Mobile Telematics for Motorway Road Work Zones

2018 ◽  
pp. 157-172
Author(s):  
Pavel Přibyl ◽  
Aleš Janota ◽  
Juraj Spalek
Keyword(s):  
Work Zones ◽  
Road Work

Meta-analysis of the effect of road work zones on crash occurrence

2017 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athanasios Theofilatos ◽  
Apostolos Ziakopoulos ◽  
Eleonora Papadimitriou ◽  
George Yannis ◽  
Konstantinos Diamandouros
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Work Zones ◽  
Road Work

Safety of road work zones: European and the U.S. perspective

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Osman Atahan ◽  
Murat Buyuk ◽  
Gulay Malkoc ◽  
Jose Diez
Keyword(s):  
Work Zones ◽  
Road Work ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals A WSN-Based Intrusion Alarm System to Improve Safety in Road Work Zones

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Martin ◽  
Alba Rozas ◽  
Alvaro Araujo
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Work Zone ◽  
Alarm System ◽  
Work Zones ◽  
Communication Interface ◽  
Alarm Systems ◽  
Work Area ◽  
Road Work

Road traffic accidents are one of the main causes of death and disability worldwide. Workers responsible for maintaining and repairing roadways are especially prone to suffer these events, given their exceptional exposure to traffic. Since these actuations usually coexist with regular traffic, an errant driver can easily intrude the work area and provoke a collision. Some authors have proposed mechanisms aimed at detecting breaches in the work zone perimeter and alerting workers, which are collectively called intrusion alarm systems. However, they have several limitations and have not yet fulfilled the necessities of these scenarios. In this paper, we propose a new intrusion alarm system based on a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN). Our system is comprised of two main elements: vehicle detectors that form a virtual barrier and detect perimeter breaches by means of an ultrasonic beam and individual warning devices that transmit alerts to the workers. All these elements have a wireless communication interface and form a network that covers the whole work area. This network is in charge of transmitting and routing the alarms and coordinates the behavior of the system. We have tested our solution under real conditions with satisfactory results.

Perception of Delineation Devices in Road Work Zones During Nighttime

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Godthelp ◽  
Johan B. J. Riemersma
Keyword(s):  
Work Zones ◽  
Road Work

scholarly journals Evaluation of Speeding and Behaviour of Drivers in Roadwork Zones

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donatas Čygas ◽  
Dovydas Skrodenis ◽  
Aivaras Paškauskas ◽  
Živilė Sušinskaitė ◽  
Laura Žalimienė
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Flow ◽  
Traffic Safety ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Significant Problem ◽  
Speed Limit ◽  
Work Zones ◽  
Speed Limits ◽  
Safety Measures ◽  
Speed Measurement ◽  
Road Work

Due to the increased traffic flow, more and more roadwork zones are formed in highways. Accidents are a significant problem in all European countries in roadwork zones while noncompliance with speed limits is one of the major safety concerns. Therefore roadwork zones are critical places from the point of traffic safety view where the possibility to get into an accident is increased. Roadwork zones introduce deviations from regular travel situations, and appropriate speed is needed to assure that the driver navigates safely through the roadwork zone. This research focuses on speed measurement in road work zones and attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of safety measures on speed limit compliance.

scholarly journals Ekspertni pristup poboljšanju sigurnosti u zonama radova na cesti

Sigurnost ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-260
Author(s):  
Joso Vrkljan ◽  
Miljenko Mustapić ◽  
Antun Štimac
Keyword(s):  
Expert System ◽  
Expert Systems ◽  
Traffic Management ◽  
Work Zone ◽  
Road User ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Road Maintenance ◽  
Work Zones ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Work

SUMMARY: An ever-increasing volume of traffic on Croatian roads increases the volume of maintenance work. Road works negatively impact traffic mobility and road user safety, and also safety of the maintenance workers. Improving traffic mobility and safety is the key issue that all interested parties (planning and managing road works and those executing them) should address. Mitigation of negative effects is possible via certain expert system measures. Presented in the paper are the options provided by expert systems implemented in the road work zones as factors for improving road maintenance and safe traffic flow, as well as road workers safety. Introducing relevant data into the data base, an expert system is created providing the driver approaching a road work zone with a number of alternative routes. Also shown is a driving diagram for road work zones with special focus on slowing down speed upon entering the road work zone. The results show that the implementation of expert systems based on relevant data would significantly facilitate traffic management in road work zones and improve the safety of traffic and road workers, as well as the workers' efficacy.

