Lane closure policy development, enforcement, and exceptions
Subtitle: a survey of seven state transportation agencies
By: by Thomas H. Maze and Jon Wiegand
Contributors: Wiegand, Jon; Midwest Transportation Consortium; Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative
Publisher: Center for Transportation Research and Education, Iowa State University
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Traffic flow; Government policy; Lane closure
Description: Traffic volume increases and an aging infrastructure create the need for reconstruction, rehabilitation, and maintenance of existing facilities.  As more motorists feel that delays should be minimal during highway renewal projects, lane closures that reduce capacity through the work zone should not create unreasonable delays.  In order to facilitate the determination of when a lane closure is permitted during the day, some state transportation agencies (STAs) have developed lane closure policies, or strategies, that they use as guidance in determining daily permitted lane closure times.  Permitted lane closure times define what times of the day, week, or season a lane closure is allowed on a facility and at a specific location or segment.
Notes: "February 2007."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-52).

Interim report.

Also available via the Internet.

Sponsored by the Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative a Federal Highway Administration pooled fund study and the Midwest Transportation Consortium the U.S. DOT University Transportation Center for Federal Region 7