A press conference held last week by the Georgia Transportation Alliance and TRIP, a national transportation research group, highlighted the need for increased transportation funding to improve roadways and enhance safety.

The Task Force 13 (TF13) 2018 Spring Meeting was held in April in Lincoln, Nebraska, following the Midwest Pooled Fund Program.

Rob Dingess, president of the Mercer Strategic Alliance, came to ATSSA headquarters to discuss automated and connected vehicle technology, and what it means for the association and the future of the roadway safety industry.

For Fiscal Year 2018, the bill directs the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to issue an Interim Approval (IA) for the Clearview font, which was originally designed to increase readability at long distances and at night for motorists. 

The last report from TRIP, a national transportation research group, shows that fatal crashes involving older drivers are increasing, and that transportation infrastructure improvements could improve outcomes for those drivers in these cases.

The American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) released a case study on the benefits of median barriers and guardrails at the 48th Annual Convention & Traffic Expo in San Antonio, Texas, and is now making it available digitally for free to the public.

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is currently seeking innovations and processes for the fifth round of Every Day Counts (EDC-5) from 2019 to 2020. 

The jointly sponsored Transportation Research Board (TRB) – ATSSA Traffic Control Device (TCD) Challenge has won recognition for its project partner, the Committee on Traffic Control Devices as a TRB “2018 Blue Ribbon Committee.”

President Trump announced plans to nominate Raymond Martinez to be the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Sept. 26.

The rural transportation system in the U.S. is in need of repairs and modernization to stimulate economic growth in communities nationwide, according to a report released today by the national transportation group TRIP.