Improving the Safety of Moving Lane Closures

Details

• Alternative Title:
  CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDIES : Illinois Center for Transportation Series No. 09-049
• Creators:
  Steele, Douglas A. ; Vavrik, William R.
• Corporate Creators:
  Applied Research Associates, Inc.
• Corporate Contributors:
  Illinois. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Materials and Physical Research ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Slow moving vehicles
  • Traffic lanes
  • Lane closure
  • Highway traffic control systems
  • Highway maintenance
  • Highway operations
  • Variable message signs
  • Traffic control
  • Highway traffic control
  • Moving lane closures
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-ICT-09-049 ; ICT-09-049 ; UILU-ENG-2009-2023
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Illinois
• Corporate Publisher:
  Illinois Center for Transportation
• Description:
  Moving lane closures are an increasingly utilized and inherently hazardous traffic control procedure for highway
  
  maintenance and operations activities. To improve the safety of moving lane closures for workers and motorists,
  
  this research studied driver behavior around moving lane closures and the effect of different components of
  
  current traffic control scenarios, including the number, configuration, and spacing of shadow vehicles, and the
  
  effect of various traffic control devices and sign messages. This report presents the results of Phase I of this
  
  study and includes the findings of full-scale field experiments performed at four locations. A future Phase II of
  
  the research will expand on these findings and produce specific recommendations for revisions to current traffic
  
  control standards to improve the safety of moving lane closures for highway workers and the travelling public.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  ICT-R27-32
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/24793/dot_24793_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.72 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:060dc8894070055c4c0c0529fc20ea3870aa7ed056c48b66c35060c130826797