November 14, 2014
Ten major global companies have created “Together for Safer Roads,” a cross-sector coalition focused on improving road safety and reducing deaths and injuries by road traffic collisions around the world. The founding members are: Anheuser-Busch InBev, American International Group, AT&T, …
October 2, 2014
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is leaning toward eliminating red-light cameras after a five-year test was fraught with glitches and gripes, even as data showed fewer crashes at intersections with the equipment. A pilot program begun in 2009 that snaps …
September 23, 2014
Jill Tarlov’s death from a collision with a cyclist in Central Park last week was a New York City rarity, as are lawsuits after bikers ram pedestrians. From 1996 to 2005, 11 pedestrians across New York City died after being …
June 25, 2014
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed eleven bills into law Monday that are meant to improve traffic safety and reduce pedestrian fatalities in the nation’s largest city. The measures are among the first steps in de Blasio’s wide-ranging …
June 17, 2014
The NYPD is conducting a citywide traffic safety enforcement initiative over the next three weeks. It started Monday and continues through July 6. Police in New York City will be focusing on speeding, driving while using a cellphone, improper turns, …
June 12, 2014
New York is receiving more than $75 million in federal transportation funds for road safety projects around the state. The money will pay for 33 projects. They include work to widen roads, install turn lanes, sidewalks, crosswalks, bike lanes and …
May 15, 2014
Iowa’s preliminary five-year highway spending plan includes more than $900 million for state-owned bridges and more than $1.2 billion for enhanced safety features and upgrades on state highways. The Des Moines Register reported the Iowa Transportation Department unveiled the estimated …
February 25, 2014
The shutters clicked, the grainy photos were sent to the red-light violators and St. Louis raised $4.1 million last year. Now the vehicular version of “Candid Camera” may be ending, as it has in other U.S towns and cities. A …
October 9, 2013
The East Baton Rouge Metro Council is set to decide whether to kill or renew Baton Rouge, La.’s red light camera program, which has been panned by detractors as unevenly enforced but is credited by supporters with reducing dangerous crashes. …
August 30, 2013
A recently enacted law in New Jersey will mandate new road signs on state roadways that will inform motorists that texting while driving is prohibited in New Jersey. Under the legislation (A3873/S2406), the commissioner of the Department of Transportation — …