Mar 26, 2020 | News, Peer Exchange
Reducing fatalities on rural roads is a key challenge for transportation agencies in the United States, where roadway departures on rural networks account for one-third of traffic fatalities. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has identified safety...
Feb 12, 2020 | News, NJ STIC
NJDOT’s top priority is to improve highway safety. To support this goal, in September 2018, New Jersey began a pilot study of the effectiveness of using connected vehicle technology to alert the motoring public to the presence of safety service patrol (SSP) workers at...
Sep 5, 2019 | News, NJ STIC
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), in partnership with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) and Burlington County officials, used predictive safety analysis tools to help secure funding for a modern roundabout at a rural...
Aug 8, 2019 | News, NJ STIC
In May 2016 the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s Division of Multimodal Services established the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Program as a unit within the Bureau of Aeronautics. The UAS program coordinator position was created within the Bureau of...
Aug 6, 2019 | News, NJ STIC
The rise of crowdsourced navigation applications and connected vehicle applications provide new opportunities to relay road service safety information to the motoring public. NJDOT has initiated a Connected Vehicle: Road Service Safety Message pilot study that...