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Category Archives: Traffic Insights
The Transportation Industry Celebrates Earth Day
This month we celebrate Earth Day which is an annual event to bring awareness to the environment and focus on environmental issues. The transportation industry has been implementing many green initiatives and this Earth Day, we’ll focus on what government organizations and State DOTs are putting into action.
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Urban Congestion Impacts and Improvements
The US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released their annual Urban Congestion Trends for 2010 and shows an increase in congestion and traffic levels overall within US urban cities. According to the report, congestion levels increased in all of the urban cities measured.
What strategies and initiatives can traffic engineers introduce? What are urban cities actively implementing and what results have they achieved?
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Reducing Crashes on Urban Arterial Roads – Part 2
Last week’s blog article was the first half of a two part blog which was exploring how arterial roads can be improved to reduce crashes from a traffic engineer’s perspective. This week, we’ll review a couple of locations within the DC area where a few strategies were implemented to improve safety and driving conditions along arterial roads.
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Reducing Crashes on Urban Arterial Roads
This week’s blog will be a ‘two parter’, exploring how arterial roads can be improved to reduce crashes from a traffic engineer’s perspective.
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Pedestrian Safety on the Roads
Vehicles need to accommodate the pedestrians especially in areas that are multi-modal with public transit, bike routes, sidewalks and neighbourhoods with heavy foot traffic. What strategies are currently being utilized to improve pedestrian safety on the roads and what type of results are being achieved?
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Extending Intersection Counts to 24 Hours
Cities, counties and states are already completing intersection counts and annual average daily traffic (AADT) counts on a regular basis. Why not expand an intersection study to 24 hours to get your AADT data for four approaches? Combining these studies into one deployment will simplify traffic data collection, provide more data and save on resources. Read this week's blog article to understand the benefits of a 24 hour intersection count.
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The State of America’s Transportation Network
The American transportation network is in dire need of highway maintenance and reconstruction. Valued at $1.75 trillion, it has endured years of wear and tear, increased traffic, inconsistent maintenance and varying weather conditions. What can be done to improve the current transportation network? This article explores what transportation engineers have done to maximize their resources.
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Miovision and the Transportation Industry in 2012
Last week, we discussed the top transportation topics for the coming year. I followed up with the CEO of Miovision, Kurtis McBride, to get his take on the industry and Miovision’s outlook for 2012.
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What’s Ahead for Transportation in 2012?
With 2012 just starting, what are the main topics that traffic engineers are focusing on for the year ahead? Intelligent Transportation Systems, sustainable infrastructure, managing infrastructure in tough economic times and more.
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Proven Safety Countermeasures