What Is Traffic Calming?

What Is Traffic Calming?

Changing the mindset of “streets are for cars” to “streets are for people.” Traffic calming is the use of physical road design and/or other measures to slow vehicles as they move through urban, commercial, and residential neighborhoods. It makes humans a priority over...
When Yellow Means Stop: Deciphering RRFB Light Color

When Yellow Means Stop: Deciphering RRFB Light Color

The studies have proven it: rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs) work. Yield rates can be as high as 96% where RRFBs are installed. That’s a huge increase when yield rates are as low as 18% with a simple painted crosswalk. If RRFBs are working that effectively...
RRFB IA 21

RRFB IA 21

Learn What’s New in IA-21 vs. IA-11 On March 20, 2018, the Federal Highway Administration issued Interim Approval 21 – Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacons at Crosswalks in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). The Basics IA-11 is no longer valid:...