Happy New Year and welcome to 2011. It’s a new day. And for the world of traffic-calming radar speed signs, the new year is starting off with quite a stir. The folks at Information Display Company just introduced a new MUTCD- and NHTSA-compliant speed trailer that is creating a real buzz throughout the industry. [...]
Got a speeding ticket lately? Think it was unjust? Think that the only ones who really care about speeding are police officers looking to fill a quota? Well, according to a new study by the California Office of Traffic Safety, you’d be wrong. The study was the first statewide effort by the OTS to [...]
In cities across the country, getting local governments to respond to traffic-calming issues can be difficult even during the best of times. It becomes even more difficult when times are tough and municipal funds are short. There is hope however. Neighborhood groups and private citizens from San Jose, California to Brooklyn, New York are [...]
A group of doctors in the Southeast Asian country of Laos are so excited about this little news bit that I had to share it with everyone here. Not too long ago, Gary over at Information Display Company received an e-mail from a Dr. Guenther Slesak, a physician representing a group of doctors headquartered in [...]
If you are at all interested in pedestrian safety issues or are looking for possible funding for your traffic calming project, you should know about the federal Safe Routes To School (SRTS) program. The idea is to improve the ability for children to walk or ride their bikes to school. Not a bad idea for [...]
Truckee California, Atlanta Georgia and Winnipeg, Canada are a few of the latest cities to deploy radar speed signs in a big way. The growing acceptance of these traffic-calming displays is particularly noteworthy given the correlating decline in the popularity of speedbumps and radar speed cameras. According to Sam Katz, the mayor of Winnipeg, [...]
There is a growing opposition to the use of photo radar cameras that is sweeping the nation. Organizations such as Photo Radar Scam, CameraFraud and ACAPR are popping up across the country with one mission in mind – to make the use of photo radar illegal for traffic enforcement applications. Over the last few [...]
I CAME ACROSS A study by Safe Kids USA that looked at distracted drivers in school zones. While it’s no surprise that distracted drivers are more likely to cause or be involved in an accident, some of the specifics noted in the report were surprising to me. For instance: Fact. Drivers using a phone [...]
I RECENTLY HAD a chance to speak with Tad Blanton, a field operations supervisor for Medford, Oregon’s Public Works. He manages four crews that work year round on every type of public works project you can imagine – from underground maintenance to structural repairs, paving and concrete work. Many of the projects take place outdoors alongside [...]
