Transportation Research Center for Livable Communities

09/19/2024

Your voice matters!
The City of Kalamazoo is about to start a series of projects downtown that will modernize our infrastructure, make it safer and easier to get around on our streets, and make downtown friendlier and more inviting for residents and visitors. The City would like to know what you think about the state of transportation downtown. Please join in this quick survey from the link below:
https://wmich.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ZTpRVf5iiHdMHQ

05/07/2023

USDOT is excited to announce the launch of the . This multi-stage Prize Competition invites teams of safety innovators to develop and test Intersection Safety Systems to compete for prizes. Learn more: its.dot.gov/isc

05/07/2023

Do you have groundbreaking ideas about how to make transportation more accessible to people with disabilities? Our latest IDEA report looked at robots in public transit.

Submit your IDEA!

http://ow.ly/cYFA50O1bvO

10/21/2022

Learn how to use PHBs, one of the effective technologies promoted by the Safer Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP) Program

10/21/2022

TTI researchers Kay Fitzpatrick and Todd Hansen recently authored articles featured in the 2022 March–April edition of TR News, Transportation Research Board's bimonthly magazine.

Check it out here: https://tti.tamu.edu/news/ttis-fitzpatrick-and-hansen-author-articles-featured-in-tr-news/

10/21/2022

Fall is here and daylight hours are getting shorter. Less daylight means more people are driving in dark conditions. Unfortunately, the rate of pedestrian fatalities rises during evening hours. For and all year long, FHWA asks you to pay attention and be aware while driving in dark conditions. https://www.nhtsa.gov/research-data/fatality-analysis-reporting-system-fars

10/21/2022

Speed is a key risk factor for the severity of pedestrian crashes and effects driver view of pedestrians at crosswalks. This video explains the relationship ...

10/21/2022

Newer vehicles mean enhanced safety technology, and that means more lives saved on America’s roads, including pedestrians! Interested in data projects? Check out the UW site at https://www.its.dot.gov/its4us/index.htm.

09/20/2022

It’s National ! Putting pedestrians and bicyclists at the forefront of design is the key to facilitating safe, accessible, convenient, and comfortable travel through all types of intersections, including roundabouts. Check out the new FHWA informational guide.https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/intersection/about/fhwasa22017.pdf

09/16/2022

08/13/2022

FHWA has a new final rule, effective 9/6/22, in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highway that will improve safety for all road users by ensuring that pavement markings are made more visible in dark or low light conditions through “retroreflectivity”. https://bit.ly/3pbxwp3

05/03/2022

Speed & Safety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii4fXlCNh8k

Nearly all transportation agencies will tell you that safety is their absolute top priority, but if you look more closely, you’ll discover that—in practice—i...

04/03/2022

It’s hard to imagine what a new project will be like until it’s built. Or is it? Residents can drive over a bridge or experience a pedestrian path in a virtual world. See how States are using virtual tools to increase engagement. https://bit.ly/3oOsb7p

03/29/2022

Autonomous Shuttle in Sejong, Korea
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4UfnDhK4BXI&feature=share

Soon, computers will be driving us around so we can be even lazier than we are now! How cool is technology!세종시에서 시범운행 중인 자율주행셔틀 오미오를 체험해보았습니다!Support Ukraine...

03/28/2022

National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is just around the corner, April 11-15. Each year in the spring, is held to bring national attention to motorist and worker safety and mobility issues in work zones. are a sign to slow down.
https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/