The nation’s largest coalition of traffic safety organizations – Road to Zero, along with Toward Zero Deaths, Vision Zero Network, Families for Safe Streets and 74 partner organizations and individuals – sent a letter to President Joe Biden on January 21 urging him to commit the efforts of the federal government to achieve zero roadway […]

The University of Nevada-Reno and Velodyne Lidar recently published a whitepaper that highlights their joint research into using light detection and ranging or “LIDAR” sensors along roadways to improve traffic analytics, increase pedestrian safety, reduce accidents, and provide navigation support for autonomous vehicles. [Above photo by the University of Nevada-Reno.] The white paper – entitled […]

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a final rule on January 13 to modernize numerous Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and clarify “ambiguities” in current occupant protection standards to cover vehicles equipped with automated driving systems designed without traditional manual driver controls. [Above photo by Argo/Ford.] The new rule also amends several crashworthiness regulations […]

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration made $19.6 million available on January 20 via its Small Shipyard Grant Program to help support “efficiency improvements and modernizations” that allow U.S. shipyards to compete more effectively in the global marketplace. [Above photo by MARAD.] Since its inception in 2008, MARAD’s Small Shipyard Grant Program has awarded […]

The Federal Transit Administration noted on January 19 that 37 projects will share of $15.8 million in funding to support strategies that “develop, deploy, and demonstrate solutions” for making COVID-19 related transit operational efficiency and rider mobility improvements. [Above photo by the Utah Transit Authority.] “These additional resources will provide transit agencies and the states with the […]