Feb 4, 2020 | Case Studies, Resources
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Project size: RRFBs at 13 intersections, with 12 more projected for 2020 Client: City of Vancouver Distributor: ATS Traffic Background The City of Vancouver, BC, is world-renowned as a walkable city, with 14% of all trips to work being...
Jan 21, 2020 | Articles, Resources
The numbers aren’t good, and like the drivers themselves, they’re heading in the wrong direction. According to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), there were 64 wrong way driving (WWD) fatalities in Florida in 2013. The following year, there were 70. The...
Jan 14, 2020 | Articles, Resources
When it comes to transportation safety improvements, price can often be a deterrent to getting projects approved. Although federal governments in both Canada and the United States have promised dramatic increases to infrastructure spending, states and municipalities...
Jan 7, 2020 | Articles, Resources
It’s been nearly 20 years since the state of New York instituted the first ban on holding a cellphone while driving. Currently, the only state that doesn’t have a statewide law restricting the use of hand-held devices while driving is Montana, though many cities and...
Dec 16, 2019 | Articles, Checklists & Rapid Facts, Resources
Around the world, a shift is underway. Cities are moving away from car-centric policy and design toward a more inclusive approach that enables safe access for all road users, including cyclists, transit riders and pedestrians. This approach is often referred to as...
Dec 4, 2019 | Articles, Resources
Nevada has a serious problem with wrong-way driving. Numbers from the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) show there were 409 wrong-way driver (WWD) collisions which resulted in 75 deaths between 2005 and 2015, the vast majority of which were caused by impaired...