1. Work Zones & Large Trucks Framing the Day / Framing the Discussions Earl Hardy Senior Policy Advisor Office of the Assistant Administrator and Chief Safety Officer Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Paul Pisano Team Leader, Road Weather and Work Zone Management Office of Transportation Operations Federal Highway Administration

2. Today’s Objective Today’s Objective: Exchange experiences and identify solutions to further improve large truck safety and mobility in and around work zones Source: The Trucker.Com 2

3. Agenda The Nature of the Problem Actions to Date Next Steps How can you help us get there? 3

4. Fatal Crashes Involving Large Trucks in Work Zones – 2005-2013 4

5. Three-Year Averages of Fatal Crashes Involving Large Trucks in Work Zones – 2005-2013 5

6. Percentage of Work Zone Crashes that Involved at least One Large Truck – 2005-2013 6

7. Actions to Date Investing in Research & Development projects and documenting results Promoting implementation by engaging and informing the community Measuring performance 7

8. Next Steps Execute actions to advance the State-of-the-Practice Invest in projects to advance the State-of-the-Art 8

9. you help us How can you help us get there? At today’s Symposium: Share your thoughts, ideas, frustrations. What do you see today that works? What doesn’t work? What would you like to see done differently? What can we, as a community, do about it? 9

10. Questions? Martha Kapitanov, FHWA martha.kapitanov@dot.gov FHWA Work Zone Management websites: http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/index.asp http://www.workzonesafety.org 10