Work zone simulator analysis : driver performance and acceptance of alternate merge sign configurations.

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• Creators:
  Long, Suzanna ; Qin, Ruwen ; Konur, Dincer ; Leu, Ming C. ; Moradpour, S. ; Wu, S.
• Corporate Creators:
  Missouri University of Science and Technology. Dept. of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Missouri. Department of Transportation. Construction and Materials Division ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Work zones
  • Transportation departments
  • Construction sites
  • Traffic signs
  • Traffic lanes
  • Work zone safety
  • Work zone traffic control Driving simulators
  • merging traffic
  • statistical analysis
  • work zone safety
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  cmr 16-014
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States;Missouri
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Missouri. Department of Transportation. Construction and Materials Division
• Abstract:
  Improving work zone road safety is an issue of great interest due to the high number of crashes observed in work ; zones. Departments of Transportation (DOTs) use a variety of methods to inform drivers of upcoming work zones. One method ; used by DOTs is work zone signage configuration. It is necessary to evaluate the efficiency of different configurations, by law, ; before implementation of new signage designs that deviate from national standards. This research presents a driving simulator ; based study, funded by the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) that evaluates a driver’s response to work zone ; sign configurations. This study has compared the Conventional Lane Merge (CLM) configurations against MoDOT’s alternate ; configurations. Study participants within target populations, chosen to represent a range of Missouri drivers, have attempted ; four work zone configurations, as part of a driving simulator experience. The test scenarios simulated both right and left work ; zone lane closures for both the CLM and MoDOT alternatives. Travel time was measured against demographic characteristics ; of test driver populations. Statistical data analysis was used to investigate the effectiveness of different configurations employed ; in the study. The results of this study were compared to results from a previous MoDOT to compare result of field and ; simulation study about MoDOT’s alternate configurations.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  TR201512
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31540/dot_31540_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.97 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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