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One possible solution to Austin’s traffic problem is to expand the busy roadways where most traffic congestion is found. Widening these roads would help alleviate traffic issues near the downtown area of Austin as well as other busy and

The traffic problem in Atlanta drains both time and money for thousands. It has been shown that Atlanta drivers spend on average 51 unnecessary hours behind the wheel each year (WSB Radio, 2013). That’s more than two 24 hour days spent sitting in traffic. During all this time spent, Atlantans end up spending upwards of $1000 per year on gas and collectively use 63,000,000 gallons of gas each year while sitting in traffic (WSB Radio, 2013). Traffic in Atlanta has been a huge waste of time and money for Atlantans for years and something needs to be done to alleviate the

Transportation between Compinwood and Eaganville is important to the region’s economic growth and development. As transportation planners for the State of Gilder, our job is to create a transportation plan that will ease congestion, meet the needs of the citizens, and reduce travel time on the SR A. Over the next 25 years, the population of Compinwood and Eaganville are expected to increase and the jobs in Eaganville are expected to increase as well. While the SR A is already heavily congested, it is experiencing an increase in truck traffic due to the increased trade with Florin. Agri Com is a coalition that supports these businesses involved in agriculture and trade with Florin. The SR A is one of the most congested freeways in Gilder

“They may have reduced traffic on Millburn Ave., “ says Rothbort, “but now we have cars speeding through the South Mountain and Washington neighborhoods. People are angry looking for a cut through to get out of traffic. They may have decreased the likelihood of a kid getting hit on Millburn Ave, but with the new Washington school open, they’ve created the perfect storm for an accident in our neighborhoods.”

2. In addition, there is a study by Miller & Zaloshnja, published by (PIRE) the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation in 2009.[6] In the study, It was assessed that the costs of deficient roadways amounted to $217 billion per year. That’s more than double the costs of crashes related to alcohol or speeding or failing to wear safety belt. Yet, why is it that we don’t hear of this in the media? Our public safety focus needs to be readjusted towards the renewal of our roadways and it must be a top priority.

When an individual has lived in and around an area such as New Orleans, La, the majority of their lives, it is hard to imagine an area with roads that are just as bad as, if not worse, as those in the city of New Orleans. With countless potholes, crumbling pavement and sink holes popping up here and there, there is no way the streets could be that bad anywhere else. That is the mentality that one has until the venture out to other cities such as Toledo. According to an article published in the Toledo Blade on June 19,2015 by Tom Troy, Toledo’s roads are the second worst in the state of Ohio. With the poor road conditions and constant road constructions, comes a number of problems for the city’s residents. People are forced to spend countless

V-4 was stopped in traffic in the inside lane of Business 67 about Cherry Street.

I’d like to start this speech today with a question. How many people have been in a vehicle whether being the driver or a passenger and drove by a stationary emergency vehicle sitting alongside the road? I can attest to driving by as well as being on the side of the road. My father, my grandfather, my uncle, and some of my ideals are alongside the road every single day. My grandfather owns a towing company, I have spent my entire life around emergency responders. So, the Move Over Slow Down Law hits very close to home. An article published by Matt Gray states, “Five firefighters per year, and one law enforcement officer per month are killed due to the violation of the Move Over Law. One tow truck driver is killed every six days due to Move Over violations,” (Gray). I am here today to persuade the audience to move over and slow down for emergency responders alongside the road as well as stranded motorists. People need to be aware of the Move Over Slow Down Law.

an examination of existing and historic data shows traffic volumes within the four town grew at an average annual rate of 1.05% between 1991 and 2001. The Route 6 crash rate for the whole of Cape Cod was 0.79 crashes per million vehicle miles traveled on average from 1991-1998 while Route 6 in Eastham had one of the highest crash rates on Cape Cod at 2.17 crashes per million miles of vehicle travel. Heavy and growing traffic volumes coupled with the existing high crash rates for the corridor make the search for and implementation of solutions a high priority, especially in Eastham.

As your driving, down Bees Ferry road you notice that there are more, than enough traffic lights in one spot. As if you’re on Glenn Mcconnell in between south state bank & The Home Depot. The traffic is unsatisfactory you have drivers that won’t be curCY and let you over. Causing you to be stuck in the same spot for an additional 2 to 3 minutes, everyone’s trying to go ahead and merge on I-526. A traffic light added in between South State Bank & The Home Depot will eliminate some traffic. “Asserts that it is 4-way crossing most of the traffic is heading straight or turning left heading towards I-526”

Recently, I have brought to your attention the need to install a traffic light at the intersection of Dunn’s Crossroads, in the town of Elm City. The reasoning behind this recommendation is due to the many people who have been in accidents at this intersection. Some accidents have resulted in serious injuries and/or fatalities. As a result of these countless accidents, a while back, the town did place a four-way stop there. However, it hasn’t seemed to reduce the amount of accidents or confusion that occurs. By installing this traffic light, these issues will be eliminated.

Drivers are being very unsafe. According to the report, there has been over 12,000 red light citations and over 6,000 speeding citations. This is major problem in our community and needs to be fixed. The public officials discussed how driving is not a place to play or to be distracted. Though it is up to the citizens to be safe, the public officials believe they need to everything the can to ensure safety. What the public officials believe they can do to fix this problem is install a vision zero plan. Los Angeles has already installed a vision zero plan which is blueprinted to reduce fatalities by 20 percent in 2020, and by 2025 have no traffic fatalities. The vision zero plan is a traffic safety project which tries to make a highway system with no fatalities. The vision zero policy work is focusing on raising awareness. LADOT, LAPD, and other city departments are going to work closely with community organizations. They want the city to work with community groups so that LA lives can be saved and attitudes can be changed. Bakersfield has tried to implement this in the past but it has not came out

All state facilities impacted by the project area, which include State Routes 60, 71, and 83 and Interstate I-15, should be analyzed in the traffic study; intersections impacted by the project should also be analyzed. Where applicable, synchro analyses, merge/diverge analyses, and queuing analyses are recommended to analyze such mitigation measures as signalized intersections and ramp interchanges. The data used in the Traffic Impact Study should not be more than 2 years old.

The most prevalent form of transportation in the United States is by far the automobile. With so many vehicles on the road, effectively enforcing traffic laws is becoming more and more complex. The cost of reckless driving is astronomically high, both physically and financially. In 2007, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimated that speeding-related crashes cost society a staggering $40.4 billion per year, and speed was a major contributing factor in at least thirty-one percent of all fatal crashes (citation needed). Most drivers can agree that the United States needs to enforce speed laws because all drivers deserve to commute on safe roads. As technology advances, so do the methods for enforcing traffic laws. One of the newest methods of speed enforcement popping up all over the country is the use of

The right-of-way for South Carolina emergency response vehicles is a law that should be followed by all South Carolina citizens. However, some citizens ignore or do not realize that by law they need to pull to the right side of the road when an emergency response vehicle is coming towards them.The deaths due to emergency responders responding to a call could decrease if citizens would move to the right. Possible deaths could occur in the back of an emergency vehicle or outside of them while at the scene of a medical crisis. The individual could be in really bad condition and any time delay could be due to people not moving to the right. Therefore, a wreck could occur still, and the emergency responders could get hurt, or the person in the wreck could be at risk of death. Deaths outside of the emergency vehicles are a high risk due to the size of the truck, and the time it takes just for the emergency trucks to come to a complete stop. Many people just ignore the law and think that the emergency responders only “run code” just so they