AI, automated traffic enforcement and connected vehicle technology are some of what cities and counties are trying to make their streets safer. SMARTCITIES DIVE By Dan Zukowski Oct. 28, 2025 Traffic fatalities remain high in cities and counties across the country. The Governors Highway Safety Association estimates that over 7,100 pedestrians died in vehicle collisions in 2024 while 1,166 bicyclists were killed on the road, according to the League of American Bicyclists. Local

Reader's Digest By Marcy Lovitch Oct. 27, 2025 Green highway signs are everywhere, but why are they green? When you’re driving down the highway , you naturally pay attention to traffic signs. But do you ever think about why they look the way they do or why they’re a certain color? Take the green ones. Green highway signs, also called guide signs, are everywhere, and we pass them by without much thought. But their design has a big role in getting us where we need to go safely.

Trillions of data points are helping researchers inform road designers and policy makers, along with accurately tracking distracted driving. 11 ALIVE By Doug Turnbull October 26, 2025 EAST POINT, Ga . — For all the debate that the use of artificial intelligence sparks, A.I.’s ability to aggregate data and map trends is undeniable. How humans read and implement that data is what makes this technology effective.  Enter Cambridge Mobile Telematics and their new portal StreetVisi

New York was hit hardest with $7B frozen as Trump administration seeks to reorient Army Corps spending priorities FOX News By Michael Dorgan October 18, 2025 The Trump administration is freezing $11 billion in federal funds earmarked mostly for Democrat cities’ infrastructure projects as the government shutdown rolls on with no end in sight.  Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), made the announcement Friday while pinning the shutdown on

Aggressive driving peaks when Halloween parties hit the road, new data shows Insurance Business By Jonalyn Cueto Oct 16, 2025 As Halloween festivities approach, Allstate has identified the 10 riskiest roads in the United States, warning drivers to stay alert as the holiday coincides with some of the most hazardous driving hours of the week. According to new data from Allstate’s Drivewise® program, aggressive driving behavior - including speeding and hard braking - peaks on w

A new analysis estimates $1T in deterred projects, though recordkeeping varies widely across states. Stateline By Kevin Hardy October 16, 2025 The growing backlog of bridges and public buildings in need of repair or replacement poses an increasing threat to state finances, but tracking of maintenance liabilities varies wildly across the states. That reality is examined in a new analysis published Thursday by the Volcker Alliance, a nonprofit that supports public sector worke

KTEM Newsradio Dubba G October 13, 2025 The longest highway in the world is also one of the worlds deadliest. It travels about 700 miles right through the middle of Texas and it swings through El Paso too. Not all of it is passable and some of it is downright deadly but the Texas portion is safe. The Pan American highway is 19,000 miles long and travels from Alaska to the continental USA via Canada, then enters Mexico and travels across South America all the way to its tip so

The Express Star Janelle Stecklein. Oklahoma Voice Oct 7, 2025 The federal government shutdown is not yet impacting Oklahoma highway...

For the Most Part, Oversight and Highway Projects Remain Funded Transport Topics October 1, 2025 Trucking operations are set to roll on...

KTUL by RAY LEWIS | The National News Desk October 1st 2025 HUNT VALLEY, Md . (TNND) — The Department of Transportation (DOT) plans to...

Proposals that would have funded the government failed in the Senate on Tuesday. ABC News By Justin Gomez September 30, 2025 Both...

KFOR By Jeff McMurray, Associated Press Sept 26, 2025 CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s transportation department has been pulling...

News From the States By Erika Bolstad Sep 25, 2025 States are scrambling for the money to fill potholes, plow roads, maintain bridges and...

‘Something like this really is calling out for federal regulation,’ says one California Democrat Roll Call By Valerie Yurk September 23,...

Smartphones and connected vehicle data can help traffic safety officials spot and fix accident hot spots, says a report from the...

NPR By Deirdre Walsh, Claudia Grisalesm Barbara Sprunt September 16, 2025 Two weeks before a possible government shutdown, House...

Thune Presses Senate to Schedule Votes on Trump Nominees Transport Topics By Eugene Mulero September 4, 2025 Lawmakers returned from...

KOSU/NPR By Nathan Rott August 29, 2025 The Trump administration wants to build more roads in the country's national forests by...

Newsbreak By Dana Marshall August 26, 2025 From sunny Florida to snowy Michigan , I-75 is a journey filled with both beauty and peril....

KOCO By: Associated Press Aug 23, 2025 BEIJING (AP) — The collapse of an under-construction railway bridge over a major river in China...