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Category: Analysis & Data
U.S. Highway Traffic Hits Another Record High in July, Adding to System Demand
Motor vehicle travel on all U.S. roads rose again in July to continue a streak of setting ever-higher record volume levels with every new monthly report. The Federal Highway Administration in its latest “Traffic Volume Trends” report said motorists drove 2.2 billion more vehicle miles in July than in the same month last year, for […]
U.S. Highway Traffic Hits Another Record High in July, Adding to System Demand
AASHTO: Motor vehicle travel on all U.S. roads rose again in July to continue a streak of setting ever-higher record volume levels with every new monthly report. The Federal Highway Administration in its latest “Traffic Volume Trends” report said motorists drove 2.2 billion more vehicle miles in July than in the same month last year, for a 0.8 percent […]
Traffic Deaths Spiked in 2016, including Pedestrians Killed
PBS: Traffic fatalities rose 5.6 percent last year, with the biggest spikes in pedestrian and motorcyclist deaths, the government said Friday. There were 37,461 people killed on U.S. roads in 2016 as Americans continue to drive more, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said. That’s the highest number of deaths since 2007. The fatality rate was […]
USDOT Releases 2016 Fatal Traffic Crash Data
Transportation.gov: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today released fatal traffic crash data for calendar year 2016. According to NHTSA data, which was collected from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, 37,461 lives were lost on U.S. roads in 2016, an increase of 5.6 percent from calendar year 2015. […]
Estimating the Cost of Unintentional Injuries
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. Our nation’s economy is significantly impacted by the total cost of unintentional injuries, including: Motor Vehicle Injuries Injuries at Home Injuries at Work Injuries […]
IHSDM Resource List 2017
A product of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Safety Research and Development Program, the Interactive Highway Safety Design Model (IHSDM) is a suite of safety analysis tools to evaluate the safety and operational effects of geometric-design decisions on highways.
U.S. Driving Increases for Sixth Straight Year, New Federal Data Show
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 […]
City driving spikes, rural driving falls as opportunity shifts
Nathan Bomey, USA Today The divide between urban and rural America in widening in another area that has nothing to do with politics: driving. U.S. city driving has spiked since 2000, while rural driving has declined in a sudden turnabout that cannot be explained by population trends, according to a University of Michigan Transportation Research […]
Traffic Records Coordinating Committee
The coordination of this planning process is a microcosm of the overall ongoing coordination that is required to move the state ahead effectively in applying information technology to its transportation systems. The TRCC conducted a series of meetings to obtain information that was synthesized into a plan that recently obtained NHTSA funding. This effort is […]