Smarter Work Zone

About the Program

Category: Transportation (Best in Category)

Year: 2021

important to have consistent, reliable data describing work zones. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is leading the Work Zone Data Initiative (WZDI) to improve the availability of information on work zone events—the “when, where, and how” of roadway construction activity—by promoting standards and processes that enhance agency capabilities to manage operations around work zones and enable sharing this valuable information with drivers that need it. Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) is a large regional transportation agency responsible for more than 2,000 miles of roadways within the Phoenix metropolitan area. Maricopa County is the 4th largest county in the country and one of the fastest growing with a population of more than four million residents. The area is also a hot-bed of automated vehicle testing which makes public-private partnerships a prime opportunity. MCDOT has led the way in creating the tools and the processes to gather information about work zones and built the Traffic Information for Road Closures (TIRC) application to collect and disseminate construction and maintenance information. This helps the driving public by providing third-parties accurate work zone information.