Improving Large Truck Safety

In this course you will learn how work zones can be designed to maintain the efficient movement of large freight transportation vehicles within a restricted right-of-way space and to ensure that DOT and public works staff and contractors’ employees can safely work within work zones. The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the American Trucking Association (ATA), State Departments of Transportation, local and State law enforcement agencies, academic researchers at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, and others have worked to develop approaches to reduce the numbers of work zone crashes involving large trucks. This course on design and operation of work zones is a product of this ongoing effort.