FHWA Work Zone Safety Grants Utility Work Zone

FHWA Work Zone Safety Grants Utility Work Zone Safety Guidelines and Training Progress Presentation September 2008 FHWA Contract No. DTFH 61 -06 -G-00006 Tapan Datta, Ph. D. , P. E. , WSU-Transportation Research Group Professor and Grant Project Manager

Major Accomplishments: Meetings and Presentations n n n First Local Focus Group Meeting on November 29, 2006 First National Focus Group Meeting on January 23, 2007 Second Local Focus Group Meeting on September 7, 2007 Second National Focus Group Meeting on January 15, 2008 Presentation of UWZ Project in the “Power Talk Session” at ATSSA 38 th Annual Convention and Traffic Expo in New Orleans, LA on February 10, 2008 Presentation to Edison Electric Institute during Spring Conference in Louisville, KY on April 29, 2008

Major Accomplishments: Submittals n n State-of-the-Art and State-of-the-Practice Reviews Gap Study and Needs Assessment Utility Work Zone Traffic Control Curriculum Utility Work Zone Traffic Control Guidelines

Utility Work Zone Traffic Control Curriculum n Management and Safety Officials’ Training Program – Approximately 3 hours – Includes: n n n n Welcome, Housekeeping and Introductions Pre-Test Why Follow the Guideline? Utility Work Zone Traffic Control and Safety / Positive Guidance / Driver Expectancy Agencywide Safety Culture – What? Why? How? Training, Knowledge Retention and Retraining Issues Question and Answer

Utility Work Zone Traffic Control Curriculum Cont. n Utility Workers, Foremen, and Supervisors Training – Approximately 3 hours – Includes: n n n n Introduction to the Guideline Recommended Traffic Control Devices and Why? Suggested Traffic Control Plans / Pedestrian Issues How Do You Select a Proper Traffic Control Plan? Case Study - In-Class Exercises Demonstration of Software Program Question and Answer Post-Test and Course Evaluation

Major Accomplishments: Software Development n 2 Software Programs – Drag-and-Drop Software n Used for In-Class Exercise with series of Example Problems – Temporary Traffic Control Plan (TTCP) Selection Software n Used to determine appropriate Typical TTCP for site-specific conditions

Plan Selection Software (Part Shown)

Example Output

Example Output

Major Accomplishments: Training n Conducted 2 Pilot Training Sessions – Detroit, MI on March 20, 2008 – Hanover, MD on April 22, 2008 n Conducted 4 Train-the-Trainer Sessions – Tempe, AZ on May 14, 2008 – Dallas, TX on June 19, 2008 – West Conshohocken, PA on July 17, 2008 – Gahanna, OH on August 21, 2008

Training Program Results Program Registrations Location # Registrants Detroit 66 Hanover 47 Tempe 34 Dallas 40 Pre- and Post-Test Results Pre-Test Post-Test Location Average Improvement Detroit 55. 0% 67. 4% 13. 0% Hanover 49. 0% 61. 6% 14. 3% Tempe 53. 9% 65. 0% 10. 6% Dallas 51. 5% 63. 3% 14. 5%

Program Evaluation Results Management and Safety Officials Module Average Score out of 5 For Session no. Location 1 2 3 4 5 Detroit 3. 7 3. 9 3. 8 Hanover 4. 0 3. 8 4. 0 3. 9 Tempe 4. 2 4. 1 4. 2 Dallas 4. 1 4. 2 4. 3 4. 1 4. 2 Utility Workers, Foremen, and Supervisors Module Average Score out of 5 Location For Session no. 6 7 8 9 10 11 Detroit 3. 8 4. 0 4. 1 Hanover 3. 7 3. 8 3. 9 4. 2 Tempe 4. 3 4. 4 4. 5 4. 4 4. 8 Dallas 4. 3 4. 4 4. 2 4. 6

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