In the last 10 years, New Jersey has invested heavily in its transportation infrastructure, and numerous additional projects are planned or proposed for the next decade. Collectively, these projects have significantly improved accessibility in northern New Jersey. Highway and commuter rail travel times have dropped throughout the region as projects such as Midtown Direct and the completion of Interstate 287 connected networks and provided commuters with new travel choices.

This study identifies climate change adaptation strategies and recommends ways of mainstreaming them into planned actions, including legislation, policies, programs and projects in all areas and at all levels within the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT).

Investment in transportation infrastructure is generally regarded as an effective means for inducing economic growth and employment in a region. However, the ability of such investments to achieve these objectives, to a large extent, depends on the degree to which travel results from these investments support or conflict with present travel patterns and needs in this region.

Bus transportation has traditionally served as the backbone of public transportation. Despite the importance and
efficiency of buses, compared to the automobile, these vehicles are weighted equally with automobiles at traffic
signals where a bus carrying 50 passengers is treated the same as an auto with a single person. Delays caused
by traffic signals and by street traffic congestion increase bus operating costs and degrade transit service quality.

Delays caused by traffic signals and by street traffic congestion
increase bus-operating costs and degrade transit service quality.
Bus signal priority is an attempt to minimize or eliminate delays
to buses at a signalized intersection by temporarily altering the
traffic signal phase so that an approaching bus receives a green
phase when it arrives. The potential savings in bus travel times
can allow buses to maintain its schedule and provide better
reliability in travel times. Although signal priority has proven to

<p>This report documents and summarizes: Task 3- Identify guidelines to eliminate driver inattentiveness, and Task 4- Design alternative strategies and techniques for traffic control, for Phase II ? Research Approach of the study, &#39;Identification of Traffic Control Devices for Mobile and Short Duration Work Operations&#39;, for the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Task 3 was conducted by reviewing the technologies adopted by various DOTs and approved by SHRP for gaining driver?s attention.

<p>This report documents and summarizes: Task 1 - Develop a proposed methodology and criteria for measuring and evaluating the new technologies and Information systems, and Task 2: Analysis of the current NJDOT practices for short duration and mobile work zone operations, for Phase II ? Research Approach of the study, &#39;Identification of Traffic Control Devices for Mobile and Short Duration Work Operations&#39;, for the New Jersey Department of Transportation.

<p>Work zone safety traffic control is an area that has been gaining a lot of attention during the past few years. Travelers come across several types of work zones on a regular basis due to increased maintenance and reconstruction along the nation?s highways. Work zones pose a hazard to the regular traveler in terms of safety. Evidence suggests an increasing number of fatalities, injuries, and costs due to work zone-related accidents.

<p>Work zones are a necessary part of meeting the needs of our nation?s aging transportation infrastructure. With the highway infrastructure getting older and requiring consistent maintenance, it is believed that there will be more work zones in future. These work zones coupled with traffic on highways is a major source of future congestion. Due to this congestion, there are more chances of crashes expected, which is a major cause of concern.

<p>This report documents and summarizes the study &#39;Identification of Traffic Control Devices for Mobile and Short Duration Work Operations,&#39; for the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The study was conducted in three tasks: 1. Literature Search, 2. Evaluation Criteria and Analysis, and 3. Identify Guidelines to Eliminate Driver Inattentiveness, and Design Alternative Strategies and Techniques for Traffic Control.