Bones with muscle   Roads & Bridges April 2008   By Bill Wilson
New TMA gives work-zone safety a new look and added strength
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Take 5 for safety   Roads & Bridges January 2008   By Roads & Bridges
Kenny Construction takes home ARTBA-CNA award

Separation is a positive   Roads & Bridges September 2007   By Allen Zeyher
Good planning can prevent run-over accidents; technology can help too

Training for Safety   Roads & Bridges January 2007   By Stephanie Harris, Associate Editor
For those who make a livelihood in highway work zones, the office is about to get safer

Technology Driven   Roads & Bridges January 2007   By Brad Sant
Motorists should expect to see more high-tech devices in work zones

Flashing lights and neon vests   Roads & Bridges January 2005
New research, technology has the work-zone safety industry moving forward. The main area of concentration is increasing the visibility of work zones for motorists.

New Catch Phrases   Roads & Bridges January 2005   Robert Apel, Contributing Author
OSHA reports an annual average of 362 fatalities from 1995 to 1999 due to falls, a trend that appears to be continuing. Fall protection language changes to protect the worker.

Cones come marching in   Roads & Bridges June 2004   Bill Wilson
The computerized cone platoon and the other devices give the drunk, distracted and disorderly zero chance at taking a life.

Bucking a trend?   Roads & Bridges March 2004   By Brad Sant
The trends for roadway construction safety are worrisome. A review of total highway construction from 1997 to 2003 shows an impressive 37.1% growth in spending. In these sites, fatalities grew by a whopping 70.4%, with 1,181 fatalities in 2002.

Quality of life   Roads & Bridges January 2004   Roger Wentz
The American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) partners with National Partnership for Highway Quality (NPHQ) because it has a powerful stake in the results delivered by quality-driven highway projects. It's gratifying to see efforts under way across the nation to raise the bar on roadway construction and traffic safety. But there's still a great deal of road work ahead.

A walking example   Roads & Bridges January 2004   Bill Wilson
Wilton Watson couldn’t feel his smokeless chewing tobacco. After flying 35 ft into a highway ditch the lone missing sensation was a blessing. It could have been worse—a lot worse. But instead of dwelling on rage, Watson has fired up a safety crusade.

Watch your back   Roads & Bridges September 2003   Intec Video Systems
Work-zone safety efforts usually concentrate on keeping workers and traffic separate. Traffic control, signage and barriers are integral parts of every roadway construction project. Yet while highway construction workers are exposed to significant risks on the jobsite, motorist traffic is only half the problem.

Step away from the machine   Roads & Bridges September 2003   Lars Lindgren
Removing the operator from the equation lowers the risk of injury from operating tools and equipment in dangerous construction zones.

Breaking Barriers   Roads & Bridges July 2003   Allen Zeyher
Over the course of 35 years as foster parents, Nancy Blanchard and her husband opened their home to more than 160 children who needed help. Blanchard was selected for her work with foster children as the recipient of the second annual SGC/ATSSA Member Humanitarian Award.

Shortening time, not lives   Roads & Bridges July 2003   David Henderson, P.E., Contributing Author
The I-385 Improvements Project is widening 5.8 miles of interstate between I-85 and downtown Greenville, S.C.

One more plan will not hurt   Roads & Bridges July 2003   Brad Sant, Contributing Author
The good news is most causes of injuries and fatalities can be reduced and perhaps eliminated with just a little more planning. And the news gets even better. The additional planning will actually save time and money.

Moving Tribute   Roads & Bridges July 2002   Bill Wilson
As Eastern Metal/USA Sign, Elmira, N.Y., was closing construction on the American Traffic Safety Services Association’s (ATSSA) National Work Zone Memorial some wondered how they were going to make it move. Transporting the five panels which listed 744 names of those killed in the roadwork environment required a firm—and delicate—hand. Special attention had to be given to the crates . . . the custom-made crates.

Control issues   Roads & Bridges July 2002   Ernest Huckaby, Linda L. Brown, Charles Sears, Cherie Kittle, Scott Wainwright, Debra Chapell
For workers in the transportation construction industry, going to work every day invites the potential for harm to themselves and others. In the year 2000, over 1,000 people lost their lives to traffic accidents in work zones. This article will discuss the most recent version of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), focusing on traffic control in work zones and the differences between this version and the previous one, published in 1988.

A big bowl of concerns   Roads & Bridges July 2002   Alfonso Montella, Ph.D., P.E.; Giacomo Ciotola, P.E.
Roadwork sites increase accident rates and the severity of those accidents. Reducing this problem requires an integrated and systematic approach aimed at identifying and solving the safety problems of the work zone. An effective approach, which is quickly spreading at the international level, is the work-zone safety audit in both urban and rural areas.

No. 1 on the active list   Roads & Bridges July 2002   Roger Wentz
American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA)'s partnerships help accomplish our common goal—to help make our nation’s roadways safer for all motorists by reducing the number of injuries and fatalities on roadways and in work zones.

New for work zones this year   Roads & Bridges April 2002
Exhibitors at Traffic Expo 2002, held Feb. 10-12 in Dallas,received free commercial time during the new product press conference. The following is a complete summary of items aimed at improving work zones across the country.

Passing inspections   Roads & Bridges July 2001   James E. Bryden, P.E. and Laurel B. Andrew, P.E.
NYSDOT drives through work zones with pen in hand
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THE WORK ZONE   Roads & Bridges March 2001   James S. Baron

Understanding safety in the work zone   Roads & Bridges July 1998
Keys to managing a safe and effective construction zone

Flagger Respect Begins with Training   Roads & Bridges July 1997   Mike Ireland
ATSSA unveils new beneficial program to train flaggers; train-the-trainer approach most efficient, affordable teaching method; opportunity exists for independent trainers.

FHWA Ruling on NCHRP-350 May Change Face of Work Zones   Roads & Bridges July 1997
Proposal would require work-zone traffic-control devices meet test standards for crashworthiness by October 1998; traffic-control industry evaluates procedures, ramifications