Tag: Traffic Calming & Vision Zero
Finding Success with Vision Zero Traffic Safety Initiatives
The basics of Vision Zero Safety on our roads is not a new idea, but today’s Vision Zero initiatives aim to push communities further. What began in Sweden as a campaign to reduce or eliminate fatalities and serious injuries in traffic incidents is now a global movement that has inspired cities to improve safe mobility […]
What Is Traffic Calming?
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 cars—a mental flip for many people who are used to the notion that streets are built for personal vehicles to travel on, and to do […]
Dangerous Curves on the Redwood Highway
Location Highway 101 California Project size SpeedCheck® radar speed signs, advisory signs and flashing beacons Client California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) Overview Along California’s North Coast, U.S. Highway 101 passes through the giant redwood forests. During the tourist season this meandering “Redwood Highway” is packed with distracted tourists unfamiliar with the roadway, often driving oversized […]
Chandler, AZ Increases Intersection Safety with Radar Speed Feedback Displays
Location: Chandler, Arizona, USA Project size: 66 SpeedCheck® radar speed signs at 12 intersections Client: City of Chandler Client website: https://www.chandleraz.gov/ Safety program: Red Light Photo Enforcement Program Overview: Intersection safety is a national, state and local priority. In recent years, an average of 22 percent of traffic fatalities and roughly 50 percent of serious […]
Carmanah RRFBs Add Much-Needed Safety to a Boulevard Crosswalk in New Mexico
Carmanah R920 RRFBs are installed to improve pedestrian access at the entrance to a park in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Four R920 Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) were installed to a dangerous mid-block crossing on King Boulevard in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The installation of these RRFBs aimed to improve pedestrian access at the entrance […]
Building Crosswalks for Walkable Communities Video
Why solar-powered rectangular rapid flashing beacons (RRFBs) are the answer RRFBs are now an essential part of the toolkit of engineers, planners, and active transportation advocates looking to improve pedestrian safety and build complete streets in their communities. These pedestrian-activated, high-intensity warning lights notify drivers when a pedestrian enters the crosswalk and can be installed in […]
Request RRFB IA-21 Approval: Download Our Guidance Letter
As of March 20, 2018, the rectangular rapid flashing beacon (RRFB) has interim approval from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). More information about the interim approval, IA-21, can be found in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) memo, Interim Approval 21 – Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacons at Crosswalks. The memo indicates that all state and […]
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 in one community, they must work in every community—right? […] RRFB IA 21
IA-11 is no longer valid: existing RRFBs installed under IA-11 may remain operating until the end of their useful serviceable life. RRFBs Are Back: How to Put Them in Action in Your State. Read More