Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative (FY20-FY24)

The Midwest Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative (MwSWZDI) was initiated in 1999 as a Pooled Fund Study intended to coordinate and promote research related to safety and mobility in highway work zones. The Iowa Department of Transportation (IowaDOT) has been the lead state since 2004. The program is an ongoing cooperative effort between state departments of transportation (DOTs), universities, and industry. Commercial products are provided by private vendors for evaluation, although this is not the only focus of contracted projects. State DOTs provide funds, prioritize products with respect to the anticipated benefits to their construction and maintenance activities, and cooperate with researchers to identify test sites and conduct the evaluations. Each year, the Board of Directors (BOD, a.k.a. Technical Advisory Committee, TAC) collect and/or create problem need statements. Subsequent requests for proposals are developed and distributed to potential researchers at research institutions in contributing states. Partner State DOTs review, discuss and rank the proposals. Typically, four projects are selected for award (in addition to the Administrative Agreement). This program represents an on-going effort among cooperating state state departments of transportation (DOTs), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), universities, and industry to evaluate new products and conduct related research focused on the enhancement of safety and mobility in highway work zones. Over 100 studies and evaluations have been completed since the inception of the Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative (SWZDI) and final reports are posted in the SWDZI web site at https://swzdi.intrans.iastate.edu/.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.pooledfund.org/Details/Study/662
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Former Study Number: TPF-5(295).

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $1,300,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  TPF-5(438)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Illinois Department of Transportation

  2300 S Dirksen Parkway
  Springfield, IL  United States  62764

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010

  Kansas Department of Transportation

  Eisenhower State Office Building
  700 SW Harrison Street
  Topeka, KS  United States  66603-3754

  Michigan Department of Transportation

  Van Wagoner Building
  425 W. Ottawa Street
  Lansing, MI  United States  48909

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building
  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155

  Missouri Department of Transportation

  1617 Missouri Blvd.
  P.O. Box 270
  Jefferson City, MO  United States  65102

  Nebraska Department of Transportation

  1500 Highway 2
  P.O. Box 94759
  Lincoln, NE  United States  68509-4759

  Texas Department of Transportation

  125 E. 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483

  Wisconsin Department of Transportation

  PO Box 7910
  4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 104
  Madison, WI  United States  53707-7910
• Managing Organizations:

  Iowa Department of Transportation

  800 Lincoln Way
  Ames, IA  United States  50010
• Project Managers:

  Clute, Khyle

• Performing Organizations:

  Iowa State University, Ames

  Institute for Transportation
  2711 South Loop Drive, Suite 4700
  Ames, Iowa  United States  50010-8664
• Start Date: 20200101
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20260930

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cooperation; Mobility; State departments of transportation; Work zone safety; Work zones
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01713232
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: TPF-5(438)
• Files: RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 6 2019 12:27PM