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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
Category: Government Agencies
Holiday Season Drunk Driving Prevention Campaign Materials
The holidays are known for being merry and bright, but they’re also known for being the deadliest season when it comes to drunk driving. Every holiday season, lives are lost due to drunk drivers.
ALDOT Works to Design a Statewide Transportation Plan
Today, roads through and around Birmingham are crowded and make many dread the commute. The Alabama Department of Transportation wants you to have a better drive. Engineers are working to see where people will be going and how they’ll get there twenty five years from now.
Traffic Fatalities Up Considerably from 2015, Budget Cuts Could Be To Blame
Fatal traffic accidents appear to be on the rise in Alabama and budget cuts may be behind the increase. Experts say cuts to the General Fund Budget and fewer state troopers on the roads, could be to blame. the number of traffic deaths had been trending down in recent years, but 201 is a different, […]
State Troopers: Labor Day Traffic Fatality Rate Drops by 50 Percent
Alabama State Troopers investigated five traffic fatalities over the 2016 Labor Day weekend, half the number from the previous ear. The deaths happened in Autauga, Calhoun, Houston, Madison, and Talladega counties. Four of the five victims were drivers, according to State Troopers. The fifth victim was a pedestrian. Of the four drivers killed, only one […]
Governor Bentley Awards $3.7 Million to Improve Highway Safety
Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday awarded nearly $3.7 million to help keep Alabama roads safe during the upcoming Labor Day weekend and other major traveling holidays during the next year. Funds will be used by law enforcement agencies throughout the state to maintain a presence on highways including setting up checkpoints, increasing patrols on heavily […]
Investigating Wearable Sensors in Transportation Research
For decades, the travel diary has been one of the transportation researcher’s most valuable tools. Participants in travel studies use diaries to record where they go, how they get there, and other key information. But the technology of the travel diary, which relies on participants to record their movements and can lack fine detail, is […]
ALDOT, Waze Partner to Bring AL Drivers Real-Time Traffic, Road Conditions
Sitting in traffic is a pain in the neck. If only you had known that last exit could have swept you around a problem and to your destination before you cleared the bend in the road. The smooth flowing traffic before you has come to a dead stop, but a new partnership may help alleviate your aggravations. The Alabama Department of […]
U.S. to Unveil Changes to 5-Star Safety Ratings
The head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the Obama administration will unveil a change in its five-star New Car Assessment Program on Thursday that awards cars and trucks up to five stars in crash tests. NHTSA may be announcing that it will include on new vehicle stickers whether vehicles have automatic braking […]
Congress Bars NHTSA From Conduction Roadside Survey
Congress is barring the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from conducting a research program on whether drivers are using drugs and alcohol behind the wheel in the face of criticism from some members of Congress.