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In the end of 1998 the South Finland Production Area of the Finnish National Road Administration (Finnra) decided to test and create a new pilot service system to take care of temporary traffic control during road work. The idea of the pilot project was to create a new team, inside the Finnra, offering all-inclusive temporary traffic control services to anyone, both inside and outside Finnra, who needs them. The team applies for working permits, takes care of traffic arrangements and also develops and tests new traffic control equipment in local conditions. The team is a pioneer of work zone safety by implementing these four methods: maximum safety to road user, maximum safety to workers, minimum delay on site and optimal economy for client. The project started in the end of 1998, the "pilot traffic control team" idea was tested in 1999 and the team started to work officially at the beginning of 2000, while at the same time the team leader started to develop the operational system and quality system.

Session B

English

15p

2000

Ninth AASHTO/TRB Maintenance Management Conference

Appendices (4) ; Figures (3) ; Tables (1)

Highway maintenance; Teams; Work zone safety; Work zone traffic control

Finland

Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; I60: Maintenance; I73: Traffic Control

TRIS, TRB

Jul 18 2000 12:00AM

• AN INVESTIGATION OF VOLUME, SAFETY, AND VEHICLE SPEEDS DURING WINTER STORM EVENTS
• PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT FOR SNOW AND ICE CONTROL ACTIVITIES: A PILOT PROJECT IN WASHINGTON STATE
• SYNERGY WITH SAP AND GIS
• TEAM WORK IN WINTER MAINTENANCE - FIRST HAND EXPERIENCES
• WINTER MAINTENANCE STANDARDS ON CYCLE WAYS