National Work Zone Awareness Week 2011
The 2011 National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) will be held April 4-8. The National kickoff event this year will be held in Maryland at the Intercounty Connector (ICC) project site. The theme of the 2011 NWZAW is "Safer Driving. Safer Work Zones. For Everyone." The kickoff event will take place on Monday, April 4th at 10:30 am at the Inter County Connector Interchange near Beltsville, MD. Address of the nearby Md.-SHA field office is 6101 Van Dusen Road, Belttsville, Maryland. The map below shows the approximate location of the kickoff event.
National Work Zone Awareness Week 2011 Kick-Off Event Location; Posters Ready for Shipment Soon
The April 4 event will begin at 10 a.m. EST along Maryland Interstate 95 – just north of the Maryland Route 212 exit. The address of the access point for the event is 610 Van Dusen Road, Beltsville, Md. If you plan on attending the event and you are from out of town, the nearest hotel is the Holiday Inn Laurel West, 15101 Sweitzer Lane, Laurel, Md. The hotel is five minutes from the access point and the phone number is (301) 776-5300. Orders for the 2011 poster (shown here on the left) will be taken until March 18. If you would like to order posters for your events locally, e-mail Todd Usher at Todd.Usher@atssa.com with “Poster Order” in the subject line. Please include the full name and address of the person they are being shipped to, a phone number, and the number of posters requested. Posters will be shipped directly from the printer on March 22.
National Work Zone Awareness Week 2010 Kick-Off Event
Video from the 2010 National Work Zone Awareness Week kick off event held April 19, 2010 at Battery Park (New York City, N.Y.) is available here. To view and download the event program, click here. National Work Zone Awareness Week was April 19 - 23, 2010.
The work zone visible in the photo below (a NYC Transit site outside of the ferry terminal) was in full swing.
The theme for 2010 is “Work Zones Need Your Undivided Attention."
State Level Activities
To read a proclamation from the Governor of Arkansas about National Work Zone Awareness Week, click here.
To download and view a listing of state activities commemorating 2010 National Work Zone Awareness Week, click here.
Click here to see a presentation about the Virginia Welcome Centers' "Go Orange" Campaign. Virginia Welcome Center employees throughout the commonwealth worked very hard to get the WZAW message out to motorists traveling in Va.
AASHTO Produces On-Line PSA for NWZAW 2010
AASHTO has produced a short public service announcement (PSA) for National Work Zone Awareness Week 2010 and has given ATSSA members permission to link your company/organization’s website to the PSA. The PSA has been uploaded to ATSSA’s YouTube page. This is an on-line, non broadcast-quality campaign, therefore, no CD/DVD hard-copies of this PSA are available. To view the PSA, click here.
2010 National Work Zone Awareness Week Posters
The deadline has passed for ordering National Work Zone Awareness Week posters from ATSSA. However, you may still order a supply of posters by contacting the FHWA Product Distribution Center. Send your e-mail request to report.center@fhwa.dot.gov.
PDF versions have been developed and are available here. Please note that these files are very large - be patient, as both files will take a few minutes to download.
To download the 2010 National Work Zone Awareness Week Poster (with NWZAW dates) click here.
To download the 2010 National Work Zone Awareness Week Poster (without dates), click here.
National Work Zone Awareness Week Executive Committee Announces Dates for Future Events
The National Work Zone Awareness Week Executive Committee has announced future (tentative) dates for National Work Zone Awareness Week events under a newly developed five-year plan. The dates from 2011 - 2014 are:
2011: April 4 - 8
2012: April 23 - 27
2013: April 15 - 19
2014: March 31 - April 4
A History of National Work Zone Awareness Week - ATSSA Communications Director James Baron’s presentation at AASHTO’s NTPAW meeting in St. Louis, Mo., October 12, 2009.
2009 National Work Zone Awareness Week April 6 - 10
Drive to Survive - Our Future is Riding On It!
ATSSA and FHWA Partnership Delivers Highly-Successful National Media Event
ATSSA and the FHWA coordinated an emotional 10th Annual National Work Zone Awareness Week national kick-off event near Washington, D.C. on April 7. The event drew a significant number of guests from the roadway safety industry, as well as a large pool of media. The event featured Va.-DOT Chief of Systems Operations Connie Sorrell and FHWA’s Associate Administer for Safety Joseph S. Toole. Surviving members of the Moser family were the featured guest speakers who told their emotional story of father and husband Rick Moser, a Maryland State Highway Administration worker who lost his life in a tragic work zone accident. The media event, which highlighted the progress in work zone safety made over the last decade, was held only yards away from the Humpback Bridge Replacement Project on the George Washington Parkway – one of the East Coast’s most congested commuter corridors.
2009 National Work Zone Awareness Week Coverage Across the Nation
Newspapers, agencies and municipalities all over the country are joining together to increase public awareness of National Work Zone Awareness Week, highlighting the importance of work zone safety. Click on the links below to see specific publications, displays and proclamations nationwide.
Video Coverage:
MyFoxDC (Fox News - Washington, D.C.)
Lawrence Journal World (Lawrence, Kan.)
Print / On-Line Publications:
On-line information from the Illinois Department of Transportation about 2009 Work Zone Awareneness Week Activities.
WTRF-TV, Charleston, W. Va. - on-line article announcing the beginning of the 2009 Work Zone Safety and Awareness season in West Virginia.
Press Release: U.S. Transportation Secretary Announces 17 Percent Drop in Work Zone Fatalities and Injuries; Cautions Motorists to Drive Safely During Busiest Road Work Season in Years
The Fast Lane - Official Blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation
ABC News (Baltimore, Md.)
U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Public Affairs
Detroit Free Press
Kansas City Kansan
Taylor Daily Press (Taylor, Texas)
The News Virginian
The Virginia Department of Transportation
National Work Zone Awarenesss Week in Tennessee:
Federal Highway Administration
Utah Department of Transportation Work Zone Display Board
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
The Trucker.com
Lake Havasu City, Ariz. Press Release
City of McAllen, Texas
The Collier Star
ATSSA's 2009 NATIONAL WORK ZONE AWARENESS WEEK RESOURCES
To read Congressman Oberstar's April 1, 2009 statement presented on the floor of the House of Representatives highlighting the 10th Anniversary of National Work Zone Awareness Week click here.
To Order "Flagger Up" Work Zone song - click here. Limit one FREE CD per person' additional copies may be ordered for $3.95 each (covers material & handling).
ATSSA has extra NWZAW T-Shirts! Click here for an order form and call 1-877-642-4637 for available sizes.
To view the 2009 National Work Zone Awareness Week poster, click here.
To download a PDF of the PowerPoint presentation, "The History of National Work Zone Awareness Week," click here.
To download the program for the 2009 National Work Zone Awareness Week National Event (April 7, 2009 - Columbia Island Marina, South Arlington, Va.), click here.