Transport Topics
By Eric Miller
April 25, 2023
Recent Influx of Federal Funds Highlights Challenges
Like most people, Roger Bligh appreciates the natural beauty of trees. But Bligh, an award-winning roadside safety research engineer, also sees trees as safety hazards. He says when motorists in cars and trucks are forced off highways, they too often slam into them. “In terms of roadside safety the biggest problem, the issue that creates the most deaths on our roadsides, is still trees,” said Bligh, a researcher for the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). In a way, it’s difficult to find a safety fix for a tree bordering a highway, he said.
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