeway Closure