Sound barriers and snow fences along highways could possibly serve as platforms for generating low-cost solar energy, according to a new study funded by the Minnesota Department of Transportation. [Above photo by the Minnesota DOT.] That study – entitled Harnessing Solar Energy through Noise Barriers and Structural Snow Fencing – is investigating how solar panels […]

The most recent research conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation indicates that motor vehicle crashes declined 34 percent overall at 19 roundabout intersections that agency constructed at 16 locations over the last 18 years, with significant drops recorded in both serious and minor injuries, though property-damage only crashes jumped by 10 percent. [Above photo […]

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the Cherokee Nation recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to highlight the completion of a $678,000 seven-month long highway safety improvement project along U.S. Highway 75 near Ochelata; a project that improved a key intersection to reduce motor vehicle collisions. [Above photo via the Cherokee Nation.] Between 2012 and 2017, […]

The Kansas Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration on September 16 to conduct drone inspection test flights at Wichita’s Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, along with a waiver to conduct night operations at the airfield. [Above photo by the Kansas DOT.] The agency – which is working in […]