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Roadbuilding
S.C. outlines plans to improve from most highway deaths in U.S.
Noting that her state ranks the worst in highway fatalities, South Carolina Secretary of Transportation Christy Hall plans to improve 100 miles of the state’s most dangerous roads each year. The project is part of her 2018 “State of SCDOT” report. She says the state’s top priorities will be rural road safety, resurfacing, bridges and […]
February 13, 2018
Roadbuilding
Waze, USDOT to combine data to reduce traffic fatalities
Waze and the U.S. Department of Transportation have joined forces to help reduce highway fatalities. The agency and traffic app have embarked on a pilot project to integrate traffic crash data with Waze’s data on traffic hazards and conditions. “This initiative will examine the feasibility of using this new crowd-sourcing application to provide a reliable, […]
January 10, 2018
Roadbuilding
With aim of ending traffic deaths in next 30 years, USDOT and National Safety Council partner on Road to Zero initiative
Three U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) agencies and the National Safety Counil have teamed up to launch the Road to Zero coalition aimed at ending traffic fatalities on U.S. roads over the next 30 years. The department has committed $1 million per year for the next three years for grants to groups working on “lifesaving” […]
October 11, 2016
Roadbuilding
Highway deaths rise 8.1% in the first half of 2015 to 13-year high
Lower gas prices have meant more people out on the highways. Unfortunately, that’s also meant more deaths on the roads. A new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that highway deaths rose 8.1 percent in the first half of the year. It marked the highest quarterly increase in 13 years. The rise […]
November 26, 2015
Roadbuilding
Highway fatalities in Maine reach 70-year low
The number of people who lost their lives on Maine’s highways was the lowest in 70 years. According to statistics released by state police, 128 highway deaths were reported in 2014 which is the fewest fatalities since 1944. “It’s a historic year for highway fatalities in Maine, and we’ll take it,” state police spokesman Stephen McCausland […]
January 12, 2015
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