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2022 National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 11-15- “Work Zones are a Sign to Slow Down”. The 2022 National Work Zone Awareness Week will be hosted by the state of Virginia, with a national kick-off event scheduled for Tuesday, April 12th.

The Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx)-Put Work Zones on the Map Outreach Toolkit and the Power Point Slides for the April 29, 2021 webinar are available here: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/wzdx/toolkit/

The 2021 National Work Zone Management Virtual Conference was held on October 19-20, 2021 and the recordings are available here: https://www.workzonesafety.org/meetings-and-events/wz_conferences/2021-virtual-national-work-zone-management-conference-october/. For presentation materials shared during the 2021 Virtual National Work Zone Management Conference held on March 16-18, 2021 visit: https://www.workzonesafety.org/meetings-and-events/wz_conferences/2021-virtual-national-work-zone-management-conference/.

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) under the FHWA Work Zone Safety Grant Program developed a new video to help workers understand the risks of using equipment with moving parts such as cranes booms, bucket trucks, and ladders near overhead electrical power lines: https://www.workzonesafety.org/training/just-in-time-electrical-safety/.

Webpage on Improving Access to Voting Events - 10/7/2022
FHWA supports the use of traffic analysis tools and enhanced work zone management to improve access to voting events. This effort aids the United States...

FHWA's 2022 National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) Factsheet - 4/6/2022
On April 12, the Virginia Department of Transportation will host the national kick-off event in Hampton Roads, VA. The 2022 NWZAW Factsheet is available...

2021 National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 26-30- "Drive Safe. Work Safe. Save Lives" - 4/23/2021
The 2021 National Work Zone Awareness Week will be hosted by the state of Michigan, with a national virtual kick-off event scheduled for Tuesday, April...

Webinar on Version 3.1 of the Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx) Specification and Put Work Zones on the Map Awareness Campaign - 4/22/2021
The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) will host a webinar on the WZDx Specification on April 29, 2021 as a complementary effort to National...

New Pedestrian Safety in Work Zones Materials - 4/22/2021
Resources developed by American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) under the FHWA Work Zone Safety Grant Program are now available on the National...

Improving Large Truck Safety in Work Zones Webpage - 4/22/2021
Large trucks (those with gross vehicle weight ratings [GVWR] of more than 10,000 lbs.) and buses are involved in significant numbers of fatal work zone...

State Examples for the Application of Portable Temporary Rumble Strips (PTRS) in Work Zones - 4/22/2021
This document outlines detailed implementation and noteworthy practices for PTRS in work zones as per the requirements of three transportation agencies:...

RITIS: A Probe-data Source for Enhancing Operations and Planning Capabilities - 11/30/2020
This publication provides an overview of the work zone performance monitoring application of the Regional Integrated Transportation Information System...

The National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPMRDS) and Application for Work Zone Performance Measurement - 11/25/2020
This fact sheet provides a quick overview of how National Performance Management Research Data Set (NPRMDS) can be used to manage work zone mobility performance....

National Work Zone Traffic Management and Safety Virtual Conference - 9/14/2020
The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse will present a two-hour virtual event from 2 to 4 p.m. Eastern, Thursday, Sept. 17.

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