To improve safety, roadway conditions, and motorist advisory warning information during winter weather, the Nevada DOT recently launched a pilot to test dedicated short-range communications (DSRC) to improve the collection
Volunteer transportation management is fundamentally different from managing volunteers who are contractors or employees, says a representative of the Volunteer Transportation Center Inc. (VTC).[i] VTC provides essential mobility services in
In 2015, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and project partners were selected to receive $6.8 million for a project called Transit Tech Ohio (T2O) in federal funding to improve
Western Iowa Transit (WIT) is a program of the Region XII Council of Governments (COG), an RDO that serves six counties and 56 cities with a total regional population over
Intelligent thinking can lead to the creative application of non-transportation technology in a transportation environment. In the case of Allentown, Pennsylvania, an existing construction industry technology was exactly what the
The Florida DOT District 7 office, working in coordination with regional agencies, is piloting the use of passive pedestrian detection at the intersection of one of the state’s long-distance, multi-use
Looking for a solution to reduce conflicts between vehicles at rural intersections, the South Dakota DOT implemented a Rural Intersection Conflict Warning System (RICWS) in 2017. The system, seen in
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) statistics from 2018 indicate that the year closed with over 2,200 collisions, 265 fatalities, and more than 800 injuries during highway-rail incidents at railroad crossings.[i] As
Historic and scenic roads on federal lands and in U.S. national parks are enjoyed by both motorists and cyclists. Many of these roads were designed in the early 20th century
Washington County, Oregon, is one of six member agencies of TransPort, a subcommittee of Portland Metro’s Transportation Policy Alternatives Committee (TPAC) that focuses on transportation system management and operations. Transportation
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