Methodologies for Monitoring Work Zone Performance Measures across State Border Highways using Connected Vehicle Data

Systematic monitoring of work zone queuing, and associated safety impacts, is a challenge for nearly all states, but particularly acute in the Midwest with the large volume of commercial vehicles. A few states are starting to evaluate work zone queuing on Interstates and associated safety implications within their own borders. However, it is particularly challenging to monitor the occurrence of queuing that extends across state lines. It is commonly observed that construction queues and unfortunately crash incidents occurring in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan due to construction activity in adjacent states. This project will identify connected vehicle data sources (cars and trucks) and develop scalable methodologies for effective monitoring of work zones that have impact beyond state borders. These “work zone analytics” will be used as framework for state agencies to develop objective, scalable and systematic methods for coordinating work zones whose impact extends across state borders.

• Record URL:
  https://ccat.umtri.umich.edu/research/purdue/methodologies-for-monitoring-work-zone-performance-measures-across-state-border-highways-using-connected-vehicle-data/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $160000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3552348305

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

  2901 Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, Michigan  United States  48109
• Project Managers:

  Stearns, Amy

• Performing Organizations:

  Purdue University, Lyles School of Civil Engineering

  550 Stadium Mall Drive
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907
• Principal Investigators:

  Bullock, Darcy

• Start Date: 20231001
• Expected Completion Date: 20240930
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Autonomous vehicles; Connected vehicles; Data collection; States; Traffic queuing; Traffic safety; Work zones
• Geographic Terms: Midwest United States
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01906161
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Connected and Automated Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 69A3552348305
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jan 28 2024 1:11PM