National Academies Press: OpenBook
« Previous: Appendix B - List of Survey Respondents
Page 59
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C - Survey Responses." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25512.
×
Page 59
Page 60
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C - Survey Responses." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25512.
×
Page 60
Page 61
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C - Survey Responses." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25512.
×
Page 61
Page 62
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C - Survey Responses." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25512.
×
Page 62
Page 63
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C - Survey Responses." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25512.
×
Page 63
Page 64
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C - Survey Responses." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25512.
×
Page 64
Page 65
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C - Survey Responses." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25512.
×
Page 65
Page 66
Suggested Citation:"Appendix C - Survey Responses." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2019. Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/25512.
×
Page 66

Below is the uncorrected machine-read text of this chapter, intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text of each book. Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.

C-1 A P P E N D I X C Survey Responses The tables below summarize responses to the survey questions. Table C-1 provides a concise summary of the responses to Questions 4 through 8. Table 6 in Chapter 3 provides the responses for Question 9. Table C-2 summarizes the responses for Questions 10 and 11, and Table C-3 summarizes the responses for Questions 12 and 13.

C-2 Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities State VSDWZ Policy Decision-Making Guidance List of Factors to Consider Policy for Use of Spotter Exceptions to Lane Closures Decision-Making Tools TTC Selection by Work Activity TAs for VSD Activities Guidance for VSD Activities Flowchart AK AL AR AZ CA Yes Yes Yes Yes CO Yes CT FL Yes GA IA Yes ID IL Yes Yes KS Yes KY Yes LA Yes MA Yes MD ME Yes Yes Yes MI MN Yes Yes Yes Yes MO MS Yes Yes MT NC Yes ND NH NV NY Yes OH Yes OR Yes PA RI SC Yes SD TN TX Yes Yes Yes UT VA Yes VT WA Yes Yes Yes WV WI WY Yes Table C-1. Summary of survey responses for Questions 4 through 8.

Survey Responses C-3 State Exposure Reduction for VSDWZ Visibility Enhancements for VSDWZ Automated Debris Removal Pothole Spray- Patcher UAV for Inspections Use of Law Enforcement Officers AK AL AR AZ CA Yes Yes Yes CO Yes CT FL GA Yes IA ID Yes IL KS KY LA MA Yes MD ME MI MN Yes Yes MO Yes MS MT NC Yes Yes ND NH NV NY Yes OH OR Yes PA RI SC SD TN TX UT Yes VA VT WA WV WI Table C-2. Summary of survey responses for Questions 10 and 11.

C-4 Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities State Experienced Crash or Near Miss in VSDWZ Include VSDWZs in Worker Training AK AL AR AZ CA Yes CO CT FL GA IA ID IL Yes KS KY LA MA Yes MD Yes ME MI MN MO MS MT NC Yes ND NH NV Yes NY OH OR PA RI SC SD Yes TN TX UT VA Yes VT WA Yes WV WI Table C-3. Summary of survey responses for Questions 12 and 13.

Abbreviations and acronyms used without definitions in TRB publications: A4A Airlines for America AAAE American Association of Airport Executives AASHO American Association of State Highway Officials AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials ACI–NA Airports Council International–North America ACRP Airport Cooperative Research Program ADA Americans with Disabilities Act APTA American Public Transportation Association ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials ATA American Trucking Associations CTAA Community Transportation Association of America CTBSSP Commercial Truck and Bus Safety Synthesis Program DHS Department of Homeland Security DOE Department of Energy EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAST Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (2015) FHWA Federal Highway Administration FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration FRA Federal Railroad Administration FTA Federal Transit Administration HMCRP Hazardous Materials Cooperative Research Program IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers MAP-21 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (2012) NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASAO National Association of State Aviation Officials NCFRP National Cooperative Freight Research Program NCHRP National Cooperative Highway Research Program NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NTSB National Transportation Safety Board PHMSA Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration RITA Research and Innovative Technology Administration SAE Society of Automotive Engineers SAFETEA-LU Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (2005) TCRP Transit Cooperative Research Program TDC Transit Development Corporation TEA-21 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (1998) TRB Transportation Research Board TSA Transportation Security Administration U.S. DOT United States Department of Transportation

TRA N SPO RTATIO N RESEA RCH BO A RD 500 Fifth Street, N W W ashington, D C 20001 A D D RESS SERV ICE REQ U ESTED N O N -PR O FIT O R G . U .S. PO STA G E PA ID C O LU M B IA , M D PER M IT N O . 88 ISBN 978-0-309-48026-0 9 7 8 0 3 0 9 4 8 0 2 6 0 9 0 0 0 0

Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities Get This Book
×
 Very Short Duration Work Zone Safety for Maintenance and Other Activities
MyNAP members save 10% online.
Login or Register to save!
Download Free PDF

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 533 identifies the current state of practice among state departments of transportation (DOTs) regarding selection and setup of very short duration work zone (VSDWZ).

The report presents case examples of four state DOTs along with an in-depth analysis of the VSDWZ policies of these states. The case example agencies have developed specific guidance on the topic for their jurisdictions.

VSDWZ activities are those activities not defined in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) under short duration work zone or temporary traffic control (TTC) zones. These activities are usually 1 to 20 minutes long and include maintenance activities (e.g., performing temporary patching, picking up debris, or placing traffic count tubes) where TTC is not set up.

VSDWZ activities reduce the exposure of workers to risk and the inconvenience to traffic that standard TTC zones would create. Current policies and practices in place at various agencies for VSDWZ activities vary substantially. The work-zone setup also varies by the type of maintenance or other very short duration activity and roadway classification (e.g., speed, AADT, and number of lanes). Historically, during those activities, a large number of worker fatalities have occurred.

READ FREE ONLINE

  1. ×

    Welcome to OpenBook!

    You're looking at OpenBook, NAP.edu's online reading room since 1999. Based on feedback from you, our users, we've made some improvements that make it easier than ever to read thousands of publications on our website.

    Do you want to take a quick tour of the OpenBook's features?

    No Thanks Take a Tour »
  2. ×

    Show this book's table of contents, where you can jump to any chapter by name.

    « Back Next »
  3. ×

    ...or use these buttons to go back to the previous chapter or skip to the next one.

    « Back Next »
  4. ×

    Jump up to the previous page or down to the next one. Also, you can type in a page number and press Enter to go directly to that page in the book.

    « Back Next »
  5. ×

    To search the entire text of this book, type in your search term here and press Enter.

    « Back Next »
  6. ×

    Share a link to this book page on your preferred social network or via email.

    « Back Next »
  7. ×

    View our suggested citation for this chapter.

    « Back Next »
  8. ×

    Ready to take your reading offline? Click here to buy this book in print or download it as a free PDF, if available.

    « Back Next »
Stay Connected!