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
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
Cameras are Watching: Drivers who Speed Through Pa. Road Construction Will be Ticketed
PennDOT and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announced that the statewide automated work zone camera program authorized by a 2018 state law is about to begin following the ending of the 60-day … [Read more...] about Cameras are Watching: Drivers who Speed Through Pa. Road Construction Will be Ticketed