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<title>Moving At the Speed of Life</title>
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<description>How to maximize mobility and safety with an all-in-one solution.</description>
<pubDate>12 Apr 2024 14:56:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Workgroup Looking to Improve Safety for Maryland Highway Work Zones</title>
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<description>Group is currently focusing on methods to slow drivers down.</description>
<pubDate>25 Sep 2023 14:11:27 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Safety / Work-Zone</category>
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<title>Introducing FirstGard, a Foldable Cone from PSS</title>
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<pubDate>18 Jul 2023 15:23:48 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Safety / Safety Cones</category>
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<title>PSS &quot;Had Enough?&quot; 2023</title>
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<pubDate>03 Mar 2023 19:04:26 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Safety</category>
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<title>Maryland Governor signs new transportation bills into law</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;New laws include expanded &quot;Move Over&quot; law&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>17 May 2022 16:03:31 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Law</category>
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<title>NCDOT name speed, distracted driving as main causes of work zone crashes</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;North Carolina has had 206 deaths in work zones since 2016&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>05 May 2022 16:47:11 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Work-Zone Safety</category>
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<title>Georgia DOT urges safety in construction zones</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;There have been 225 crashes in work zones so far this year in one Georgia county&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>29 Apr 2022 14:52:12 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Work-Zone Safety</category>
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<title>States use orange striping in work zones to improve safety</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;California the latest state to use striping in an attempt to cut down on crashes in construction zones&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>26 Apr 2022 15:09:15 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Work-Zone Safety</category>
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<title>TxDOT creates barrel-snake to raise awareness to construction work safety </title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;The sculptures are&amp;nbsp;made of orange traffic barrels that were hit by drivers&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>12 Apr 2022 15:53:13 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Work-Zone Safety</category>
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<title>It is National Work Zone Awareness Week</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;The annual campaign promoting work zone safety marks its 22nd year&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>11 Apr 2022 15:44:43 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Work-Zone Safety</category>
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<title>Work Zone Data Exchange to help transportation agencies manage work zones, increase safety</title>
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<description>This article published as &quot;Standardizing Data to Save Lives&quot; in April 2022 issue
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<pubDate>05 Apr 2022 19:41:20 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Work-Zone Safety</category>
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<title>Infrastructure Insider: the Modern Work Zone</title>
<link>https://www.roadsbridges.com/work-zone-safety/webinar/10654719/infrastructure-insider-the-modern-work-zone</link>
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<pubDate>05 Apr 2022 19:36:52 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Work-Zone Safety</category>
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<title>PennDOT developing lane reservation system to better manage work zones </title>
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<description>This article published as &quot;Work Zone for One, Please&quot; in April 2022 issue
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<pubDate>05 Apr 2022 17:57:56 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Work-Zone</category>
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<title>University of Illinois, IDOT to develop design guidelines for smart work zones</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Research team to develop a tool to assess when smart work zone systems are needed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>01 Apr 2022 15:41:37 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Smart Work Zone</category>
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<title>Introducing the PSS RapidRamp</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;RapidRamp is a portable temporary ramp that can be assembled in minutes by just one person, making it easier than ever to create accessible job sites for your short-duration projects.&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>19 Jan 2022 19:02:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>FHWA approves Work Zone Data Exchange feed for DOT use</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Software developer one.network says&amp;nbsp;it will create WZDx feed for any U.S. transportation agency free of charge&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>18 Jan 2022 17:46:28 GMT</pubDate>
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<title> Drive Down Distracted Driving in Your Work Zone With RoadQuake Temporary Rumble Strips</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Designed to reduce accidents and save lives, RoadQuake significantly reduces the major causes of work zone accidents and fatalities.&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>03 Dec 2021 14:48:58 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Work-Zone Safety Equipment</category>
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<title>Back-Of-Queue Warning Trucks in Efforts to Improve Work Zone Safety</title>
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<pubDate>10 Sep 2021 15:28:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Pennsylvania to implement lane reservation system for road work</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Project is going through final IT approval and is set to begin this September&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>23 Aug 2021 22:45:08 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Work-Zone</category>
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<title>An à la carte menu for work zone safety</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Smart work zone systems are gaining in popularity and increasing safety within work zones&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>18 Aug 2021 18:05:26 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Smart Work Zone</category>
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<title>Idaho to deploy variable speed limit signs in I-84 work zone</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;Crews will be able to&amp;nbsp;change the speed limit on digital signs to actively manage conditions in the work zone&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>11 Aug 2021 22:41:45 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Changeable Message Signs</category>
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<title>Recommended practices for the installation and removal of lane closures on multilane highways</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;This&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Safety Today&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;feature&amp;nbsp;published as &quot;Traffic Never Stops&quot; in &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.roadsbridges.com/julyaugust-2021&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;July/August 2021 issue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>07 Jul 2021 17:55:18 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Safety</category>
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<title>ATSSA releases new work zone safety publications </title>
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<pubDate>15 Jun 2021 20:55:08 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Work-Zone Safety</category>
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<title>OSHA COVID safety rules offer flexibility to transportation construction firms</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;New rules allow for relaxed requirements on face coverings, other health protocols for workers who are fully vaccinated&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>10 Jun 2021 23:09:37 GMT</pubDate>
<category domain="roadsbridges.com">Worker Protection</category>
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<title>Addressing work zone safety concerns in Illinois</title>
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<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Evaluating crash characteristics to&amp;nbsp;help identify trends for the&amp;nbsp;development of countermeasures&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>04 May 2021 18:25:14 GMT</pubDate>
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