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The Federal Highway Administration said vehicle miles traveled in November on all U.S. roads reached an estimated 253.2 billion VMT, up 4.3 percent from a year earlier and continuing a trend that should make 2015 the heaviest traffic volume year in U.S. history. For the first 11 months of 2015, the agency said, total U.S. […]
Peter Albrecht, WKRG 5 News While some drivers don’t think much of the gas tax hike, there are plenty in the local business community who fully support the idea. As Mobile’s Container Terminal continues to thrive, more trucks are going on the area roads – 2,000 a day now and likely growing. “The number of […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration releases a monthly report containing traffic data comparing each State. They host traffic data from as far back as 1970. You can find out more Here
USATODAY: Young adults are ditching driver’s licenses at a quickening pace, according to a new study, raising a red flag for automakers as they grapple with the emergence of ride-sharing services and an indifferent attitude about cars. Just over three in four people ages 20 to 24 in 2014 possessed a driver’s license, according to […]
LANDLINEMAG: Traffic deaths increased in many states last year, according to preliminary traffic fatality data for 2015. More than 850 people were killed on Missouri roads in 2015, an 11.4 percent increase from the previous year, according to a Missouri Department of Transportation news release. Last year’s traffic fatalities were the most since 2009. Nearly […]
The goal of this problem identification is to assure that the restraint enforcement program considered by the state throughout FY 2017 is completely evidence-based, the evidence being derived from past data obtained from crash records.
Throughout the United States, many people and organizations are working to promote motor vehicle occupant protection for children, youth, and young adults. In spite of the great strides made in this country, every year, thousands of young people die or experience serious injuries that could have been prevented had they been properly restrained in child […]
The Alabama Crash Facts Book (CFB) is an annual publication produced in part by CAPS that provides a wide breadth of traffic safety statistics for a variety of constituencies. While most of the users of the CFB are traffic safety personnel, this publication is also intended to serve as a public information conduit. Fatal crashes […]