Work Zones and Travel Speeds: The Effects of Uniform Traffic Officers & Other Speed Management Measures
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2014-03-01
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Abstract:Improving safety conditions in work zones, for both the workers as well as the travelers, is a major national concern, especially in light of the country’s aging transportation infrastructure that requires increasing amount of maintenance, repair, and reconstruction work. Identified as one of twenty‐two goals in the AASHTO Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP), the improvement of work zone safety can include a variety of strategies targeted towards different emphasis areas (Antonucci et al. 2005). One such area is to increase driver compliance with work zone traffic controls, which may involve the following strategies:Enhance enforcement of work zone traffic laws; Improve credibility of signs; and better application of increased driver penalties in work zones.
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