The North Carolina Department of Transportation is testing a new ‘tethered drone’ system in conjunction with the agency’s highway patrol service to improve safety on North Carolina roadways. [Above image by NCDOT] The agency’s incident management assistance patrol or IMAP and its Division of Aviation plan to test drones tethered to specific IMAP vehicles to help […]

As part of Governor Gavin Newsom’s landmark $1.1 billion Clean California initiative, the California Department of Transportation recently awarded $312 million for 126 beautification projects along the state’s highway system. [Above photo by Caltrans] Developed in close collaboration with tribal and local governments, non-profits, and businesses, those 126 beautification projects – due to begin in […]

Researchers at Purdue University, in collaboration with the Indiana Department of Transportation, recently unveiled a new wireless communication device that could help save lives at high-speed traffic signals. [Above: Tom Platte, Indiana DOT signal systems field engineer, programming a traffic signal controller. Photo by Howell Li for Purdue University] According to the Federal Highway Administration, two million […]

The New Jersey Department of Transportation recently issued millions in Safe Streets to Transit and Bikeway grants to improve safety for bicyclists and pedestrians statewide. [Above photo by New Jersey DOT] The agency said the $8.6 million worth of fiscal year 2022 Safe Streets to Transit grants issued to 19 municipal projects in nine counties […]