Work Zone Traffic Management
Managing traffic during construction is necessary to minimize traffic delays, maintain or improve motorist and worker safety, complete roadwork in a timely manner, and maintain access for businesses and residents. Work zone traffic management strategies should be identified based on the project constraints, construction phasing/staging plan, type of work zone, and anticipated work zone impacts. Once these strategies are implemented, they need to be consistently monitored to ensure they are effective in managing work zone impacts.
Examples of possible performance measures for monitoring work zone traffic management strategies include volume, travel time, queue length, delay, number of incidents, incident response and clearance times, contractor incidents, community complaints, user costs, and cumulative impacts from adjacent construction activities.
Learn More About
- Work Zone Traffic Management Guidance and Examples
- Incident Management in Work Zones
- Use of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) in Work Zones
- Traffic Control Guidance
Additional Resources
- TTI Researchers Recommend Strategies for Slowing Drivers Around Work Zones (PDF 11.9MB) - Article on page 16 describes a Texas DOT-sponsored study on strategies and devices to improve compliance with work zone speed limits.
- Congestion Mitigation
- Reducing Congestion - Good Work Zone Management Strategies that Can Help - Presentations given at the February 17, 2005 Talking Operations Seminar.
- Traffic Congestion and Reliability - Linking Solutions to Problems - Provides a snapshot of traffic congestion and its sources in the United States, highlights the growing importance of system reliability, and recommends ways to address congestion.
- FHWA Congestion Web Site
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