Work Zones
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Work-Zone Safety Training (CTAP)
The Circuit Training and Assistance Program (CTAP) class will cover the changes in the Minnesota Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MN MUTCD) and how to use the field manual. It will also touch on the responsibilities of workers in the work zone, the layouts used for different speeds, volumes, and other situations, how to set up the devices properly, and which devices to use depending on the situation. Also some quality standards too. The flagging portion of the class will discuss specific layouts for flagging operations, procedure, and conduct.
Mn/DOT Office of Traffic, Security and Operations - Publications
Contains manuals and publications such as the MN MUTCD, Minnesota Flagging Manual, Temporary Traffic Control Zone Layouts Field Guide, and more.
National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse
Contains a wide range of information on work zone safety, including: agency contacts, standards and practices, laws and legislations, crash data, research, training, and Spanish language materials.
Work-Zone Information Resources
Compiled by the Alabama Technology Transfer Center
Contains a list of T2 work-zone articles, reports, graphical products and Web sites. Products have been individually reviewed and are in various formats.
FHWA Office of Safety
Includes a bi-monthly Safety Activities Newsletter, road user resources and professional resources including facts & data and training & education.
Road Work Safety Requires Good Planning
Better Roads Magazine, January 2004
This article presents a special feature on roadwork safety as demonstrated during reconstruction of the most heavily traveled radial freeway in Texas, Houston's US 59 Southwest Freeway, which included replacing its four bridges.
How Mn/DOT Sets Speed Limits for Safety
Better Roads Magazine, November 2003
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has successfully employed several different methods for reducing speed limits in work zones. Among these methods are advisory speed limits, work-zone speed limits and temporary speed limits in construction zones.
Mn/DOT's Work-Zone Safety Web
Contains tips for drivers during the winter and summer seasons.
When training road crews about work-zone safety, keep the gory details
Minnesota LTAP Technology Exchange – Spring 2003
The Click, Listen and Learn session "Using Gut-Level Emotion to Make Safety Training Stick: An Alternative Approach that YOU Can Use" combines true stories and photographs of dangerous work-zone practices or accident scenes to make a point: It's DANGEROUS out there.
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