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Long Range Transportation Bill Needed for New I-10 Bridge
Peter Albrecht, WKRG 5 Passing a long-range Federal Transportation Bill is crucial to plans to build a new Interstate-10 bridge across the Mobile River.
Tag: Road Improvements
Evaluation of Pavement Safety Performance
FHWA Publication No.: FHWA-HRT-14-065 The intent of this study was to isolate the effects of various low-cost pavement treatments on roadway safety. This was a retrospective study of pavement safety performance, looking back at crash data before and after treatments were installed. Both flexible and rigid pavement treatments were analyzed, with the majority typically used […]
Can Funny Traffic Signs Save Drivers’ Lives?
Highway agencies are increasingly using humor and wit to try to get people to drive safer. Utah transportation officials call the three months between Memorial Day and Labor Day the state’s “100 Deadliest Days,” because of a surge in highway deaths that regularly occur when residents take summer trips. The fatality rate is 35 percent […]
25 percent of Alabama roads in bad shape
A quarter of Alabama’s roads are in bad shape, but that percentage puts the state among the least deficient in the country, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. The infrastructure statistics on all 50 states were released as national highway funding is set to expire at the end of the month.
City and state officials discuss I-65, I-85 interchange issues
WSFA 12 News MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) – Every day hundreds of vehicles drive through the Interstate 65-Interstate 85 interchange and many drivers get concerned every time they travel on that section of roadway. According to Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange, there have been at least 65 accidents along the interstate interchange in the past five years […]
Modeling and Predicting Crash Frequency at Rural Intersections
Report No: SWUTC/15/600451-00077-1 Safety at intersections is of significant interest to transportation professionals due to the large number of possible conflicts that occur at those locations. In particular, rural intersections have been recognized as one of the most hazardous locations on roads. However, most models of crash frequency at rural intersections, and road segments in […]
Development of a Tool for Documenting, Tracking, Recording, and Analyzing Improvements to Intersection Sites and Roadway Departures in Curve Locations
Report No. FHWA/LA.14/540 The principal objectives and scope of this project were to provide a software tracking tool to improve decision-making for highway safety. A literature search revealed that purchasing and customizing existing software was not feasible and a new solution would be developed in-house. Requirement gathering and analysis were conducted and documented. The application […]
Analysis of Naturalistic Driving Study Data: Offset Left-Turn Lanes
Report S2-S08B-RW-1 The purpose of this research project was to demonstrate one application of the SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study (NDS) data, showing how these data can be used to answer a highway safety question and provide guidance for the implementation of safety countermeasures. The specific safety countermeasure evaluated in this project is offset left-turn […]
FHWA Oversees Bridge Safety
Report Number: ST-2015-027 FHWA established a data-driven, risk-based approach to oversee States’ compliance with the NBIS, which its Division Offices have effectively implemented. However, we identified gaps in three areas of FHWA guidance that could limit the program’s long-term success. First, FHWA established the Assessment Reporting Tool (ART) to serve as a central repository of […]
FHWA Oversees Bridge Safety
Report Number: ST-2015-027 FHWA established a data-driven, risk-based approach to oversee States’ compliance with the NBIS, which its Division Offices have effectively implemented. However, we identified gaps in three areas of FHWA guidance that could limit the program’s long-term success. First, FHWA established the Assessment Reporting Tool (ART) to serve as a central repository of […]