Tag: traffic safety

Dealers

National Trench Safety adds St. Louis branch

National Trench Safety has broadened its service of rental and sales of trench and traffic safety equipment in the Midwest with its new branch in St. Louis.

October 15, 2019

Roadbuilding

UDOT tests new radar-activated signs to reduce deer collisions

UDOT is testing out radar-detecting wildlife signs to alert drivers if wildlife is present in the area to prevent vehicle-deer collisions. Details on TPS!

May 22, 2019

Roadbuilding

WSDOT chief Millar: “We cannot build our way out of congestion”

Washington DOT says there is no hope of building out of congestion. See the issues Washington is dealing with in regard to traffic congestion here on EW.

July 24, 2018

Roadbuilding

Tennessee asks drivers to ‘Ho Ho Hold’ their calls this holiday season

Tennessee followed in the footsteps of Utah and Iowa in telling drivers to get their ‘head out of their apps’ while on the road. But the Tennessee Department of Transportation is also using the digital signs to get into the holiday spirit while also reminding drivers to stay safe. TDOT has added new slogans like […]

November 30, 2015

Roadbuilding

Utah DOT: ‘Get your head out of your apps’

“Get your head out of your apps.” That’s the playfully blunt message drivers in Utah got on Monday on electric highway signs in the state this week, according to KSL in Salt Lake City. Distracted driving is one of the leading causes of highway deaths in the era of smartphones, and the Utah Department of […]

November 11, 2015

Roadbuilding

One year without crashes at dangerous Missouri intersection after DOT installed J-Turns

The intersection of Routes 50 and 58 in Centerview was the regular site of crashes near a local high school until the Missouri Department of Transportation decided to try something somewhat new. The intersection has yet to see a crash since the new J-turns were installed, MoDOT announced in a press release. The Centerview residents were […]

September 14, 2015

Roadbuilding

Ohio to begin displaying traffic fatality stats on highway message boards

A drive down a road in Ohio might be a bit more grim due to the new message on electronic traffic signs: the total number of traffic deaths during 2015. The Ohio State Highway Patrol and the state’s Department of Transportation have teamed up to try to get drivers to be safer on the highways, according […]

July 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

Utah DOT getting creative with electric roadside signs during “100 deadliest” traffic days

Utah’s Department of Transportation has a message to drivers: You look good. With a seatbelt on, that is. UDOT has started changing the message on its electric road signs to raise traffic safety awareness, the Deseret News reported. Instead of the ominous “Click it or Ticket,” UDOT’s new signs let drivers know “That seat belt […]

June 4, 2015

Roadbuilding

TRIP: Oklahoma significantly improves infrastructure, but HTF insolvency ‘threatens further progress’

Oklahoma has significantly improved its roads, bridges and highway safety since 2005, but “uncertainty about future federal funding threatens further progress,” according to a report released Thursday by national transportation research group TRIP. The report, “Modernizing Oklahoma’s Transportation System: Progress and Challenges in Providing Safe, Efficient and Well-Maintained Roads, Highways and Bridges,” notes that funding […]

June 26, 2014

Roadbuilding

Michigan DOT invests $1.1 million in safety improvements with Midland roundabout

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced on Thursday that it will begin work on a new roundabout in Midland on Monday. Construction was originally scheduled to begin in early April, but the agency said frost delayed the project. Related: Roundabouts And Intersections: Two Traffic Control Devices, Many Options The DOT said the project, located […]

April 24, 2014

Roadbuilding

Virginia DOT to improve driver safety on portions of I-77

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Monday that the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) will improve driver safety on Interstate 77 in the Fancy Gap area of Carroll County by building a new safety system. The $7.5 million Active Traffic and Safety Management System (ATSMS), which features technology including electronic signs and cameras, will be designed […]

February 25, 2014

Roadbuilding

Submit your extreme winter maintenance stories and photos

With the polar vortex that has made temperatures in the Midwest drop to subzero temps (with the windchill, temps are as cold as -45 degrees Fahrenheit in Chicago and close to -30 in the Columbus, Ohio, area where I am now), this graphic made me laugh. It’s on days such as these I am grateful […]

January 7, 2014