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Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Transportation plays a vital role in the American economy: it makes economic activity possible and serves as a major economic activity itself. Transportation Economic Trends 2017 highlights important trends in transportation and the economy and explains related economic concepts and data sources for a general audience.
Americans could be downplaying the risks of smoking pot and driving. While most U.S. adults, or 91 percent, view driving under the influence of marijuana as dangerous and 87 percent said the practice makes one a hazard to others on the road, only 40 percent viewed weed as contributing to more crashes. That’s according to […]
WASHINGTON – The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published new data today showing a record-high 221.7 million licensed drivers in the U.S. in 2016, including 41.7 million – or almost one in five – who are 65 years or older. This age group is growing faster than any other, and is far outpacing their teenage counterparts. […]
Automated cars and light-duty trucks (from vehicles already on the road equipped with driver assistance technologies to fully driverless cars still in development) pose safety and infrastructure challenges for policymakers. Automated vehicles potentially promise transformative benefits in safety, mobility, and other areas. However, the successful development of these vehicles and technologies may pose a range […]
WVTM 13’s Chip Scarborough explains the improvements drivers in Tuscaloosa can expect in 2018.
From the Mountain Plains Consortium Report: Perception-Reaction Time (PRT) and deceleration rate are two key components in geometric design of highways and streets. Combined with a design speed, they determine the minimum required stopping sight distance (SSD). Current American Association of Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) SSD guidance related to PRT and deceleration rate are based […]
Office of Highway Policy Information: Traffic Volume Trends is a monthly report based on hourly traffic count data reported by the States. These data are collected at approximately 4,000 continuous traffic counting locations nationwide and are used to estimate the percent change in traffic for the current month compared with the same month in the […]
Transportation.gov: The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published new data today showing a record-high 221.7 million licensed drivers in the U.S. in 2016, including 41.7 million – or almost one in five – who are 65 years or older. This age group is growing faster than any other and is far outpacing their teenage counterparts. The […]
This document presents the results of a comparison of impaired driving crashes to non-impaired driving crashes over a recent three year period.
The Office of EMS recently released a two-minute video that shows how EMS data is used to improve EMS systems and patient care at the local, state and national levels. You may have already seen it on EMS.gov or our YouTube page, or mentioned in our latest EMS Update newsletter. It’s important that every member of our profession understands the vital […]