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FMCSA Safety Program Effectiveness Measurement
FMCSA has published another Safety Program Effectiveness report for the Carrier Intervention Effectiveness Model (CIEM) during the 2012 Fiscal Year.
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Winter 2017 Safety Compass Newsletter
This is a publication of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that reports on safety developments from across the country. In This Issue: HSIP 2015 National Summary Report DDSA: Performing A Health Check-Up On Your Roadways Data Visualization: Telling the DataStory Express Yourself! Post a Road Diet Selfie Today Honolulu Uses Road Diets to Advance Complete […]
The Self-Driving Car’s Bicycle Problem
Robotic cars are great at monitoring other cars, and they’re getting better at noticing pedestrians, squirrels, and birds. The main challenge, though, is posed by the lightest, quietest, swerviest vehicles on the road. “Bicycles are probably the most difficult detection problem that autonomous vehicle systems face,” says UC Berkeley research engineer Steven Shladover. Nuno Vasconcelos, […]
Roadway Design: System-Wide Safety Treatments and Design Guidance for J-Turns
This report seeks to document ways to reduce crashes and fatalities from wrong-way crashes, horizontal curves, intersections, and J-turns. Report No.: MoDOT cmr 16-013 The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) sponsored this research project to investigate treatments that can reduce crashes and fatalities to further the goal of the Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) initiative. One […]
US DOT Names 10 Proving Ground Sites for Testing Autonomous Vehicles
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced ten automated vehicle proving ground test sites that will form a Community of Practice with the goal of advancing autonomous and connected vehicle technology. The proving ground designees were announced Jan. 19 and include: Pittsburgh and the Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute Texas AV Proving Grounds […]
Self-Driving Cars Could Put 2 Million People with Disabilities to Work
Motorists of all ages are concerned about self-driving cars. Uber and Lyft drivers are worried about losing their jobs, while others simply doubt that computers can drive as well as humans. (Fun fact: They can. And how.) But what’s often left out of discussions around autonomous vehicles are the benefits they’ll offer to people with […]
Spring 2017 Safety Compass Newsletter
In this issue: Improving Safety on the Roads Less Traveled Evaluation of a Strategic Highway Safety Plan – Why it is Important? FHWA and NACE Partner to Promote Local Road Safety Plans
Why Transportation Tech is on a Collision Course for 2017
During the last year alone, a self-driving truck has completed a commercial beer run, two automotive giants have spun out new divisions focused on “smart mobility,” and one of the world’s biggest car companies unveiled a new electric vehicle amid Tesla-level intrigue. Not since the days of Henry Ford’s first mass market family cars has the […]
BMW, Intel, Mobileye to Test 40 Driverless Cars in Second Half of 2017
According to several sources, BMW, Intel, and Mobileye announced on Wednesday they aim to begin testing “a fleet of around 40 self-driving test vehicles on the road in the second half of this year.” The BMW 7-Series test vehicles were planned to be equipped “with the latest technology from Intel and Mobileye and prepared for test drives worldwide […]
Transportation Department Will Investigate Marijuana-Impaired Driving
The DoT has been tasked with coming up with a marijuana intoxication limit. Last month, President Obama signed the $305 billion Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act into law, providing funding and new regulations for the country’s aging highways. This law has special significance for medical and recreational pot users, as it requires the government to […]