The Improvement Plan

The Northeast Work Zone Safety Improvement Plan (NEWZSIP) is the project's culminating deliverable. It will bring together the state of the practice review, the crash data analysis, and the driver experience survey into practical guidance for improving work zone safety across the Northeast.

What to expect

The plan will identify regional priorities and guideline enhancement opportunities that states can adapt to their own programs. The focus areas under consideration reflect what the research surfaced, including temporary traffic control practices, driver behavior and speed management, worker protection, crash data and reporting, enforcement approaches, and how agencies communicate with the public.

The final structure, emphasis, and recommendations are not yet set. They will be shaped by ongoing analysis and by the input we receive between now and publication.

Built on three streams of evidence

• State of the Practice explorer: documented work zone safety practices across the nine states, by state or by topic.
• Crash data analysis: fatal crash patterns and state-reported work zone crash data, 2018 to 2022.
• Driver experience survey: what 1,192 Northeast drivers told us about driving through work zones.

Help shape the plan

Before the plan is finalized, we want to hear from the people who design, build, drive through, and police Northeast work zones. We welcome:

• Input on priorities: does the emphasis described above match what you see in the field?
• Resources to share: state guidance documents, training materials, technology pilots, evaluations, or data sources we should know about.
• Corrections: if a practice described on this site has changed or is described inaccurately, tell us.
• Interest in regional collaboration: let us know if your agency wants to take part in peer exchange as the plan moves forward.