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No More Overlooking Work Zone Accidents

FDR Safety

While teenage accidents and deaths are undoubtedly important, they are not the only group who see dramatic rise in danger as more cars crowd the roads during the summer months. Road-workers are a rarely appreciated, high chastised group of people who put themselves in harm’s way on a daily basis.

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Video: CDOT Tests World’s First Self-Driving Work Zone Vehicle

Construction Equipment

Last week, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) unveiled a first-of-its kind work zone vehicle designed to advance safety for roadway maintenance crews. Crash cushion trucks are customarily positioned behind road construction crews in order to protect workers from the traveling public.

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CDOT Tests Self-Driving Work Zone Vehicle: Video

Construction Equipment

Last week, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) unveiled a first-of-its-kind work zone vehicle designed to advance safety for roadway maintenance crews. Crash cushion trucks are customarily positioned behind road construction crews in order to protect workers from the traveling public.

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Biggest Infrastructure Project in Japan for 2024

Building Radar

Among various transformative projects, one stands out as the largest and most significant: the Tokyo Outer Ring Road (Gaikan Expressway) expansion. The Tokyo Outer Ring Road Expansion The Tokyo Outer Ring Road (Gaikan Expressway) is part of Japan’s broader efforts to modernize its transportation infrastructure.

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What Is Pavement Marking | Types of Pavement Markings & Their Meanings

CivilJungle

Pavement markings, along with road signs and signals, are part of the intelligence system for road users. These are often used to mean that the road has no parking pavement markings. The yellow line divides traffic travelling in opposite directions, while the white line divides traffic heading in the same direction.

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Traffic Rotary | Advantages & Disadvantages of Traffic Rotary | Design Elements of Traffic Rotary | Rules for the Selection of Traffic Rotary | Traffic Operations in a Traffic Rotary

CivilJungle

Vehicles joining the rotary system are softly pushed to travel in the clockwise direction in an ordered fashion. Also, Read: Bitumen Road Construction | Layers in a Bituminous Pavement | What Is Bituminous Macadam | Advantage Disadvantage of Bitumen Road. They’re going to weave out of the rotary in the desired direction.

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Europe Day: Celebrating some of Europe’s biggest infrastructure projects

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Now, construction is underway on an immersed underwater tunnel, the Fehmarn Belt, to carry both road and rail traffic between the countries. Trains will be able to travel up to 200 km/h – so when the tunnel replaces the ferry link, crossing the border itself will take just a ten-minute drive.