Traffic Safety and Management News

Idaho, Alaska legislatures ban...

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 23, 2012

While truckers nationwide already are prohibited from texting while driving, Idaho has become the 37th state to bar all motorists from doing so, and similar legislation awaits Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell’s signature. On April 5, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter ...

RoadSafe Traffic Systems...

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 19, 2012

RoadSafe Traffic Systems has appointed John P. O’Brien III as chief financial officer. O’Brien, who has more than 25 years of experience as a financial executive in the engineering/construction, electronics distribution, drug manufacturing and software industries, will oversee all ...

Florida traffic safety act...

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 13, 2012

Florida is raising the bar in its approach to traffic enforcement and road safety. A powerful traffic safety act uses a portion of traffic light violation fees to fund paralysis research, helping to benefit victims of motor vehicle ...

FMCSA study: Speed limiters...

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 02, 2012

New research by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) confirms the safety benefits of using technology to electronically govern and limit the top speed of commercial trucks. “This study confirms what ATA has been saying ...

$112.6 million project Central...

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 30, 2012

The Central Tri-State Tollway (I-294) Resurfacing Project between 95th Street in Oak Lawn, Ill., and Balmoral Avenue in Rosemont, Ill. began on April 2. Work includes roadway repairs and resurfacing the 19-mile section between 95th Street and Franklin Avenue ...

Pana-Pacific, Mobileye reach...

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 26, 2012

Pana-Pacific and Mobileye have reached an agreement for Pana-Pacific to distribute Mobileye's unique ADAS solution for Collision Avoidance and Mitigation to the commercial vehicle market. Pana-Pacific's engineers will expedite pre-wired and factory-installed options of the Mobileye products with ...

AAA: Teen girls twice as...

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 26, 2012

Teen girls are twice as likely as teen boys to use cell phones and other electronic devices while driving, according to a new in-car video study released March 26 by the AAA Foundation for Traffic ...

Indiana DOT to develop safer...

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 23, 2012

For years, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and Indiana University Northwest (IU Northwest) have worked to improve safety for students crossing State Road 53 (Broadway), between 33rd and 35th Avenues, through the use of lane markings, pedestrian ...

RoadSafe, TraffiCalm formalize...

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 22, 2012

RoadSafe Traffic Systems Inc. and TraffiCalm Systems, national providers of traffic safety products and services, have formalized a partnership that will broaden the reach of both organizations into additional off-highway markets and enhance their capabilities to keep roadways ...

ATSSA receives a federal grant...

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 19, 2012

The American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) was recently awarded a federal grant for $4.4 million. Spread over a three-year period, the grant was awarded for work zone safety to train highway workers work zone safety practices. J.M. ...

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