Tag: Intelligent Transportation Systems

Roadbuilding

Widening of U.S. 95, diverging diamond interchange completed in Las Vegas

Six miles of U.S. 95 freeway in Las Vegas has been widened from four lanes to six and features a diverging diamond interchange to improve safety and congestion.

June 24, 2019

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

Colo., Idaho projects take top prizes at 2017 America’s Transportation Awards

A multimodal project in Colorado and the removal of dangerous intersections in Idaho won top honors at the 2017 America’s Transportation Awards competition. The Colorado Department of Transportation’s $487 million U.S. 36 Express Lanes project earned the Grand Prize and the Idaho Transportation Department’s $11.2 million U.S. 20 Thornton Interchange project was voted the People’s […]

September 29, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona moves forward on “first of its kind” wrong-way detection system

The Arizona State Transportation Board has approved the contract for installing a wrong-way vehicle detection and alert system for Interstate 17 in Phoenix that will be the first of its kind in the U.S. “The system will use thermal cameras to detect a wrong-way vehicle along an off-ramp, triggering an illuminated wrong-way sign with flashing […]

August 1, 2017

Roadbuilding

Virginia Highway Safety Office launches interactive crash locator map

The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles’ Highway Safety Office has added an interactive Crash Locations Map to its website to provide details on local crashes filtered down to street level. “Educating drivers is an important part of crash prevention,” says DMV Commissioner Richard D. Holcomb. “This new feature allows Virginians to see where crashes occur most in […]

July 28, 2017

Roadbuilding

Nevada transportation agencies partner with Waycare on traffic crash prevention platform

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) and the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) have partnered with Waycare to use predictive technology aimed at preventing traffic crashes and congestion. Waycare’s platform combines historical data and real-time data, such as weather conditions, speeds and traffic light timing to identify dangerous driving […]

July 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

Kansas DOT’s WICHway begins text and email traffic alert service

The Kansas Department of Transportation’s (KDOT) WICHway intelligent transportation system for Wichita’s highways is now offering texts and/or emails on traffic alerts from the system’s traffic management center. KDOT says alerts are created when a significant disruption, such as a major crash or closure, occurs on a Wichita highway. WICHway collects and shares data from […]

July 12, 2017

Roadbuilding

USDOT to host free public workshops on connected vehicle integration with ITS architecture

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is planning to host two public workshops to discuss the integration of details of connected vehicle capabilities into the National Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Architecture. The workshops will cover National ITS Architecture, version 7.1 integration with the Connected Vehicle Reference Implementation Architecture into ARC-IT Version 8.0. “ARC-IT provides a […]

June 26, 2017

Roadbuilding

Arizona DOT adding sensors to I-17 to track traffic flow

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is in the process of adding sensors along Interstate 17 in the Phoenix area over the next few weeks as part of an overall system to monitor traffic flow across the state. The data collected by the sensors will be used in estimate travel times displayed on overhead message […]

May 17, 2017

Roadbuilding

Iowa DOT extends partnership with INRIX for road safety services

The Iowa Department of Transportation has partnered with INRIX to use additional traffic services for real-time traffic and road safety management. INRIX has been supplying traffic data for the past three years for the agency to use in its traffic management and operations. Iowa DOT will now use the INRIX Dangerous Slowdowns system that provides […]

May 5, 2017

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway awards 5 contracts valued at $10.3 million

The Illinois Tollway board of directors approved five contracts for construction and professional engineering services valued at $10.3 million at its April meeting. This brings the yearly total for approved contracts to nearly $107 million, and more than $4.6 billion since the Move Illinois program began in 2012. “The Illinois Tollway’s 15-year Move Illinois capital program is […]

May 1, 2017

Roadbuilding

Spirent releases system for testing V2V connectivity

Spirent Communications has released a system to test vehicle-to-vehicle connectivity performance for manufacturers that meet requirements by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). USDOT last year issued a proposed rule for a requirement that all new light-duty vehicles be equipped with vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technology to aid in crash avoidance. The proposal would require V2V devices to […]

April 19, 2017