Posts Categorized: Technical Articles

New Visual Tools Promote STEP Countermeasures

The FHWA Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP) program developed a series of videos that demonstrate how to reduce crash risk for pedestrians crossing roadways.

Each video highlights transportation officials describing how pedestrians and drivers use or interact at the crossing improvements. These brief videos explain the safety benefits of five countermeasures including:

You can use these videos in public meetings, conferences, or share them through social media to help educate pedestrians, drivers, and local decision-makers.

To learn more about the STEP countermeasures featured in these videos, please contact Becky Crowe of the FHWA Office of Safety or Peter Eun of the FHWA Resource Center.

FHWA Plans New Edition of National Traffic Control Manual

New Manual to Address Innovation, Get Ready for Automated Vehicles

Updated manual to focus on new highway technologies

WASHINGTON – The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced it is pursuing an update to the “Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways”—the MUTCD—in preparation for the future of automated vehicles and to afford states and local communities with more opportunities to utilize innovation. (more…)

ARE YOU READY TO RUMBLE?

New Handbook Offers Guidance for Installing of Shoulder and Center Line Rumble Strips on Non-Freeway Facilities

By: Cathy Satterfield, FHWA Office of Safety and Abdul Zineddin, FHWA Office of Safety R&D

Center line and shoulder rumble strips are proven safety countermeasures for reducing roadway departure crashes, including head-on crashes and run-off-road crashes, but not all roadways are good candidates for rumble strips. So how do practitioners know where rumble strips can be most advantageous for reducing roadway departures? (more…)