The Texas Department of Transportation has launched a new web-based augmented reality game called “Dart Those Distractions” to increase awareness about the dangers of distracted driving among Texas motorists in an “interactive, engaging way that resonates with all ages.” [Above photo by TxDOT.] The agency noted that about one in five crashes on Texas roads […]

The West Virginia Division of Highways within the West Virginia Department of Transportation recently launched a Medical Access Roads Program or MARP that will deploy $50 million worth of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security or CARES Act to improve transportation access for emergency personnel across the state. “These projects focus heavily on paving, drainage, […]

The Idaho Transportation Department is adding traffic count data for the previous five years to its Traffic Tracker tool, launched in March, to provide better “context” to those using that data. [Above photo by the ITD.] The ITD said its Traffic Tracker tool is designed to track acute day-to-day changes in traffic patterns across the […]

The National Transportation Knowledge Network or NTKN is working to make research and information resources that help improve the nation’s transportation infrastructure more easily available to state departments of transportation and other industry professionals. [Above photo by the Minnesota DOT.] The NTKN is a grassroots volunteer organization originally founded in 2009 to coordinate and provide […]