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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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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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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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Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Showcasing Visualization Tools in Congestion Management

This publication is a summary report describing visualization practices used as part of the congestion management process (CMP), and is a supplement to the CMP Guidebook. These visualizations include maps, charts, graphs, photographs, videos, and computer illustrations and simulations. The report

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Newsletter

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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State-of-the Practice

Every Day Counts - Smarter Work Zones: Project Coordination

This webpage holds various examples of how cities and regions have coordinated road projects and their associated benefits. Also included is a webinar recording on Work Zone Project Coordination, which was held in September of 2012.

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ITS ePrimer Module 4: Traffic Operations

The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) ePrimer consists of 14 modules that provide information about ITS technologies to both professionals and students. Its purpose is to inform them about how ITS is integrated into the planning

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ITS ePrimer Module 3: Application of ITS to Transportation Management Systems

The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) ePrimer consists of 14 modules that provide information about ITS technologies to both professionals and students. Its purpose is to inform them about how ITS is integrated into the planning, design, deployment, and operations of surface transportation

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ITS ePrimer Module 2: Systems Engineering

The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) ePrimer consists of 14 modules that provide information about ITS technologies to both professionals and students. Its purpose is to inform them about how ITS is integrated into the planning, design, deployment, and operations of surface transportation

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Background Material

ITS ePrimer Module 1: Introduction to ITS

The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) ePrimer consists of 14 modules that provide information about ITS technologies to both professionals and students. Its purpose is to inform them about how ITS is integrated into the planning, design, deployment, and operations of surface transport

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