Optimizing work Zone Conditions to Maximize Safety and Mobility

Diverse work zone conditions influence the safety of roadway workers and the mobility of motorists traveling through the work zone. There is a need to identify which factors cause some work zones to have fewer crashes and perform better in safety and mobility than others. The focus would be on mitigating crashes occurring within the work zone including back of queue crashes. There is a need to identify optimal designs for maintaining traffic through work zones to provide the safest working conditions while providing the best mobility for travelers. There is also a need to identify the most effective way of spending transportation funds to maximize safety and mobility in future work zones. Finally, a method is needed to measure work zone performance in terms of crash risk, benefits achieved, and costs of mitigation to optimize safety and mobility in work zones and ensure that transportation funds are spent wisely.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Sponsor Organizations:

  Michigan Department of Transportation

  Van Wagoner Building
  425 W. Ottawa Street
  Lansing, MI  United States  48909
• Performing Organizations:

  Michigan State University, East Lansing

  Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  Institute for Community Development
  East Lansing, MI  United States  48824-1226
• Principal Investigators:

  Gates, Timothy

• Start Date: 20230627
• Expected Completion Date: 20250531
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Traffic flow; Traffic safety; Work zone safety; Work zone traffic control
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01944235
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Michigan Department of Transportation
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 28 2025 2:41PM