Work Zone Mapping and Tag Deployment System

The Statewide Work Zone Information System (SWIS) aims to improve the traffic work-zone monitoring and inspection process through the use of “internet of things” technologies. The system includes two core technologies. The first technology is the design and development of traffic-control device beacons that are able to communicate the location and state of any work-zone traffic-control assets (e.g., cones, barrels, and arrow boards). The second functionality involves the SWIS server, which collects the beacon information and also acts as digital repository for past, present, and future project traffic-control plans. For active road maintenance projects, the SWIS server lets its users monitor a work zone in real time. It also contains algorithms for detecting non-MUTCD-compliant work-zone setups to assist on work-zone inspections.

• Record URL:
  http://www.roadwaysafety.umn.edu/research/search/projectdetail.html?id=2017063

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $195319
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT13-G-UTC35

  CTS-2017063

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Roadway Safety Institute

  Center for Transportation Studies
  University of Minnesota
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55455

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Stearns, Amy

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Minnesota

  Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering
  500 Pillsbury St. SE
  Minneapolis, MN  United States  55445
• Principal Investigators:

  Hourdos, John

• Start Date: 20170417
• Expected Completion Date: 20190531
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bluetooth technology; License plates; Right of way (Traffic); Road construction; Smartphones; Technological innovations; Traffic conflicts; Variable message signs; Work zone safety; Work zone traffic control
• Identifier Terms: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01637965
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Roadway Safety Institute
• Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC35, CTS-2017063
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jun 14 2017 4:15PM