Tag: School Zone Safety
Webinar: Overhead Lighting for Crosswalks
It’s getting more dangerous to walk after dark. Over the past decade, nighttime crashes have accounted for 90% of the total increase in pedestrian deaths. But there are ways to reduce the trend, including adding bright, pedestrian-level lighting at crosswalks. In this webinar, our business development representative Jesse Fraser explores how overhead lighting can help […]
Webinar: Solar 101 for Traffic Systems
Peak sun hours. Array-to-load ratio. System autonomy. Whether you can use these terms in a sentence or are scratching your head right now, you’re going to want to tune in to our Solar 101 for Traffic Safety Signals webinar. Our inimitable product technologist James Wehner will introduce the basics of solar sizing, why it’s so […]Do You Know Your Road Signs?
For most of us who have been behind the wheel for more than a couple of years, the colors and meanings of street and road signs are second nature. Green means go. Red means stop. Orange means there’s hazards or road work ahead. Our mind seems to react instantaneously to these colors without having to […]
RRFB vs. PHB and more: Which is the best choice for your midblock crosswalk?
All pedestrians deserve a safe place to cross the street. And while it’s easy to point to established intersections with signalized crosswalks to fill this need, the reality is most pedestrians won’t go out of their way to use one. Instead, they’ll choose the most direct route, even if that means navigating multiple lanes of […]
Webinar: StreetHub™ Remote Connectivity
From trash cans to transit, it seems like everything these days is getting “smarter.” The expanding influence of the Internet of things (IoT) in our cities’ devices will further level up their safety and efficiency—and our beacons and signs are no different. In this webinar on our StreetHub remotely connected portfolio of beacons, we cover: […]
Carmanah Traffic Product Catalog
Download our product catalog for a quick, on-hand guide to all Carmanah products, featuring spec sheets, comparison charts, and more. This catalog features our entire product portfolio: Crosswalk beacons School zone flashing beacons Radar speed signs Warning beacons and 24-hour flashers LED enhanced signs Wrong-way driver alert systems Fill out the form below to […]
History of Fluorescent Yellow-Green School Zone Signs
A brief history and review of requirements for school zone signage Since the 1980s, this bright and wild hue has been popping up on anything from tennis balls to nylon bike shorts to highlighter pens. It’s not hard to understand why this attention-grabbing and highly visible color would be adopted for safety products and traffic […]
How Applied Information Technology Works with Carmanah Products
Building AI into your safety program simplifies maintenance and monitoring When it comes to traffic safety, we are committed to making it easy to build upon the foundation our beacons and signs offer in school zones, at crosswalks, and more. That’s why Carmanah products can connect to third-party devices such as time switches. Time switches […]
School Zone Safety Part 2: RRFB for a School Zone Crosswalk
Watch Part 2 of our school zone safety series In 2017, there were nearly 6,000 pedestrian fatalities in traffic crashes. Over three-quarters of those fatalities occurred in non-intersection locations where speeds are faster, and driver yield rates are lower. Children age 14 and under account for more than 200 of these pedestrian fatalities and nearly […]