Work Zone Mobility and Safety Program
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Office of Operations 21st Century Operations Using 21st Century Technologies

Decision Support Tools

Practitioner Tools
traffic backed up on an interstate

QuickZone (Traffic Impact Analysis) Tool and Training
 Easy-to-use Microsoft Excel-based tool that helps users quantify corridor delay resulting from capacity decreases in work zones.

Work Zone Self-Assessment Tool
Work zones are one of FHWA's Congestion Vital Few focus areas under Administrator Mary Peters. The Work Zone Self-Assessment Tool is used to measure each State's progress in anticipating and mitigating congestion caused by highway work zones.

Performance Measurement Tools
FHWA is working to develop goals and performance measures for work zone mobility and safety. This is a continuously evolving activity and includes the development of tools to measure congestion and crash reduction in work zones.