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Event Type

The type of a WZDx road event.

Values

Value Description
work-zone An area of a trafficway with highway construction, maintenance, or utility-work activities. A work zone is typically marked by signs, channeling devices, barriers, pavement markings, and/or work vehicles. It extends from the first warning sign or flashing lights on a vehicle to the "End of Road Work" sign or the last traffic control device. A work zone may be for short or long durations and may include stationary or moving activities.
Inclusions:
  1. Long-term stationary highway construction such as building a new bridge, adding travel lanes to the roadway, and extending an existing trafficway.
  2. Mobile highway maintenance such as striping the roadway, median, and roadside grass mowing/landscaping, and pothole repair.
  3. Short-term stationary utility work such as repairing electric, gas, or water lines within the trafficway.
Exclusions:
  1. Private construction, maintenance, or utility work outside the trafficway.
*The AASHTO term equivalent to roadway is traveled way.
*The AASHTO term equivalent to trafficway is highway, street, or road.

Source: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/99mayjun/workzone.cfm
detour A temporary rerouting of road users onto an existing trafficway to avoid a work zone or other impedance.

Source: https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/htm/2009/part6/part6c.htm

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Property Object
event_type RoadEvent