The Autonomous Truck-Mounted Attenuator (ATMA) system is a lead-follower vehicle system based on autonomous driving and connected vehicle technologies. The lead truck performs maintenance tasks on the … [Read more...] about A Simulation Study of Passing Drivers’ Responses to the Automated Truck-Mounted Attenuator System in Road Maintenance
Truck-Mounted Attenuators
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
TRB Webinar: Saving Lives With Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuator Systems
The safety of work zone operations that require continuous movement for long periods of time such as pothole patching, weed spraying, and trash pick-up may be enhanced through the use of lead-follower … [Read more...] about TRB Webinar: Saving Lives With Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuator Systems
Countermeasures to Reduce Truck-Mounted Attenuator (TMA) Crashes: A State-of-the-Art Review
To support worker and driver safety, this study conducted a comprehensive literature review to identify methods of enhancing TMA visibility, improving work zone configurations, and ensuring worker … [Read more...] about Countermeasures to Reduce Truck-Mounted Attenuator (TMA) Crashes: A State-of-the-Art Review