Registration is now available for the September 17 Talking Freight Seminar.

 

Topic: Work Zone Design and Large Trucks

 

Date/Time: September 17, 2014  1:00 – 2:30 pm EDT

 

Registration: http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm

 

Description: The reconstruction and rehabilitation of U.S. interstate highways and other major and minor roadways that are part of the overall roadway system network often require work zones that allow the necessary work to take place without totally closing the roadways to vehicular traffic.  Completing the reconstruction and rehabilitation work is critical for keeping the roadways in a state of good repair and allowing the roadways to promote economic vitality through serving the people and companies who utilize the roadways.  However, work zones can also create challenges for drivers, particularly drivers of large vehicles such as commercial freight trucks, due to the limited space Departments of Transportation and public works departments have to work with within the highways’ rights-of-way, and reduced number of lanes some work zones must have.  Understanding how work zones can be designed to maintain the efficient movement of large freight transportation vehicles while functioning within the restricted right-of-way space available and ensuring DOT and public works staff can safely work within the work zones can provide significant benefits for all work zone users.

 

Truck Crash Trends in Work Zones – What, Where, and What

This presentation will share analyses of work zone crash data involving large trucks, key trends, areas of overrepresentation, and possible causal factors that could then be met through appropriate work zone management strategy modifications and other possible countermeasures.

 

Best Practices for Large Trucks in Work Zones

This presentation will provide an overview of FHWA’s Work Zone Management Program, best practices used nationwide to accommodate large trucks more safely in work zones, and a quick overview of the Smarter Work Zones Initiative under the Every Day Counts – Three Innovations.

 

Work Zone Construction Access Points – State DOT Practices Example

This presentation will discuss Ohio DOT’s construction access points design standards for the safe and efficient passage of work vehicles into and out of the work zones.

 

Commercial Vehicle Carrier Perspective – Work Zones Needs and Challenges

This presentation will discuss work zone design needs from a commercial truck driver perspective.  Work zone needs and impacts from both a design perspective and a routing impact perspective will be discussed.

 

If you have not yet participated in Talking Freight, I encourage you to do so. These monthly seminars, sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration, are held via web conference, which means that you view the PowerPoint presentations over the Internet while listening to the presenters over your computer or the telephone. There is no cost involved and you do not have to leave your desk to participate. More information about Talking Freight is available at http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/fpd/talking_freight/index.htm  Links to past presentations and recordings are available on http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/freightplanning/talking.htm.

 

Talking Freight seminars are eligible for 1.5 AICP Certification Maintenance Credits (for AICP members). In order to receive credit, you must attend the full seminar and login to the seminar with your full name or type your full name into the chat area during the seminar if you are in a room with a group of people. Visit the AICP web site for more information about AICP Certification Maintenance Credits.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Symoun, Leidos, 703-318-4267 or [log in to unmask]

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Symoun  | Leidos
Deputy Program Manager | Transportation Solutions and Technology Applications Division
phone: 703.318.4267
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