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How smart work zones work
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Fundamentals
What is a smart work zone?
Sensors, message signs, software and a team that runs them, set up for the life of a construction project. What a smart work zone is, what it does and how agencies ask for one.
4 min read
Queue warning
How end-of-queue warning systems work
Detection, thresholds, sign placement and the hidden-queue problem: how a queue warning system decides what drivers see, and what to ask of one.
3 min read
Worker protection
Work zone intrusion alarms: how much warning do crews get?
An intrusion alarm buys seconds. How many depends on how far out a vehicle is detected, how fast it is going and how the work zone is laid out. The numbers, worked through.
3 min read
Data
WZDx device feeds, explained
The Work Zone Data Exchange gives agencies and navigation services one format for work zones and the devices in them. What the device feed contains, field by field, with an example.
3 min read
Next step
Planning a work zone that needs to be smart?
Tell us about the corridor, the schedule and the specification. We will walk you through how the system would be laid out and run.