Sentences with phrase «new pedestrian safety»

The University of Maryland and Prince George's County Police, Announce New Pedestrian Safety Initiatives.

The Department of Transportation will add a new pedestrian safety signal where LaTourette Park and Golf Course gets split by Richmond Hill Road.

Not exact matches

Safety Town in Elmhurst's Wild Meadow Trace Park, a new place for children that opened over the weekend, will give families from the western suburbs a place to practice the rules of bicycle and pedestrian travel.

It also says that TfL should review the speed limits on all its roads in line with its new Healthy Streets check and that the authority and its contractors should — when carrying out roadworks — check and resolve critical safety issues for pedestrians and cyclists.

New Mid-Block Signal, Crosswalk, Lane Markings to Improve Safety for Children and Families QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), elected officials, community leaders, families and young players of the Rosedale Little League unveiled the newly - installed measures to improve pedestrian safety along heavily trafficked 147th Avenue between -LSSafety for Children and Families QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), elected officials, community leaders, families and young players of the Rosedale Little League unveiled the newly - installed measures to improve pedestrian safety along heavily trafficked 147th Avenue between -LSsafety along heavily trafficked 147th Avenue between -LSB-...]

Additional NYPD Traffic Enforcement Agents, New Left - Turn Lane, New Markings Designed to Enhance Safety and Traffic Flow in Downtown Core QUEENS, NY — At a meeting of Queens Borough President Melinda Katz's Flushing Commons Task Force this afternoon, NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announced several new measures to enhance pedestrian safety and -LSB-.New Left - Turn Lane, New Markings Designed to Enhance Safety and Traffic Flow in Downtown Core QUEENS, NY — At a meeting of Queens Borough President Melinda Katz's Flushing Commons Task Force this afternoon, NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announced several new measures to enhance pedestrian safety and -LSB-.New Markings Designed to Enhance Safety and Traffic Flow in Downtown Core QUEENS, NY — At a meeting of Queens Borough President Melinda Katz's Flushing Commons Task Force this afternoon, NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announced several new measures to enhance pedestrian safety and -LSSafety and Traffic Flow in Downtown Core QUEENS, NY — At a meeting of Queens Borough President Melinda Katz's Flushing Commons Task Force this afternoon, NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announced several new measures to enhance pedestrian safety and -LSB-.new measures to enhance pedestrian safety and -LSsafety and -LSB-...]

The improved design will also allow pedestrians to enjoy new features including a hand - restored brick walkway, restored historic railing, new safety fence, barrier - free access, and new architectural lighting.

He also spoke at the meeting about maintaining provisions that protect the safety of highway workers and bus operators, as well as maintaining «Safe Streets» language, which, according to the release, aims to ensure that new infrastructure is designed in a manner that helps protect pedestrians.

The New York State Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, a five - year, federally funded program developed in 2016, will funnel $ 40 million to target municipalities throughout the state, said Richard Guarino, principal transportation analyst for the Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council.

Faced with a reduced transport budget, many councils are cutting back on new road safety measures, like pedestrian crossings and 20mph zones.

At 6 p.m., Rep. Joe Crowley, state Sen. Jose Peralta, New York City Councilman Daniel Dromm, Assembly members Francisco Moya and Michael DenDekker and others hold a pedestrian safety town hall, Jewish Center of Jackson Heights, 37 - 06 77th St., Queens.

Following a march to the United Nations for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, elected officials and advocates for pedestrians spoke about what they see as a safety crisis in the five boroughs and across the country.

The new safety measure comes after 1st Precinct Commanding Officer Brendan Timoney vowed to continue to put pressure on the DOT to improve pedestrian safety outside of the school, following the crossing guard accident.

«It will not only provide for new housing and development opportunities, but it will improve pedestrian safety and access to parkland along the Bronx River, without compromising access to Hunts Point,» he said.

HAWK is a new traffic control device designed to improve pedestrian safety.

It permits, for instance, automated, or self - driving, car makers to get another one - year window in order to test their vehicles on New York roads, with various safety - related requirements; it comes after an Uber automated car killed a pedestrian in Arizona.

New paving, lighting, sidewalks and improved safety developments for pedestrians and bicyclists are part of the overall project.

A new bill that is now in effect for 2017 that mandates a study of safety at grade crossings, the possibility of implementing design changes, the quality of traffic and pedestrian warning signals, and the cost to equip commuter trains with Positive Train Control technology.

Lynch told POLITICO New York there is «a lot that needs to happen» in the «outer - outer boroughs,» like improved traffic and pedestrian safety in a district where a majority of constituents drive, improving public transportation options and infrastructure and bringing more attention to the challenges of being a homeowner.

That's why we have called on the New York City Department of Transportation to implement red light cameras and other pedestrian safety

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about New York State money for pedestrian safety upgrades in upstate communities and a Supreme Court decision on guns bans in New York and Connecticut.

QUEENS, NY — At a meeting of Queens Borough President Melinda Katz's Flushing Commons Task Force this afternoon, NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announced several new measures to enhance pedestrian safety and help alleviate traffic congestion in the vicinity of Flushing Commons in Downtown Flushing.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT), elected officials, community leaders, families and young players of the Rosedale Little League unveiled the newly - installed measures to improve pedestrian safety along heavily trafficked 147th Avenue between the two segments of Brookville Park and at other intersections in the vicinity.

