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As the peak summer travel season approaches, the Maine DOT and Maine Turnpike Authority are working to help members of the traveling public make good decisions based on real-time data.
According to a news release from Maine DOT, the two agencies are collaborating to install new travel signs along...
The Maryland DOT State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) is reducing speed limits on MD 97 (Georgia Avenue) in Wheaton and Silver Spring, Montgomery County, this week.
The changes are part of MDOT SHA’s bold new comprehensive urban mobility-focused program tailored to central business districts...
Image: Florida State University
Innovative traffic safety research from Florida State University (FSU), incorporating a fascinating mix of engineering and psychology, is being deployed on highways to save lives by targeting a deadly problem: wrong-way driving crashes.
Nationwide, wrong-way crashes kill about 350 people a year...
Salt Lake City is seeking the community's feedback on two "pop-up" intersection designs ahead of road construction work planned for next year.
From May 16-23, the city is testing out a temporary intersection design at 900 South and 1100 East, which will be part of a reconstruction project in 2019...
The Oregon Department of Transportation announced plans this week for a series of construction projects along I-84 between Pendleton and La Grande to make the stretch of freeway safer for motorists.
The work is based on the I-84 Corridor Management Plan, a study that looked at road safety between...
A report released by nonprofit transportation research group TRIP finds fatalities in traffic crashes involving drivers 65 years old or older increased 22% from 2012 to 2016.
The number of seniors killed in those crashes increased by 16% nationwide. The TRIP report identified Florida as having...
Copenhagen has hundreds of miles of separated bikeways built next to their sidewalks.
U.S. travelers to many European cities often note the very large number of bicyclists of all ages and abilities. Indeed, bicycles are used for nearly half of urban trips in cities like Amsterdam and Copenhagen. Another notable feature of these cities is their extensive network of infrastructure...
A project to widen 6 miles of U.S. 95 in northwest Las Vegas has begun.
Las Vegas Paving won the $64.6 million general contract for the work between Durango Drive and Kyle Canyon Road. The project will expand the highway from four to six lanes to relieve congestion and improve safety, according...
Source: WHEC-TV
The blue ‘I Love NY’ road signs found along the state of New York's highways will soon come down, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration.
Cuomo's top transportation officials announced Friday the state would soon remove the controversial highway signs, which have been at the center of a...
The I-15/Starr Avenue interchange project in Clark County, Nev., has aimed, since its inception, to reduce crashes and alleviate local-road congestion—and a new, fairly simple safety measure has Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) officials optimistic that incident reduction will happen...
Throughout the month of October, S.R. 18 in southern California will be closed between Snow Valley Mountain Resort and Big Bear Dam in San Bernardino County in preparation for winter.
The area known as the Arctic Circle will be closed to traffic Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Oct...
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is planning to put between $4.2 billion and $4.5 billion toward easing traffic on the highly congested Interstate 35.
At this stage, however, only $300 million has gone to the project.
Seven of the new I-35 projects are already funded, and two...
The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announced that signs warning motorists not to text while driving are being installed this week along I-95 and State Route 1. Strategically placed near the rest areas, they encourage drivers to wait until they get to the rest stop before reading or...
News
August 21, 2015
Starting Aug. 27, motorists may see a new alert message on Washington’s electronic highway signs.
The new Silver Alert messages will be for endangered missing people who are 60 years or older. Previously, those messages were handled as Endangered Missing Person alerts, which are for anyone who...
News
March 31, 2015
The Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) has unveiled plans to install five new digital message signs along I-380 and Hwy. 30, respectively. A statement released by IDOT via Cathy Cutler, transportation planner with IDOT’s Cedar Rapids District 6 office, stipulated, “It's a way to reach out to...
Article
January 22, 2008
Motorists nationwide should begin seeing improved traffic signing within the next year as new standards for highway sign performance are adopted. The new guidelines were expected to be published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in December.
The time has come
The new minimum...
Article
December 28, 2000
Spurred on by the energy crisis of the 1970s, scientists searched for alternatives
to fossil fuels in order to supply our energy needs. As mankind has done
for thousands of years, they looked to the sun-the natural provider of energy
to our planet. Solar radiation can provide more energy than we...
Article
December 28, 2000
Section 406(a) of the 1993 U.S. DOT Appropriations Act required the secretary of transportation to insert language into the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) to include a standard for a minimum level of retroreflectivity that must be maintained for traffic signs and pavement...
Florida’s St. Lucie County includes the cities of Fort Pierce, Port St. Lucie and St. Lucie, and has a population of 278,000. The St. Lucie County Road and Bridge Division is responsible for providing maintenance and reconstructing county drainage facilities, roadways and traffic signs and signals...
