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Rising traffic fatalities in Maine prompt new safety plan
Due to an increase in traffic fatalities, the Maine Department of Transportation has released a new Strategic Highway Safety Plan. The plan sets out focus areas, such as lane departure, speeding, impaired driving, and recommends strategies to address them. “Maine’s traffic fatalities have been on the rise during the last three years after seeing improvement […]
February 2, 2018
Roadbuilding
Contract awarded for upgrades to Sarasota’s Highway 41
IBT of Miami won a $12.6 million contract to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety on U.S. Highway 41 in Sarasota, Florida. The work is part of the Downtown-Bayfront Connection project planned by the Florida Department of Transportation and the city of Sarasota. The goal of the project is to reconnect the downtown and Bayfront with a […]
November 6, 2017
Roadbuilding
Drone’s eye view of Vail’s new I-70 underpass and roundabouts
A $30 million project to build an Interstate 70 underpass and roundabouts to improve traffic flow in Vail, Colorado, has been completed ahead of schedule, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. The underpass connects north and south frontage roads between the Vail resort area and West Vail mall areas. The new Sandstone Underpass is […]
October 27, 2017
Roadbuilding
Highest death stats in years seen for motorcyclists, bicyclists, pedestrians
More people died on U.S. roads in 2016 than 2015, an increase of 5.6 percent, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Seeing the most dramatic fatality increases were motorcyclists, with the most deaths since 2008; bicyclists, with the most deaths since 1991; and pedestrians, with the most deaths since 1991, the NHTSA reports. […]
October 11, 2017
Roadbuilding
NCDOT bike, pedestrian safety program wins national award
A North Carolina Department of Transportation program that appears to be reducing car crashes involving bicyclists and pedestrians has received an achievement award from the Governor’s Highway Safety Association. The Watch for Me NC program, which received the national association’s Peter O’Rourke Special Achievement Award, has reduced average crash rates for pedestrians and cyclists by […]
September 22, 2017
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