Today: September 11, 2024
Today: September 11, 2024

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What are roundabouts? A transportation engineer explains the safety benefits of these circular intersections

Whether you call them rotaries, traffic circles or roundabouts, they offer a safer alternative to the four-way stop. But the modern roundabout has been decades in the making.

What are roundabouts? A transportation engineer explains the safety benefits of these circular intersections
News

Los Angeles freeway damaged by arson reopens ahead of schedule

A section of a freeway running through downtown Los Angeles that had been heavily damaged by fire earlier this month reopened on Monday, weeks ahead of initial forecasts, city officials

Los Angeles freeway damaged by arson reopens ahead of schedule
News|Political|Sports|World

Paris angers critics with plans to restrict Olympic Games traffic but says residents shouldn't flee

Stay and enjoy the once-in-a-lifetime show

Paris angers critics with plans to restrict Olympic Games traffic but says residents shouldn't flee
Environment|News|World

More heavy snow expected in Japan after 800 vehicles trapped on expressway

Weather officials in Japan predicted more heavy snow Thursday, a day after nearly 800 vehicles were trapped for fours on an expressway in central Japan

More heavy snow expected in Japan after 800 vehicles trapped on expressway
News

Crash involving multiple vehicles and injuries snarls traffic on Chesapeake Bay bridge in Maryland

Authorities say crash involving multiple vehicles and injuries has closed all lanes on the heavily-traveled U.S. 50 Bay Bridge in Maryland, snarling traffic and causing major delays

Crash involving multiple vehicles and injuries snarls traffic on Chesapeake Bay bridge in Maryland
News

9 killed in western Wisconsin traffic crash involving a semitruck and a van, report says

A crash at a western Wisconsin highway intersection involving a semitrailer and a van has reportedly killed nine people

9 killed in western Wisconsin traffic crash involving a semitruck and a van, report says
Environment

New York City greenlights congestion pricing – here’s how this toll plan is expected to improve traffic, air quality and public transit

One more reason not to drive into midtown Manhattan: Soon it will cost an extra $15 as New York City launches its long-debated congestion pricing system.

New York City greenlights congestion pricing – here’s how this toll plan is expected to improve traffic, air quality and public transit
News|World

I-95 in Connecticut will close for days after fiery crash damages bridge, governor says

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont says the major traffic artery linking New England with New York will be closed for days around the area where a tanker fire damaged a bridge over Interstate 95

I-95 in Connecticut will close for days after fiery crash damages bridge, governor says
News

Traffic snarled as workers begin removing I-95 overpass scorched in Connecticut fuel truck inferno

Workers have begun removing a bridge over a Connecticut highway that was damaged in a fiery crash involving a gasoline tanker truck

Traffic snarled as workers begin removing I-95 overpass scorched in Connecticut fuel truck inferno
Technology

Red, yellow, green ... and white? Smarter vehicles could mean big changes for the traffic light

Smarter vehicles could mean some of the most dramatic changes for the traditional traffic signal since the yellow light was added more than a century ago

Red, yellow, green ... and white? Smarter vehicles could mean big changes for the traffic light
News|Economy

Federal judge hears challenges to NYC’s fee for drivers into Manhattan

New York’s first-in-the-nation plan to levy a hefty toll on drivers entering Manhattan was the focus of a legal battle that played out in federal court

Federal judge hears challenges to NYC’s fee for drivers into Manhattan
News

4 killed, including 7-year-old boy, in crash on Interstate 95 in Florida

4 killed, including 7-year-old boy, in crash on Interstate 95 in Florida

4 killed, including 7-year-old boy, in crash on Interstate 95 in Florida
Education|News

City turns traffic fines into school supplies for kids

City turns traffic fines into school supplies for kids

City turns traffic fines into school supplies for kids
News

Driver escapes with minor injuries after crashing under big rig

Driver escapes with minor injuries after crashing under big rig

Driver escapes with minor injuries after crashing under big rig

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