The 2019 Commercial Vehicle Safety Summit – Best Practices for Industry & Law Enforcement Partnerships brought together 158 attendees from 86 agencies and organizations involved in truck and bus … [Read more...] about Presentations from the 2019 Commercial Vehicle Safety Summit: Best Practices for Industry & Law Enforcement Partnerships
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Driver Behavior Models for Heavy Vehicles and Passenger Cars at a Work Zone
Traffic impact assessment is a key step in the process of work zone planning and scheduling for transportation agencies. Microscopic traffic simulation models enable transportation agencies to … [Read more...] about Driver Behavior Models for Heavy Vehicles and Passenger Cars at a Work Zone
Use of Smart Work Zone Technology to Improve Work Space Access Point Safety
Large trucks have been significantly over-represented in work zone crashes. About one-half of those crashes involved a passenger vehicle running into the back of a large truck. One way to reduce … [Read more...] about Use of Smart Work Zone Technology to Improve Work Space Access Point Safety
Developing a Framework for Deploying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to Improve Construction Safety Management
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is gaining traction in the construction industry. UAVs are used to address productivity, inspection and safety matters. This paper presents a conceptual … [Read more...] about Developing a Framework for Deploying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to Improve Construction Safety Management
Applications of BIM and UAV to Construction Safety
Building information modeling (BIM) and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) have shown a potential to improve construction safety performance. As new technologies, they are in an early adoption stage in the … [Read more...] about Applications of BIM and UAV to Construction Safety
Utilizing Probe-Vehicle Data for Work Zone Mobility Performance Management
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 Management