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A New Approach to Improving Travel Times

Congestion is a persistent problem on U.S. highways, stealing an average of 38 hours a year from commuters. Snarled traffic not only increases travel times but also has an adverse effect on motorists’ safety and costs to travelers and businesses. Facing this challenge with increasingly constraine

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National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse

This website provides a plethora of information about work zone safety, including news articles, video presentations, reports, fact sheets, and more. The information is updated daily, so the user recieves the most recent information first. This information is relevant to engineers, highway c

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State-of-the Practice

Every Day Counts - Smarter Work Zones: Technology Applications

ITS technology makes travel through and around work zones safer and more efficient by collecting information, analyzing it, and adapting to it in the best way possible. This webpage includes a variety of resources on many different ITS applications specifically present in work zones. This include

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Work Zone Safety Grant Products

The FHWA Work Zone Safety Grant Program emphasized training for construction workers, development of guidelines to help improve work zone safety, and training for state and local governments, transportation agencies, and other groups implementing the guidelines. This webpage outlines the gui

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Standards & Recommended Practices

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD): Part 6. Temporary Traffic Control

Part 6 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices focuses on temporary traffic control (TTC) and how TTC devices are applied in a variety of situations. Part 6 also highlights that all road users, including pedestrians, motorists, and bicyclists, are considered an essential part of highway con
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Standards & Recommended Practices

Developing and Implementing Transportation Management Plans for Work Zones

Provides information about developing and implementing Transportation Management Plans (TMPs), including information on how and where a TMP fits into project-level processes and procedures, a list of components that can be considered for inclusion in a TMP, descriptions of work zone management st

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Standards & Recommended Practices

Sample Transportation Management Plans and Templates

This Guide consisting of samples, templates, and tips is designed to help transportation agencies with the development and implementation of their own Transportation Management Plans (TMPs). Understanding the work zone impacts is critical to developing effective work zone TMPs that provide for ad

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Standards & Recommended Practices

Work Zone Process Review Toolbox

This Work Zone Process Review Toolbox contains tools to help you conduct an effective Work Zone Process Review. The first section of the Toolbox has information to help you determine the purpose/goals and scope of a review, expected outcomes, team members, and possible data sources. This section

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Every Day Counts-Smarter Work Zones

This webpage provides information on how coordinating roadway construction projects aids in reducing the impact of work zones, and how the use of technology can dynamically manage traffic in the work zone environment. Both of these strategies help minimize travel delays and maintain motorist and

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