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White Paper on Percentile-based Route PDFs from Segment PDFs

This white paper describes an acceptable process for creating distributions of travel times for a route from distributions of the segments that compose said route. It has long been generally accepted by experts in traffic flow analysis, including statisticians, that the variability of travel time

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White Paper: TSMO Paraprofessional Workforce Development

Technology, improved data integration, and actively managing transportation systems has led the way to the concept of Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO), which represents a set of integrated strategies developed to manage, maintain, and improve the performance of existing tra

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Winter Highway Maintenance Operations:Connecticut

This study addresses issues identified in legislation adopted by the Connecticut General Assembly that directed the Commissioner of Transportation to conduct an analysis of corrosive effects of chemical road treatments, determine the cost of corrosion created by road treatments, an

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Standards & Recommended Practices

Wisconsin DOT Emergency Traffic Control and Scene Management Guidelines

The purpose of these Guidelines is to promote statewide consistency in establishing the safest possible environment for incident responders. There has been an increased number of incidents where the safety of these responders was at risk, and this document's goal is to provide a resource of knowl

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Presentation

WISE SHRP2 Tuesdays Webinar

This presentation was part of the SHRP2 Tuesdays webinar series. The SHRP2-R11 team used the opportunity to introduce the WISE software, which is the product of the SHRP2 R-11 project. The Work zone Implementation Strategies Estimator (WISE) was developed as an engine with two parts. The strategi

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WISE Software Users Guide

TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) S2-R11-RW-2: WISE Software Users Guide explains how to use the work zone impact and strategy estimator (WISE)—a decision support software system designed to help evaluate the impact of work zones and determine strategies to reduce

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Software Tool

WISE Software Users Guide

The Work Zone Impact and Strategy Estimator (WISE) software can evaluate the impact of multiple projects that have been incorporated into the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and the network. The WISE tool is intended to be a decision support system to be used by planners and engineers to

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Work Zone and Traffic Analysis Tools

Analysis may necessitate the use of analytical tools, depending on the degree of analysis required. Some tools, such as QuickZone and CA4PRS, were designed for work zone related analysis. Other traffic analysis tools that were not designed specifically for work zones may also be useful for analyz

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Informational Product

Work Zone Best Practices Guidebook

The Work Zone Operations Best Practices Guidebook (Third Edition) provides an easily accessible compilation of work zone operations practices used and recommended by various States and localities around the country for effectively managing work zones and reducing the impacts of work zones on mobi

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Work Zone Intelligent Transportation Systems Implementation Guide

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on implementing ITS in work zones to assist public agencies, design and construction firms, and industry, including developers, manufacturers, distributors, packagers, and providers of devices, systems, and programs. Work zone ITS is one possibl

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