Improving work zone safety remains a prime challenge for the transportation sector in the United States. In particular, the frequency and severity of work zone crashes involving large trucks in rural … [Read more...] about Assessment of the Effectiveness of Connected Vehicle Weather and Work Zone Warnings in Improving Truck Driver Safety
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Lane-Based Vehicular Speed Characteristics Analysis for Freeway Work Zones Using Aerial Videos
Work zones which are usually referred to as traffic bottlenecks or critical points may lead to reductions in both operational performance and safety. Most of present studies are based on simulation … [Read more...] about Lane-Based Vehicular Speed Characteristics Analysis for Freeway Work Zones Using Aerial Videos
Utilizing Probe-Vehicle Data for Work Zone Mobility Performance Measurement
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) uses probe vehicle data from different sources to measure highway system mobility performance at both the macro- and microlevels. VDOT uses delay as … [Read more...] about Utilizing Probe-Vehicle Data for Work Zone Mobility Performance Measurement
Work Zones Safety Tips
On average, over 700 fatalities occur in work zones each year. Large trucks are disproportionately involved in work zone crashes. Trucks and buses have limited maneuverability and large blind spots, … [Read more...] about Work Zones Safety Tips
Work Zone Safety: Shareable Material
Work Zone Safety: Shareable Material includes animated and static graphics, fact Sheet, and post card that you can download and use to amplify the message of road safety in work zones, especially … [Read more...] about Work Zone Safety: Shareable Material
Designing Work Space Access Points to Better Accommodate Large Trucks
Large trucks have been significantly over-represented in work zone crashes nationally for the past several years. Many of these crashes involve rear-end collisions. One way to reduce rear-end … [Read more...] about Designing Work Space Access Points to Better Accommodate Large Trucks