Traffic Controls for Construction and Maintenance Work Zones: Office function

Traffic Controls for Construction and Maintenance Work Zones: Office function
Author: American Public Works Association
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 1977
Genre: Roads
ISBN:

Volume I illustrates many of the typical worksites describing the most common conditions encountered. The information provided can be used to supplement local, state, and national standards. The topics include, among others: Public information, regulatory control, special traffic provisions, protection of pedestrians, flagging, temporary traffic signals, and nighttime procedures. Volume II is intended primarily for use by job site supervisors. It addresses the most common situations, problems and solutions that supervisors might be faced with. The topics include, among others: Emergency work moving operations, temporary traffic control devices, placing devices, temporary removal of signs, and pedestrian needs.

Identification of Traffic Management Problems in Work Zones

Identification of Traffic Management Problems in Work Zones
Author: Jack Bishop Humphreys
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1979
Genre: Roads
ISBN:

The report presents a prioritized listing of twenty problem statements relating to traffic safety in construction, maintenance and utility work zones. These problem statements were developed from (1) data collected during 103 site visits, (2) an analysis of 30 construction zones before and during accident case studies, (3) a literature review, and (4) personal experiences of an interdisciplinary, six-person professional staff. Results indicate that approximately two-thirds of the work zone safety problems could be ameliorated if current standards and/or knowledge were properly applied. Results also include data relative to traffic control device use, traffic operation, and accident location in work zones.

Report No. FHWA-RD.

Report No. FHWA-RD.
Author: United States. Federal Highway Administration. Offices of Research and Development
Publisher:
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1979
Genre:
ISBN:

Identification of Traffic Management Problems in Work Zones. Final Report

Identification of Traffic Management Problems in Work Zones. Final Report
Author: Jack Bishop Humphreys
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1979
Genre: Roads
ISBN:

The report presents a prioritized listing of twenty problem statements relating to traffic safety in construction, maintenance and utility work zones. These problem statements were developed from (1) data collected during 103 site visits, (2) an analysis of 30 construction zones before and during accident case studies, (3) a literature review, and (4) personal experiences of an interdisciplinary, six-person professional staff. Results indicate that approximately two-thirds of the work zone safety problems could be ameliorated if current standards and/or knowledge were properly applied. Results also include data relative to traffic control device use, traffic operation, and accident location in work zones.

Pedestrians and Traffic-control Measures

Pedestrians and Traffic-control Measures
Author: Charles V. Zegeer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 94
Release: 1988
Genre: Law
ISBN:

This synthesis will be of interest to traffic engineers, safety engineers, and others concerned with pedestrian safety. Information is presented on the traffic-control measures being used by states and local agencies to enhance pedestrian safety. Approximately 15 to 20 percent of all highway fatalities are pedestrians, and although most pedestrian accidents occur in urban areas, all agencies should pay more attention to the needs of pedestrians. This report of the Transportation Research Board describes and discusses more than 20 traffic-control measures and their effects on pedestrian safety, including the advantages and disadvantages of each and the conditions under which each is most and least likely to be of benefit.

Sulphur Extended Asphalt (SEA)

Sulphur Extended Asphalt (SEA)
Author: Bob M. Gallaway
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1977
Genre: Asphalt cement
ISBN:

This report deals with pavement mixture designs and construction operation of field trials on U.S. 69 north of Lufkin, Texas. The binders used in this field trial consisted of pure asphalt cement for the control sections and 30/70 weight percent of a sulphur/asphalt emulsion as the test binder. All elements of the structural (thickness) design were produced in pairs for comparison purposes with the exception of two thinner sections selected to possibly show distress in two or three years. Otherwise, the thickness designs used in the test sections were those specified by the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation in the conventional section of this highway. Preconstruction laboratory evaluations of mixture properties and field laboratory control measurements are included as a part of this report.