CENTRALLY ORGANIZED TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL TEAM: PILOTING AN INDEPENDENT PROFIT CENTER

At the end of 1998, the South Finland Production Area of the Finnish National Road Administration (Finnra) decided to create and pilot test a new service system to take care of temporary traffic control during road work. The new Finnra team offers all-inclusive temporary traffic control services to anyone who needs them--inside or outside Finnra. The team applies for working permits, takes care of traffic arrangement, and develops and tests new traffic control equipment under local conditions. The team, a pioneer in work-zone safety, works toward four goals: maximum safety to the road users, maximum safety to workers, minimum delay on site, and optimal economy for the client. The project started at the end of 1998; the pilot "traffic control team" idea was tested in 1999; and the team officially started work at the beginning of 2000.

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• Authors:
  • Lepisto, J-P
  • Martikainen, P
• Conference:
  • Ninth Maintenance Management Conference
  • Location: Juneau, Alaska
  • Date: 2000-7-16 to 2000-7-20
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 50-56
• Monograph Title: MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINTH MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, JUNEAU, ALASKA, JULY 16-20, 2000
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings
  • Issue Number: 23
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1073-1652

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway maintenance; Teams; Work zone safety; Work zone traffic control
• Geographic Terms: Finland
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; I60: Maintenance; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00810820
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309067472
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 27 2001 12:00AM