In an effort to ease driver frustrations during an extended construction project, the state of Indiana posted a series of orange road signs in the work zone that featured a friendly character with a … [Read more...] about Caution – Guffaws Ahead: Indiana Officials Take a Light-Hearted Approach to Construction Zone
Work Zones
Intelligent Traffic Control System for Highway Work Zones
This paper presents a conceptual outline of a project to develop and implement a portable real-time traffic control system for highway work zones. … [Read more...] about Intelligent Traffic Control System for Highway Work Zones
Lighted Guidance Devices: Intelligent Work Zone Traffic Control
Annually, thousands of highway workers risk serious injury and death from drivers who enter work zones too fast or accelerate after entering the zone and then, because of their excess speed relative … [Read more...] about Lighted Guidance Devices: Intelligent Work Zone Traffic Control
Traffic Capacity, Speed, and Queue-Discharge Rate of Indiana’s Four-Lane Freeway Work Zones
In addition to traffic capacity, vehicle speeds and queue-discharge rates at work zones are essential in assessment of work zone traffic delays and user costs. The traffic flow characteristics of … [Read more...] about Traffic Capacity, Speed, and Queue-Discharge Rate of Indiana’s Four-Lane Freeway Work Zones
Flow Characteristics at Freeway Work Zones and Increased Deterrent Zones
Traffic-flow characteristics were studied at two work zones on suburban freeways and at a third freeway site where a police patrol car, easily noticed by drivers, was parked on the right shoulder. The … [Read more...] about Flow Characteristics at Freeway Work Zones and Increased Deterrent Zones