CURRENT ISSUES IN WORK ZONE SAFETY . PROCEEDINGS OF STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM AND TRAFFIC SAFETY ON TWO CONTINENTS, IN GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN 27-29 SEPTEMBER, 1989

This paper summarizes the proceedings of a special summer meeting arranged by two separate committees of the Transportation Research Board -- the Roadside Safety Features Committee and the Traffic Safety in Maintenance and Construction Operations Committee. The joint meeting was held at the Northweastern University Traffic Institute in Evanston, Illinois, on July 17-18, 1989. Topics of discussion included: (1) requirements for work zone traffic control devices, (2) requirements for work zone barriers and crash cushions, (3) adjusting work zone barrier and crash cushion requirements by use of traffic control plans, and (4) warrants and safety requirements for truck-mounted attenuators. For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 832707. (A)

Language

  • English

Media Info

  • Pagination: p. 139-49
  • Serial:
    • VTI Rapport
    • Issue Number: 349A
    • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
    • ISSN: 0347-6030

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00607018
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
  • Report/Paper Numbers: 353A, HS-040 909
  • Files: ITRD, TRIS
  • Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM