Highway Repair Consolidation Feasibility

Faced with growing number of work zones, the challenge for transportation agencies is to effectively manage the impacts of work zones to alleviate congestion and maintain the safety of motorists without disrupting project schedules. Coordinating work zone activities and improving communication among agencies have already been practiced by various State departments of transportation (DOTs) and transportation agencies. The main objective of this study is to understand the types of projects that can be coordinated and to evaluate the effectiveness of coordinating short and long-term projects using a cost-benefit analysis approach to measure the efficiency of various combinations of projects relative to each other and the status quo. For this purpose the research team conducted an extensive literature review, determined the state of practice in other State DOTs and conducted interviews with New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) staff to investigate the types of projects undertaken by NJDOT and if there were already any practice of work zone coordination on NJ roadways. The team, after consulting with the project panel and the NJDOT Mobility and Systems Engineering division, devised a work zone coordination framework that utilizes one common work zone database, including OpenReach and Capital Program Management (CPM) Project Reporting System (PRS) databases. Work Zone Coordination Spreadsheet (WCS) tool was developed for providing NJDOT with an easy-to-use tool to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of coordinating short and long term work zones and measure the benefits of various combinations of projects relative to each other and the status quo. This on-line tool is implemented with a web-based user interface. It integrates all scheduled and active construction projects from the OpenReach database and planned CPM projects from project reporting system (PRS) database. It then identifies conflicts between work zone projects and estimates the benefits of conflict mitigation.

• Record URL:
  http://www.nj.gov/transportation/business/research/reports/FHWA-NJ-2016-002.pdf
• 
• Summary URL:
  http://www.nj.gov/transportation/business/research/reports/FHWA-NJ-2016-002-TB.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Rutgers University, Piscataway

  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  623 Bowser Road
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854

  New York University, Brooklyn

  Tandon School of Engineering
  Brooklyn, NY  United States 

  New Jersey Department of Transportation

  Bureau of Research, 1035 Parkway Avenue, P.O. Box 600
  Trenton, NJ  United States  08625-0600
• Authors:
  • Ozbay, Kaan
  • Wang, Hao
  • Bartin, Bekir
  • Kurkcu, Abdullah
  • Maggio, Matthew
• Publication Date: 2016-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 97p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Conflict management; Coordination; User interfaces (Computer science); Work zones
• Uncontrolled Terms: Computer tools; Project consolidation
• Geographic Terms: New Jersey
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01649732
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-NJ-2016-002
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Oct 29 2017 7:01PM