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TRIP: Poor roads and bridges, traffic jams costing N.Y. drivers $24.8B a year
28% of the local and state roads in New York are in poor condition; 21% are mediocre, and 10% of the bridges (at least 20 feet long) are in poor condition.
November 29, 2018
Roadbuilding
Ill. loses $16.4 billion a year because of poor roads, traffic jams, report says
A new report says Illinois is losing $16.4 billion a year because of poor roads and bridges and traffic congestion. The report, released March 28 by nonprofit, Washington, D.C.-based transportation organization TRIP, determined that more than one-third of the state’s locally and state-maintained urban roads are in “poor or mediocre condition” and 9 percent of […]
April 5, 2018
Roadbuilding
Increase in fatal crashes with senior drivers leads to call for building safer roads
Deaths from crashes involving people 65 and over at the wheel have increased 22 percent from 2012 to 2016, according to a new report from a nonprofit transportation research group. That compares to an 11 percent increase for the overall number of fatalities in the United States during that time period, says the report by […]
March 20, 2018
Roadbuilding
Ore. expands salt use on roads after 5-year test
The Oregon Department of Transportation has expanded its use of rock salt this winter after five years of testing the snow and ice melting product. With the tests, ODOT said it saw a 27-percent drop in the average number of crashes a year on Interstate 5 and a 23-percent drop on U.S. 95. The ODOT […]
January 15, 2018
Roadbuilding
Mich. DOT offers email and text traffic alerts
Drivers in Michigan can now sign up for email and text alerts for traffic incidents. The state’s department of transportation offers the service via its website, where drivers can sign up for the types of notices they want to get, according to Fox 17 West Michigan. Alerts include crashes, closed highways and construction, and can […]
December 28, 2017
Roadbuilding
High-friction pavement project among FHWA safety winners
The Federal Highway Administration has bestowed its 2017 National Roadway Safety Awards on nine state transportation departments.  DOT winners for Infrastructure and Operational Improvements Delaware – DelDOT placed high-friction surface treatments at horizontal curves and where wet road surfaces reduce pavement friction. The agency reports a 56 percent average drop in roadway-departure crashes at […]
December 11, 2017
Roadbuilding
Texas hits deadly milestone in traffic fatalities
On November 7, the Texas Department of Transportation marked a milestone it hopes won’t be repeated. In the past 17 years, 59,000 people have died in crashes on the state’s roads. TxDOT hopes its new social media campaign, #EndTheStreakTX, will spread the word and make drivers more aware of the dangers of unsafe driving practices. […]
November 15, 2017
Roadbuilding
Crowded rest areas prompt states to help truckers find parking spaces
Eight Midwestern states have joined together to try to solve the lack of available parking for long-haul truckers. The goal is to establish an app that truckers could access to find parking spots in rest areas and truck stops. The technology is now needed more than ever as a federal law takes effect in December […]
November 9, 2017
Roadbuilding
Radios in Ala. traffic signals could prevent crashes, talk to vehicles
The University of Alabama has teamed up with the Alabama Department of Transportation to install communication radios in traffic signals to collect data that could help reduce crashes and prepare for self-driving vehicles. The project was inspired by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ national challenge to install 20 of the radios […]
October 27, 2017
Roadbuilding
NCDOT recommends drones for speedier crash investigations
A study by the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation recommends drones for speeding up accident investigations. The study says that large accident scenes can be documented in less than 30 minutes with drones versus almost 2 hours with current investigative methods. Such quicker documentation can also lead to faster reopening of roads […]
October 4, 2017
Roadbuilding
UDOT extending fences on I-80 to prevent wildlife-vehicle crashes
The Utah Department of Transportation is adding a mile of wildlife fencing along eastbound Interstate 80 near Jeremy Ranch to complement fencing already completed on the westbound side. After installing the mile of fencing, the UDOT will add another 1,400 feet of fence on both sides of the highway to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions. The UDOT […]
September 5, 2017
Roadbuilding
Colorado DOT to begin displaying weekly tallies of highway deaths
The Colorado Department of Transportation wants to help make the roads safer by giving drivers a weekly reminder of those who have died in crashes this year. CDOT announced that it would begin to display a weekly tally of the year-to-date deaths in the state each Wednesday on digital signs across the state. The signs, […]
January 27, 2016
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