Utah upgrading crosswalks with innovative accessible technology
The new radar-enabled crosswalk buttons are triggered by movement, like nodding or waving or activation via an app, to assist pedestrians.
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West Palm Beach, Florida, first to adopt Rail S.A.F.E. Program
Initiative focuses on education, enforcement, engineering and engagement to achieve zero fatalities on railroad tracks
Texas to spend $127 million to reconstruct major roadway
Project part of a larger initiative to develop Houston suburb's principal commercial corridors
Transportation Department’s SMART grants program enters third year
Five-year, $500 million program seeks to solve transportation problems such as fuel consumption, pollution and congestion
Bloomington, Illinois, bridge replacement moving forward
Fox Creek Road and Bridge project will increase safety and allow for multi-modal access over railroad tracks
$20 million will help reduce crashes on Minneapolis streets
Safety improvements will address speeding, left-turn conflicts and red-light running
Houston-area city will use AI to improve safety, traffic flow at intersections
System fuses radar, video and vision AI technologies to identify and track vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles as they enter intersections
Dallas receives $22 million to improve road safety
Project is a part city’s Vision Zero Action Plan, an initiative to reduce crashes, severe injuries and fatalities on roadways
DOT awards $817 million in third round of safer streets funding for 2023
Communities nationwide that will receive grants from the DOT’s Safe Streets and Roads for All program. DOT announced the grants, totaling $817 million, this week
