Evaluate the Uses and Technology for Truck-Mounted Attenuators

Finley, Melisa D.; Ruback, Leonard; Ye, Fan

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Evaluate the Uses and Technology for Truck-Mounted Attenuators

2020-11-01
By Finley, Melisa D. ; Ruback, Leonard ; Ye, Fan

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English

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Creators:

Finley, Melisa D. ; Ruback, Leonard ; Ye, Fan
Corporate Creators:

Texas A & M Transportation Institute
Corporate Contributors:

Ohio. Dept. of Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

Changeable Message Sign Evaluation And Assessment Highway Maintenance Light Emitting Diodes Mobile Operations Maintenance Maintenance Operations Multilane Highways Real-Time Notification Safety Management Shadow Vehicles State Of The Practice Tapers (Work Zone Traffic Control) Traffic Crashes Truck Mounted Attenuators Variable Message Signs Work Zones Work Zone Safety
Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA/OH-2020-19
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Ohio;United States
Edition:

Final Report
Corporate Publisher:

Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
Abstract:

Mobile maintenance operations on multi-lane highways, such as pothole patching and sweeping, present unique safety challenges due to the highly variable conditions encountered. While the Ohio Department of Transportation and Ohio Turnpike currently have procedures for temporary traffic control for mobile maintenance operations, both agencies wanted to review these procedures and identify new strategies and technologies that could be used to improve the safety of these operations, especially those for shadow vehicles with impact attenuators (truck or trailer mounted). The research tasks included a review of the state of the practice, identification of potential safety improvements, field evaluation of select safety improvements, and development of a roll-ahead distance alarm.
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PDF
Funding:

PID: 107305
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US Transportation Collection
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