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This year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) has just
kicked off! From April 9-13, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Illinois Department of Transportation (IL DOT) and other safety
stakeholders will be promoting NWZAW to bring national
attention to all road users and worker safety and
mobility in work zones. IL
DOT will be hosting the national kick-off event on April 10 adjacent to the Jane
Byrne Interchange reconstruction Project in the Chicago metro area.
➜ Click
here for
information and resources to promote safer work zones in your state.
The Work Zone Intelligent Transportation Systems (WZITS)
Implementation Tool, a software companion to the Work Zone ITS
Implementation Guide (FHWA-HOP-14-008) is now available.
The tool is designed to support enhanced data collection and the
quantitative assessments necessary to determine the suitability of ITS
solutions. It is intended for agency use to support decision making regarding
the selection, design, procurement, and evaluation of ITS systems for
construction and maintenance projects.
➜ Access the tool here.
Join FHWA for regional
demonstration workshops that encourage the
widespread adoption of both the tool and the systematic process for WZITS decision-making.
- Northeast Regional Workshop (Boston, MA). April 25, 2018
- Southeast Regional Workshop (Garner, NC). May 9, 2018
➜ For more information, contact Jawad.Paracha@dot.gov.
Access to fatal work zone
crash and worker accident data has now been made simpler via a new dashboard on
the National Work Zone Safety
Information Clearinghouse.
The dashboard contains fatal
work zone crashes and work zone fatalities overall, those involving large
trucks, and those involving pedestrians for the last 10 years, all extracted
from the Fatality Analysis Reporting
System of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Highway worker fatalities are
also available, extracted from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. The data from any given year
can also be compared to the previous 3-year average for trend analysis
purposes.
National and state-level data
are available.
➜ Access the dashboard here.
The I-95
Corridor Coalition is hosting a webinar to discuss work zone monitoring tools and
connected vehicles (CVs). The webinar will be held on April 19 from 1:00 – 2:00
PM EDT.
Topics include: CV WZ Pilot
and WZ vehicle entering/exiting warning system, the SPATEL Tool, and the WZ
Monitoring Tool. For more information
contact dmarkow@i95coalition.org.
➜ Click here to register.
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