<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.

<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.

<p>The objective of this research project was to study mobile and short duration work zone safety with particular attention to the identification of work zone safety devices, information systems for the reduction of safety and congestion, and implementation of innovative techniques to reduce delays and crashes due to work zones.</p>

Roadside rights-of-way are important technical and ecological features of the landscape. Managers of the vegetation in those rights-of-way are increasingly focused on environmental stewardship. Managers are interested in practices that will produce and demonstrate economically sound, socially responsible, and environmentally sensitive decision making and operational practice.

<p>New Yorkers are compiling a list of transit projects of enormous scope and cost. There is no consensus over priorities, and that&#39;s sure to fuel anti-New York sentiment in Congress. Someone needs to take charge here.</p>

Over the last decade, a large number of high capital cost transportation projects
have been proposed for the New York City Region. Many have resulted from addressing
evolving capacity needs, changes in regional demographics and economics, meeting the
improvements necessitated by operating century old subway systems and recognizing the
impact of moving freight in a dense region. But the catalyst for bringing all of these projects
to the attention of the public and all regional agencies was the tragedy of September 11, 2001.

The combination of increasing challenges in administering household travel surveys and advances in global positioning systems (GPS)/geographic information systems (GIS) technologies motivated this project. It tests the feasibility of using a passive travel data collection methodology in a complex urban environment, by developing GIS algorithms to automatically detect travel modes and trip purposes.

Momentum is growing for an ambitious round of investments in transportation projects in New
York City. At a time of fiscal crisis, and uncertainties over the direction of the economy in
Lower Manhattan and the city as a whole, new transportation infrastructure is increasingly being
seen as critical for the city?s future. Buoyed by calls from elected officials and civic and
business groups, a wide array of government agencies ? including the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority, the Port Authority, New Jersey Transit, the New York State