Download or read book A Multi perspective Study on Safety Performance at the Colorado DOT written by Paul Chinowsky and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second of a two-part research effort to determine how to improve the effectiveness of CDOT safety efforts. This effort focuses on the safety culture within CDOT and the effectiveness of the CDOT safety programs on improving safety culture. The study used a survey approach based on interviews with senior safety officials to determine the scope of the survey questions. Based on the survey results, it is recommended that CDOT continue to engage in culture enhancement activities. Of particular importance is the continued discussion of the Excellence in Safety program and the undertaking of a follow-up effort to understand why specific regions have a higher level of implementation and change than others. Additionally, the effort needs to focus on understanding the differences in perception between supervisory and field crew personnel.
Download or read book Worker Safety at the Colorado Department of Transportation written by Paul S. Chinowsky and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) is currently investigating approaches to reduce the frequency and severity of work-related injuries. The incident rates for CDOT are significantly higher than those achieved by some private organizations (e.g., Kiewit) and comparable DOTs. One element in determining the current state of safety practices within CDOT is evaluation of Job Safety Analysis Forms (JSAs) and their current use. This study examined the effectiveness of these forms in terms of worker perspectives and the overall organizational strategies associated with the forms. Study results indicate that CDOT has a mixed record for implementing JSAs. There is a very positive attitude towards the JSAs and a strong willingness by workers to enhance the safety record. However, this positive is balanced by an equally strong negative aspect in terms of actual usage of JSAs in relation to the intent of the program.
Download or read book Safety Performance Functions for Freeway Merge Zones written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report documents the results of a research project to support CDOT in the area of Safety Performance Function (SPF) development. The project involved collecting data and developing SPFs for ramp-freeway merge zones categorized as isolated, non-isolated and weave. For each of these three categories, data for the period 2007 to 2011 were collected at sites selected to ensure statewide geographical representation and coverage of the range of traffic volume and other variables in each category. Separate SPFs were developed for Total, fatal+injury (FI) and Property Damage Only (PDO) crashes.
Download or read book Roundabouts written by Lee August Rodegerdts and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2010 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 672: Roundabouts: An Informational Guide - Second Edition explores the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of roundabouts. The report also addresses issues that may be useful in helping to explain the trade-offs associated with roundabouts. This report updates the U.S. Federal Highway Administration's Roundabouts: An Informational Guide, based on experience gained in the United States since that guide was published in 2000.
Download or read book Analytical Perspectives written by United States. Office of Management and Budget and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Guidebook for Performance based Transportation Planning written by Cambridge Systematics and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2000 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This [i.e. The] purpose of this guidebook is to help organizations improve the development, implementation, and management of their transportation plans and programs. By adding an element of performance measurement and monitoring to existing transportation planning processes, agencies can obtain better information about the performance of their existing programs and services. Performance-based planning provides a process and tools to identify and assess alternative programs, projects, and services with respect to overall transportation plan goals and objectives."--Ch. 1. Overview, p. 3.
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Download or read book Safety Culture Theory Method and Improvement written by Stian Antonsen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to show how a cultural approach can contribute to the assessment, description and improvement of safety conditions in organizations. The relationship between organizational culture and safety, epitomized through the concept of 'safety culture', has undoubtedly become one of the hottest topics of both safety research and practical efforts to improve safety. By combining a general framework and five research projects, the author explores and further develops the theoretical, methodological and practical basis of the study of safety culture. What are the theoretical foundations of a cultural approach to safety? How can the relationship between organizational culture and safety be empirically investigated? What are the links between organizational culture and safety in actual organizations? How can a cultural approach contribute to the improvement of safety? These are the key questions the book seeks to answer with a unified and in-depth account of the concept of safety culture.
Download or read book Pedestrian Facilities Users Guide Providing Safety and Mobility written by Charles V. Zegeer and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide is intended to provide information on how to identify safety and mobility needs for pedestrians with the roadway right-of-way. Useful for engineers, planners, safety professionals and decision-makers, the guide covers such topics as: the Walking Environment including sidewalks, curb ramps, crosswalks, roadway lighting and pedestrian over and under passes; Roadway Design including bicycle lanes, roadway narrowing, reducing the number of lanes, one-way/two-way streets, right-turn slip lanes and raised medians; Intersections with roundabouts, T-intersections and median barriers; and Traffic calming designs.
