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NCHRP Synthesis 20-05/Topic 52-11 [Final (Synthesis)]

Use of Smart Work Zone Technologies for Improving Work Zone Safety
[ NCHRP 20-05 (Synthesis of Information Related to Highway Practices) ]

  Project Data
Funds: $45,000
Authorization to Begin Work: 5/1/2020 -- estimated
Staff Responsibility: Jo Allen Gause
Research Agency: University of Missouri
Principal Investigator: Henry Brown
Effective Date: 9/24/2020
Completion Date: 7/1/2022
Fiscal Year: 2021

To make work zones safer, state departments of transportation (DOTs) use smart technologies with specialized components, such as sensors, communications, software, and electronic equipment, to manage traffic and operations and disseminate traveler information.

The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Synthesis 587: Use of Smart Work Zone Technologies for Improving Work Zone Safety reviews and documents state DOT practices and implementation challenges regarding the use of smart work zone technologies designed to improve safety for motorists, construction and maintenance workers, and other users of the transportation system.

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