Researchers from the Universitat Politècnica de València, in collaboration with the company C - Robots, S.L., have developed a new safety system for city and school buses that detects the presence of pedestrians in the surroundings of the bus stop, warns the driver of dangerous conditions and, ultimately, directly affects the vehicle.

We already know about three new active safety features set to debut on the 2015 XC90, including an updated pedestrian detection system, an active steering correction feature, and an enhanced adaptive cruise control system that can follow lane markings using cameras and other sensors.

This effort supports U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx's new Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Initiative, which was unveiled last month.

«Our new investments in pedestrian safety help send the message that driving dangerously — whether by speeding or not yielding to pedestrians — is unacceptable, and our friends in Philadelphia's law enforcement will back up that message when necessary,» said Secretary Foxx.

Among the proposed sweeping changes to the way the federal government (NHTSA) tests car safety, headlight and taillight effectiveness would join forward collision warning, auto emergency braking, lane departure warning, blind - spot monitoring, and pedestrian automatic braking as new factors by 2018.

In April, the Department announced that Pennsylvania, New York, and Kentucky would share approximately $ 1.6 million to implement specific education and enforcement initiatives in the cities of Philadelphia, New York, and Louisville as part of each community's Pedestrian Safety Action Plan.

LOS ANGELES, California — Toyota is expanding its suite of active safety features for certain models by mid-2018, and an enhanced Lexus Safety System launching in February as an option package on the new LS will steer itself around pedestrians in certain situasafety features for certain models by mid-2018, and an enhanced Lexus Safety System launching in February as an option package on the new LS will steer itself around pedestrians in certain situaSafety System launching in February as an option package on the new LS will steer itself around pedestrians in certain situations.

Along with its two Drive - E forced - induction four - cylinder engines, the 2015 Volvo XC90 will feature some new active safety features from Volvo, like steering assist for the adaptive cruise control, an updated pedestrian detection system, and a system that monitors where the car is in relation to the edges of the road.

In addition, NHTSA's new Non-motorized Safety grant program, authorized in the FAST Act, will provide $ 13.8 million in Federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programs.

Let's hope that the press demonstrations of the new Pedestrian and upcoming Animal systems go better than the first demos of City Safety.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced that Louisville, Philadelphia and New York City will receive grants totaling approximately $ 1.6 million for public education and enforcement initiatives to improve pedestrian sSafety Administration (NHTSA) today announced that Louisville, Philadelphia and New York City will receive grants totaling approximately $ 1.6 million for public education and enforcement initiatives to improve pedestrian safetysafety.

We already knew that the 2015 Volvo XC90 would feature at least three new active safety features, including an improved pedestrian detection system, an active steering correction feature, and an innovative use of adaptive cruise control technology.

There are new standard active safety features, too, including forward pre-collision warning with pedestrian detection, automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning and prevention, automatic high - beam headlights and adaptive cruise control.

But should you somehow get distracted, there's a complete safety package available, with one of the newest systems being Intuitive Pedestrian Detection with Active Steering available.

In addition, NHTSA's new Non-motorized Safety grant program, authorized in the FAST Act, will provide $ 13.8 million in federal funds to 20 States with significant proportions of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities to implement effective education and enforcement programs.

Available active safety technologies include new Surround Vision, Lane Change Alert with Side Blind Zone Alert, Rear CrossTraffic Alert, Lane Keep Assist with Lane Departure Warning, Front Pedestrian Braking and more.

Announced plans to update its 5 - Star Safety Ratings program and encourage automakers to produce cars with better crash protection and new crash avoidance technologies to save more lives and reduce passenger and pedestrian injuries.

Also new for the 2018 model year is the presence as standard equipment of the Toyota Safety Sense P technology that includes pre-collision with pedestrian detection and automatic braking, lane departure alert with sway warning, dynamic radar cruise control with full stop, automatic high - beam headlamps, blind - spot monitor and rear cross-traffic alert and rear - view camera.

New safety features include forward emergency braking with pedestrian detection, which is optional on less - expensive trim and equipment levels.

New safety features include adaptive cruise control (ACC), upgraded for use in stop - and - go traffic; forward collision warning and autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian monitoring; blind - spot monitor with rear traffic alert; and lane departure warning.

A handful of new safety systems have been thrown in as well, including Forward Traffic Detection, Lane Keep Assist and Pedestrian Detection.

In 2017, Jaguar unveiled new safety tech for the 2018 model year XJ, which includes forward traffic detection, lane keep assist, driver condition monitor and autonomous emergency braking, which now incorporates pedestrian detection.

On top of this, the 2017 model year also brings some new safety features, including traffic jam assist, emergency braking with pedestrian monitoring, and emergency assist.

New for 2018, Toyota Safety Sense is also standard, adding adaptive high beams, dynamic cruise control, lane departure warning, and forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking and pedestrian detection to every model.

Additionally, you can opt for Toyota's new Safety Sense P package which includes a pre-collision system with pedestrian detection, lane departure alert with steering assist, auto high beams, and dynamic radar cruise control.

In terms of exteriors, the most prominent change comes in the form of a new grille, which is bigger and, Aston Martin claims it as world's largest grille to have passed pedestrian safety norms.

Both models are equipped with safety features like individual tire pressure, Blind Spot Detection, Lane Departure Warning, Rear Parking Sensors, Auto High Beam, Forward Collision Warning and a new Virtual Engine Sound System (this will help pedestrians hear the Sonata when it's near by).