Evaluating New Jersey’s Use of Raised Pavement Markers for Roadway Safety
In the United States, data has shown that more than a third of fatal crashes on two-lane undivided highways and 27 percent of fatal crashes on four-lane divided highways occur in dark, unlighted conditions. Raised Pavement Markers (RPMs) are a common device deployed...
Focusing on Reducing Rural Road Departures (Video)
The Federal Highway Administration recently released a video highlighting analytical and highway design efforts being used to prevent traffic deaths on rural roads by reducing roadway departures. The FHWA video introduces several relatively low-cost safety...
Paving the Way to Better Roads at Lower Costs
Pavement Preservation Projects Benefit New Jersey Taxpayers and Commuters The last Commitment to Communities newsletter (Volume 7) highlighted some of the wonderful volunteerism of New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) employees. In this volume, I will share...
NJDOT Safety Countermeasures Training and Education Videos
The following videos describe six of FHWA’s Proven Safety Countermeasures that improve pedestrian safety. NJDOT developed these videos to train and educate viewers on the design features and safety benefits of these initiatives. FHWA began promoting Proven Safety...
New Protocol for Accepting Over-Coating Paint on Steel
The Research Advisory Committee of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) selected an NJDOT project as one of 16 high-value research projects for 2019 in the category of Smart Maintenance and Preservation. Researchers from...
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