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CDOT implements wildlife detection technology on highways
(Photo: CDOT via Government Technology)
For the past five years, the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has been working on a wildlife-detecting system on a stretch of US 160, where about 70 percent of all traffic accidents involve wildlife-vehicle collisions, ... Read More...
The Internet, the public and project input
What is--or, better yet, what could be--happening to the solicitation of public input into transportation infrastructure projects?
“The advent of the internet is making it easier than ever to solicit public input.”
It’s a simple statement from an online resource for sustainable ... Read More...
Young Americans are driving less
Though traffic congestion has been on the rise since January, vehicle miles driven in America are nowhere near their pre-recession levels.
In fact, according to a Frontier Group report, Americans drove about 6 percent fewer miles per year in 2011 than ... Read More...
MARTA launches emergency, customer service app
MARTA provides trains, transits and buses in Atlanta, Georgia. | Photo via Transitboard.org
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has launched an app to connect transit riders with MARTA police or customer service, Atlanta's WSBTV reported.
The app, called See & ... Read More...
Golden Gate Bridge begins all-electronic toll-taking
San Fransisco’s Golden Gate Bridge has switched to an all-electronic system, the Los Angeles Times reports. The new system began Wednesday.
The system captures license plate numbers as drivers continue through the toll booth. Drivers receive an invoice for the $6 ... Read More...
Don’t cry for me, cross the road now
You want to walk across the road. A car approaches. You stare into the blue eyes of Evita, uncertain. From behind those eyes comes a soft voice telling you, “Go ahead. I see you. I’m stopping, and it’s safe to ... Read More...
This gadget gives clunkers smart car capabilities
From clunker to smart car in seconds!
So says the ad for something called Car Connection.
If you don’t have the latest in wizardry and gadgetry in your car, if you feel it’s the rolling equivalent of one of those old mobile ... Read More...
Lattatudes
Dad. Cart. Horses.
I had this column done. Then I tossed it. Father’s Day came along. I thought a lot about my father that day, I always do. You’ll find me apparently talking to myself on that day, but I’m actually ... Read More...
Laser scanning of New York Route 17 upgrade gets nod from American Council of Engineering Companies
The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of New York has honored one of Erdman Anthony's projects as among the best in the northeast region.
The firm’s entry, laser scanning of New York Route 17 Upgrade to I-86, exit 131, earned ... Read More...
