Sentences with phrase «increase roadway safety»

Luckily, there are a few safety tips that we can all practice to help increase roadway safety on these busy streets.

According to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the voluntary guidelines were established in an effort to balance new technological innovations with the purported need for increased roadway safety.

Not exact matches

«These municipalities are run by residents who have first - hand knowledge of the problems or safety concerns surrounding their local roadways, and allowing them to determine the speed limits instead of the state will increase responsiveness to residents.»

The campaign is part of a comprehensive effort by NHTSA and several partner organizations to increase the safety of our law enforcement officers while they are stopped on our roadways.

The new bridge increased roadway capacity, improved safety, reduced the frequency and cost of major bridge maintenance, and increased the vertical and horizontal navigational clearances to accommodate the current needs of seafaring vessels on the river, including permitting modern cargo vessel passage to the Port of Charleston, the second largest container cargo port on the East Coast.

Nearly 70 percent of U.S. roadways are aided by federal funds, and highway - only lobby continue to insist that increasing safety measures on these roads is a local government responsibility.

Due to nationwide safety campaigns and high - visibility law enforcement patrols, drunk driving has decreased in the U.S. And while this is great news to drivers in Florida as well as the rest of the country, it is important to point out that there is an increase in impaired driving involving illegal and legal prescription and over-the-counter drugs across the U.S.. From cold medicine to marijuana, driving under the influence of drugs is very dangerous and places all roadway users in danger of serious injury or death.

But will they really improve roadway safety or prove to be malfunctioning distractions and increase our risks of serious car accidents in Chicago and elsewhere?

Defensive driving in Alaska was designed and created to help motorists increase their chances of safety as well as other motorists on the roadways.

Optimized roadway capacity (increases of up to 18 %) and resolved safety and accessibility concerns.