Author: mmuro

  • January 18th, 2018

The U. S. Department of Transportation said it is launching an initiative that includes two pilot programs to modernize its own data analysis and integrate traditional datasets with new “big data” sources to gain insights into highway safety. “Advances in data science have the potential to transform the department’s approach to safety research and provide […]

  • January 16th, 2018

The connected and autonomous revolution is going to challenge the transportation industry tremendously, but updating infrastructure is only part of the equation. For transportation agencies, the greatest equation will be how to gather, process, store, share and analyze the data from CAVs. Transportation agencies must look to develop data platforms that incorporate data analytics to […]

  • January 12th, 2018

Traffic Volume Trends is a monthly report based on hourly traffic count data reported by the States. These data are collected at approximately 4,000 continuous traffic counting locations nationwide and are used to estimate the percent change in traffic for the current month compared with the same month in the previous year. Estimates are re-adjusted […]

  • January 11th, 2018

The National Safety Council helps you estimate the cost of fatal and nonfatal unintentional injuries at home, at work and in public, as well as the cost of motor vehicle injuries.

  • January 11th, 2018

Instead of cars driving as individual units on highways, automated driving systems (ADS) allow cars to connect and exchange information, enabling coordinated movements. That can mean more capacity on roads, and faster, more efficient travel. In one study, a car platooning proof-of-concept with five Cadillacs with automated longitudinal control was tested and evaluated at Aberdeen Proving Ground, a U.S. […]

  • January 11th, 2018

Next year, General Motors Co. will no longer need an engineer in the front seat babysitting the robot brain that controls its self-driving Chevrolet Bolt. The steering wheel and pedals will be gone, giving total control to the machine. When GM starts testing its autonomous electric sedan in San Francisco ride-sharing fleets, it’ll likely be […]

  • January 10th, 2018

In August, the National EMS Advisory Council finalized and approved five recommendations for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Federal Interagency Committee on EMS (FICEMS) and the EMS community. Practice Analysis of Mobile Integrated Healthcare Systems and Community Paramedicine Changing the Nomenclature of Emergency Medical Services EMS Utilization of Controlled Substances Mental Health […]