Evaluation of Driveway Assistance Devices (DADs) in Signalized Work Zones

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has granted the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) District 5 to experiment with using Driveway Assisted Devices (DADs) to control residential and commercial driveway access within a two-way, one-lane traffic work zone. The DAD units will be used along State Route 60, in Muskingum County, Ohio, as part of ODOT's construction contract 210208 (PID 101004) to determine if DADs are a viable alternative to using actuated signals to maintain driveways within a two-way, one-lane signalized work zone. The construction project includes full depth pavement replacement for an 8-mile section of a two-lane State highway. Without an option to detour traffic, the construction plans require each of the driveways in a work zone to be actuated with signals. Research is needed to evaluate the performance of the DADs. The goal of this research is to evaluate the performance of the DADs and, based on the findings, provide recommendations for consideration of their inclusion into FHWA's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD).

• Record URL:
  • https://www.dot.state.oh.us/Divisions/Planning/SPR/Research/reportsandplans/Lists/Final%20Reports%20All/AllItems.aspx?View={7D4D0273-6FC5-48A5-AD17-9CC3A7E83DA0}&FilterField1=State%5fx0020%5fJob%5fx0020%5f%5fx0023%5f&FilterValue1=136526

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $219774
• Contract Numbers:

  37361

  136526

  115893

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Ohio Department of Transportation

  Research Program
  1980 West Broad Street
  Columbus, OH  United States  43223
• Project Managers:

  Martindale, Jill

• Performing Organizations:

  Ohio University, Athens

  Athens, OH  United States  45701
• Principal Investigators:

  McAvoy, Deborah

• Start Date: 20220401
• Expected Completion Date: 20230401
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Access control (Transportation); Driveways; State departments of transportation; Traffic safety; Traffic signals; Work zone traffic control
• Geographic Terms: Ohio
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01835255
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Ohio Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 37361, 136526, 115893
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 3 2022 2:20PM