Transcript FHWA Work Zone Safety Grants Utility Work Zone Safety Guidelines and Training Progress Presentation September 2008 FHWA Contract No.

FHWA Work Zone Safety Grants
Utility Work Zone Safety
Guidelines and Training
Progress Presentation
September 2008
FHWA Contract No. DTFH61-06-G-00006
Tapan Datta, Ph.D., P.E.,
WSU-Transportation Research Group
Professor and Grant Project Manager
Major Accomplishments:
Meetings and Presentations
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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 38th 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
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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
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Management and Safety Officials’ Training
Program
– Approximately 3 hours
– Includes:
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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.
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Utility Workers, Foremen, and Supervisors
Training
– Approximately 3 hours
– Includes:
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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
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2 Software Programs
– Drag-and-Drop Software
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Used for In-Class Exercise with series of
Example Problems
– Temporary Traffic Control Plan (TTCP)
Selection Software
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Used to determine appropriate Typical TTCP
for site-specific conditions
Plan Selection Software
(Part Shown)
Example Output
Example Output
Major Accomplishments:
Training
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Conducted 2 Pilot Training Sessions
– Detroit, MI on March 20, 2008
– Hanover, MD on April 22, 2008
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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 Average
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
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2
3
4
5
Detroit
3.7
3.7
3.9
3.8
3.8
Hanover
4.0
3.8
4.0
3.9
3.9
Tempe
4.2
4.2
4.1
4.2
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
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Detroit
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.8
4.0
4.1
Hanover
3.7
3.8
3.8
3.9
3.9
4.2
Tempe
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.5
4.4
4.8
Dallas
4.3
4.4
4.4
4.4
4.2
4.6
Thank You