Tapan Datta, Ph.D., P.E., WSU-Transportation Research Group Professor and Grant Project Manager

1. FHWA Work Zone Safety GrantsUtility Work Zone Safety Guidelines and Training Progress Presentation September 2008 Tapan Datta, Ph.D., P.E., WSU-Transportation Research Group Professor and Grant Project Manager FHWA Contract No. DTFH61-06-G-00006

2. Major Accomplishments:Meetings and Presentations • 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

3. Major Accomplishments:Submittals • 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

4. Utility Work Zone Traffic Control Curriculum • Management and Safety Officials’ Training Program • Approximately 3 hours • Includes: • 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

5. Utility Work Zone Traffic Control Curriculum Cont. • Utility Workers, Foremen, and Supervisors Training • Approximately 3 hours • Includes: • 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

6. Major Accomplishments:Software Development • 2 Software Programs • Drag-and-Drop Software • Used for In-Class Exercise with series of Example Problems • Temporary Traffic Control Plan (TTCP) Selection Software • Used to determine appropriate Typical TTCP for site-specific conditions

8. Plan Selection Software(Part Shown)

9. Example Output

10. Example Output

11. Major Accomplishments: Training • Conducted 2 Pilot Training Sessions • Detroit, MI on March 20, 2008 • Hanover, MD on April 22, 2008 • 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

12. Training Program Results

13. Management and Safety Officials Module Average Score out of 5 Location For Session no. 1 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 Program Evaluation Results Utility Workers, Foremen, and Supervisors Module Average Score out of 5 Location For Session no. 6 7 8 9 10 11 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

14. Thank You