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U.S. Driving Increases for Sixth Straight Year, New Federal Data Show New Federal Highway Data Show Drivers Topped 1.58 Trillion Miles in First Half of 2017 WASHINGTON – New data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) show that U.S. driving topped 1.58 trillion miles in the first six […]
This study evaluated multiple low-cost treatments at signalized intersections. Improvements included basic signing, pavement marking, and signal enhancements. This strategy is intended to reduce the frequency and severity of crashes at signalized intersections by alerting drivers to the presence, type, and configuration of the approaching intersection. Many studies have explored the safety effectiveness of some of […]
This report describes the innovations FHWA is promoting in the program’s fourth round in 2017 and 2018 and documents the fall 2016 summits held to launch EDC-4. The report outlines the deployment status at the beginning of 2017 and the goals transportation stakeholders have set to broaden their adoption by the end of 2018. The […]
The U.S. DOT Federal Highway Administration just announced it has updated its Highway Statistic Series publication with data from 2015. This study includes data for states’ Population, Land Area, Motor Fuel Use and more
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 […]
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
USDOT FHA: New data released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) show that U.S. driving topped 2.4 trillion miles in the first nine months of 2016, lengthening a series of consecutive monthly increases that started in April 2014. The new data, published in FHWA’s latest “Traffic Volume Trends” report […]
The 3% increase in fuel utilization in the first six months of 2016 is the best estimate of the overall increase in travel miles. In just one year there would not be that much of a change in miles per gallon or an increase in non-gas type of vehicles, and the distribution by vehicle type […]
WASHINGTON – American vehicles consumed 71.8 billion gallons of gasoline in the first half of 2016, an increase of 3 percent over the same period a year earlier. It is the highest amount on record and the sixth consecutive increase in national gasoline consumption for the first six months of any year on record. The […]
State and local highway agencies are implementing data-driven practices to successfully address roadway safety planning, implementation, and evaluation challenges. These practices have the capacity to reduce staff time, save money and other resources – with the goal of reducing roadway fatalities and serious injuries. The FHWA Office of Safety is collecting and making these practices […]