PEMBOBOTAN PENILAIAN ASPEK KESELAMATAN DI ZONA KERJA PADA MASA PELAKSANAAN PROYEK PENINGKATAN JALAN

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Dewa Ketut Sudarsana ◽  
Mayun Nandiasa ◽  
Ida Bagus Made Artamana
Keyword(s):  
Road Safety ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Work Zone ◽  
Minimum Length ◽  
Work Zones ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road ◽  
Road Work ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Descriptive Method

Road safety is a topic that came out over the years and has now become a worldwideproblem. This can be picked up with the founding of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2010-2020 by the United Nations. Efforts of prevention road safety during the implementation of roadimprovement has been specified in the path of contract execution. However, assessment of safetyaudits in the work zone on the road improvements has not been studied. Descriptive method used toidentify related attributes of safety in the work zone. Hierarchy and the weighting of each attribute isused the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method. The results obtained in, the weighting of the 4criteria division of work zones in sequence from the weight of greater are: the work zone; closerszone; initial taper zone and end taper zone by weight are: 59%; 27%; 9% and 6%. Weight rating ofalternative attributes for closers zone criteria is: road work warning signs: lane usage instructionssigns; closers zone distance; narrowing of lanes of the road warning signs and speed limit warningsigns, with their respective weights are: 46%; 23%; 15%; 11%; 5%. Weight rating attributesalternative to early taper zone criteria are: the installation of cone/guardrail; reflector at the initial ofthe work zone; minimum taper length requirement with respective weights: 53%; 30%; 17%.Assessment criteria attribute for the work zone are: minimum length of the work zone; the minimalwidth of the work zone; installation cone/guardrail; and the minimum distance between work zones,with respective weights: 70%; 15%; 9%; 6%. And the weight of attribute ratings for end zonecriteria is: the installation of cone/guardrail and followed with a minimum length end taperrequirements, with respective weights: 82%; 18%. Abstrak: Keselamatan Jalan merupakan isu yang mengemuka dari tahun ke tahun dan saat ini sudahmenjadi permasalahan global. Hal ini dapat dilihat dengan dicanangkannya Decade of Action forRoad Safety 2010-2020 oleh Perserikatan Bangsa Bangsa. Upaya pencegahan keselamatan dijalanselama masa pelaksanaan peningkatan jalan telah diatur dalam kontrak pelaksanaan jalan. Namuncara penilaian pemeriksaan keselamatan di jalan pada zona kerja pelaksanaan peningkatan jalanbelum diteliti. Metode deskriptif digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi atribut terkait aspek keselamatandi zona kerja pekerjaan jalan. Hirarki dan pembobotan penilaian masing masing atributmenggunakan metode Proses Hirarki Analitikal (PHA). Hasil rancangan pembobotan pada levelkreteria medapatkan 4 kreteria pembagian zona kerja secara teurut dari bobot kepentingan yanglebih besar adalah zona kerja; zona pendekat; zona taper awal dan zona taper akhir dengan bobotadalah 59%; 27%; 9% dan 6%. Bobot penilaian atribut alternative untuk kreteria zona pendekatadalah: rambu peringatan ada pekerjaan jalan; rambu petunjuk penggunaan lajur; jarak zonapendekat; rambu peringatan penyempitan lajur jalan dan rambu peringatan batas kecepatan, denganbobot masing-masing adalah: 46%; 23%; 15%; 11%; 5%. Bobot penilaian atribut alternative untukkreteria zona taper awal adalah: pemasangan kerucut/guardrail; pemasangan reflector padapertemuan taper awal dengan zona kerja; persyaratan panjang taper minimum dengan bobot masingmasing:53%; 30%; 17%. Penilaian atribut untuk kreteria zona kerja adalah: panjang zona kerjaminimum: lebar zona kerja minimum; pemasangan kerucut/guardrail; dan jarak antar zona kerjaminimum, dengan bobot masing-masing: 70%; 15%; 9%; 6%. Dan bobot penilaian atribut untukkreteria zona penjauh adalah: pemasangan kerucut/guardrail dan diikuti dengan persyaratanpanjang taper akhir minimum, dengan bobot masing-masing: 82%; 18%.Kata kunci: keselamtan, metode PHA, zona kerja, peningkatan jalan

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