Work Zone Data Initiative

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently kicked off an effort to develop and promote practices for generating work zone activity data (WZAD) databases. The outcome of this task is to elevate the national state-of-the-practice regarding WZAD management. 

FHWA will be engaging stakeholders across the country in the next few months to support: The identification of user needs, the development of a common WZAD taxonomy, the creation of a concept of operations for managing WZAD, and a variety of outreach tasks and pilot testing to provide the most useful resources to agencies utilizing WZAD.

The Work Zone Data Initiative webpage is coming soon.

➜ For more information contact Todd Peterson.

Upcoming Webinar: Work Zone Crash Data Collection, Reporting, and Analysis

December 5 (1:30-3:00 p.m. EST)

FHWA will be hosting a webinar on work zone crash data collection, reporting, and safety analysis, developed jointly by the Wayne State University-Transportation Research Group and the University of Missouri, Columbia, under FHWA’s Work Zone Safety Grants. This webinar is geared toward stakeholders involved in the crash data collection process.

➜ Pre-register here.

Work Zone Mobility Case Study: Boosting Work Zone Performance through Data

Under the FHWA Work Zone Safety Grant Program, Wayne State University is investigating the use of probe vehicle data to assess work zone mobility and performance. This study will inform the development of a national recommended practice for using modern data sources to boost work zone performance.

The study is looking for examples of integrating mobility data (such as HERE, INRIX, TomTom, or non-proprietary datasets) in dashboard applications and after-action reviews to improve traffic flow in work zones.  

➜ If you have examples to share, please contact Steve Remias.

Contents

• Work Zone Data Initiative
• Upcoming Webinar: Work Zone Crash Data Collection, Reporting, and Analysis
• Work Zone Mobility Case Study: Boosting Work Zone Performance through Data
• Upcoming Events
• Recent Events
• Smarter Work Zones

Upcoming Events

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Large Truck Safety in Work Zones Webinar. November 16, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EST. 

This webinar will share how work zones can be designed to maintain efficient movement of large freight transportation vehicles.

➜ Register for the webinar here.

Work Zone Management (WZM) Analysis Using Analytical Methods Courses. This course provides hands-on training on basic analytical methods to compute work zone performance measures.

• Minnesota Department of Transportation (DOT) (Minneapolis, MN) December 4-5, 2017
• Caltrans (Sacramento, CA) February 15-16, 2018

➜ More information available here.

Recent Events

WZM Capability Maturity Framework (CMF) Assessment Tool and Process Review Workshops. 

• Washington State DOT (Olympia, WA) September 26-27, 2017
• Arkansas DOT (Little Rock, AR) October 24-25, 2017
• Arizona DOT (Phoenix, AZ) November 1-2, 2017
• Iowa DOT (Ames, IA) November 6-7, 2017
• Caltrans (Sacramento, CA) November 14-15, 2017

WZM Analysis Using Analytical Methods Course. Idaho DOT (Boise, ID) October 4-5, 2017.

Colorado DOT Automated Truck Mounted Attenuator (TMA) Site Demonstration. Two-day demonstration site visit focused on Autonomous TMA (Fort Collins, CO) September 19-20, 2017.

Work Zone Impacts and Strategies Estimator (WISE) Software Workshop. One-day demonstration of a work zone project coordination strategy using WISE software (Hanover, MD) September 20, 2017.

Smarter Work Zones

Resources

While the official Every Day Counts (EDC-3) period concluded in December 2016, Smarter Work Zones (SWZ) resources remain available. 

Transportation agencies can now access the final report for the SWZ initiative. Other resources, related publications, case studies, tools, and webinars are also available here.