Tag: traffic cameras

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

PennDOT expands travel information for drivers

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has expanded the features on its travel information website, 511PA.com. 511PA is also available for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website. Motorists can now see any travel alerts on state roads along a specific route when they enter […]

January 5, 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

TDOT’s Chattanooga traffic center now operating 24/7

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is staffing the Region 2 Traffic Management Center in Chattanooga 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to try to improve traffic management in a 24-county area. As of October 1, technicians and dispatchers have been monitoring traffic operations and communications in the center as part of the TDOT’s […]

October 4, 2017

Roadbuilding

Nevada DOT adds roadway information systems to boost safety on U.S. 395

The Nevada Department of Transportation has begun installing “enhanced information systems” to U.S. 395 in the North Valleys region in an effort to improve traffic safety and mobility. The installation of technologies such as new roadway signage, ramp meters and wrong-way drive detection systems will continue through early 2018, NDOT says, and will require “periodic” […]

April 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

AZDOT worker rescues puppy from highway

A small puppy is safe thanks to Phoenix traffic cameras and an Arizona Department of Transportation worker.  According to NBC News, AZDOT worker Gil Estrada was monitoring the traffic cameras last week when he spotted a small white dog on the monitor dodging through traffic on State Route 51. Estrada saw the dog dodge its […]

February 3, 2016