Roadside Safety Measures: Page 35

Construction News
Skyward Approved to Give Commercial Drones Instant Access to Controlled Airspace
Approval will eliminate need for submission of a manual request for authorization, and will automate the approval process, reducing the wait time from months to seconds
Skyward
Electric Tools & Accessories
Work Zones Could be Safer with Use of Smartphone Alerts
In the last year alone, 44% of contractors reported that a vehicle had crashed into their work zone. A new study by the MnDOT hopes in-vehicle alerts will help reduce work zone crashes.
Road People Street Smartphone
Construction News
ARTBA Guide Helps Highway Construction & Material Firms Comply with Silica Standard
American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
Publication contains key background materials and provides guidance on the four basic steps for complying with OSHA requirements
Artba
Construction News
FHWA Nominee Trombino Commits to Working With Senators on Highway Issues
Paul Trombino repeatedly told senators that if confirmed by the full Senate to head the Federal Highway Administration, he will follow up on their concerns about highway projects and safety issues and commit to working with them
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Pavement Maintenance
RoadSafe Acquires Beth’s Barricades
RoadSafe Acquires Beth’s Barricades
Striping
Why Drivers are Seeing Orange in Wisconsin
WisDOT test orange markings in workzones
WisDOT used orange markings throughout each workzone, but Brian DuPont says another option is using the orange only at the beginning and end of the workzones indicating the lane shifts, in which case orange tape might be a preferred material.
Construction News
House Democrats Block FAA Extension
Democrats opposed the bill because of unrelated Republican add-ons dealing with flood insurance, tax credits for victims of recent hurricanes and expiring health care programs
Asphalt
FHWA Decision on Highway Safety Equipment Cost Recovery Will Improve Safety & Promote Innovation
American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
Agency issued a guidance memorandum that details how states can recoup the cost of acquiring highway safety equipment as a direct charge on federal-aid projects
Drones & Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Seven Elements to a Successful Traffic Control Plan
Road crew traffic safety is becoming increasingly important in this distracted driver world. Work zone traffic safety and the importance of the traffic control zone is often overlooked. Here are seven elements of a successful traffic control plan.
Traffic
Construction Safety Technology
Improving Driver Safety: Put Drivers in Safe Hands with Telematics
Crashes on the job have far-reaching financial and psychological effects on employees, their coworkers and families and their employers. Telematics enhance safety protocols by using the information to improve driver policies, monitor driver behavior, etc
Construction companies can use telematics data to improve driver policies, monitor driver behavior and maintain safer vehicles.
Construction Technology
How Connected Vehicles Make Work Zones Safer
The Michigan DOT is partnering with 3M to make the nation’s first connected work zone on I-75
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Construction Safety
First U.S. Test of Autonomous IPVs in Live Work Zones
Royal Truck & Equipment Inc.
Colorado DOT will conduct a pilot program using the autonomous technology for maintenance operations
CDOT is initiating a pilot program in live work zones to test the safety benefits of autonomous impact protection vehicles in road maintenance.
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