Download or read book NASA SP written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Navigating Multi agency NEPA Processes to Advance Multimodal Transportation Projects written by Donald J. Emerson and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report analyzes approaches taken by state departments of transportation (DOTs), their local partners, and other project sponsors to satisfy National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements for transportation projects involving more than one mode. Specific objectives of the research were to: 1) characterize the challenges inherent in satisfying the NEPA requirements of multiple U.S. DOT agencies; 2) identify strategies and tactics that state and local transportation agencies have used to overcome these challenges; and 3) suggest new and innovative strategies that can be applied by state and local transportation agencies in future multimodal NEPA processes. Twelve case studies illustrate successful practices and provide examples of institutional arrangements used to comply with NEPA requirements for two or more U.S. DOT agencies. The case studies demonstrated that there is no single best way to approach the NEPA process for multimodal situations. Success may depend more on the willingness and motivation of the agencies to work together, to find common ground, and to work around differing processes, and less upon a specific organizational structure. An effective interagency approach depends on how well the project sponsor and other agencies are able to work together and bridge their procedural differences.
Download or read book The Construction Chart Book written by CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training and published by Cpwr - The Center for Construction Research and Training. This book was released on 2008 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Construction Chart Book presents the most complete data available on all facets of the U.S. construction industry: economic, demographic, employment/income, education/training, and safety and health issues. The book presents this information in a series of 50 topics, each with a description of the subject matter and corresponding charts and graphs. The contents of The Construction Chart Book are relevant to owners, contractors, unions, workers, and other organizations affiliated with the construction industry, such as health providers and workers compensation insurance companies, as well as researchers, economists, trainers, safety and health professionals, and industry observers.
Download or read book Traffic Safety Vulnerability Information Platform TS VIP for Highways in Mountainous Areas Using Geospatial Multimedia Technology written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An integrated mobile testing study that utilized a large truck equipped with various testing equipment was conducted on Interstate I-70 in Colorado. The field study integrated wind measurement, vehicle dynamic monitoring and geospatial multimedia technology on a real-time and synchronized basis. Essential multi-type data was collected in both time and spatial domains for further investigations of wind characterizations and the safety performance of large trucks under crosswinds, in complicated topographic conditions and other environmental conditions. Environmental geospatial multimedia information for transportation safety has become a very important information source with data integration from both DOT and drivers' perspective in terms of planning, precise decision-making and management. Drivers can benefit from the geospatial multimedia information of road environments in terms of driving safety and confidence. Based on the field testing results, a framework for a traffic vulnerable information system was developed, and the geospatial multimedia technology was integrated with environmental condition and just emerged in transportation engineering field and Web-based platform to assist transportation management and drivers. This study implemented Video Mapping System (VMS) technology along the I-70 mountain corridor, measured wind speeds in three dimensions and accelerations in two dimensions, and developed a Web-based geospatial multimedia database with embedded wind speeds and accelerations as environmental-related georeferenced vulnerable traffic information at selected feature points in the testing route.
Download or read book The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Significant changes have taken place in the policy landscape surrounding cannabis legalization, production, and use. During the past 20 years, 25 states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis and/or cannabidiol (a component of cannabis) for medical conditions or retail sales at the state level and 4 states have legalized both the medical and recreational use of cannabis. These landmark changes in policy have impacted cannabis use patterns and perceived levels of risk. However, despite this changing landscape, evidence regarding the short- and long-term health effects of cannabis use remains elusive. While a myriad of studies have examined cannabis use in all its various forms, often these research conclusions are not appropriately synthesized, translated for, or communicated to policy makers, health care providers, state health officials, or other stakeholders who have been charged with influencing and enacting policies, procedures, and laws related to cannabis use. Unlike other controlled substances such as alcohol or tobacco, no accepted standards for safe use or appropriate dose are available to help guide individuals as they make choices regarding the issues of if, when, where, and how to use cannabis safely and, in regard to therapeutic uses, effectively. Shifting public sentiment, conflicting and impeded scientific research, and legislative battles have fueled the debate about what, if any, harms or benefits can be attributed to the use of cannabis or its derivatives, and this lack of aggregated knowledge has broad public health implications. The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids provides a comprehensive review of scientific evidence related to the health effects and potential therapeutic benefits of cannabis. This report provides a research agendaâ€"outlining gaps in current knowledge and opportunities for providing additional insight into these issuesâ€"that summarizes and prioritizes pressing research needs.
Download or read book Budget of the United States Government written by United States. Office of Management and Budget and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
