Quality of Life Benefits of Transportation
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Installation of Median Guard Cable Saves Lives in Missouri
In 2002, there were 24 fatalities on Interstate 70 as a result of cross-median crashes. I-70, one of the oldest interstates in the country built between 1956 and 1965, was constructed with 40-foot…
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Infrastructure Improvements for Downtown S. Louis
Because of the proximity to the Illinois, Missouri, and Mississippi Rivers, St. Louis serves as a major freight corridor. Ten years ago, it wasn’t uncommon to see wait times of 45 minutes or…
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Wrong-Way Driver Detection System
Headed home after working the late shift, Phoenix Fire Department Dispatcher Megan Lange’s vehicle was struck – head-on – by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 17 in January 2015. While this wasn’t the…
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US 60 Sign and Striping Project
“Here we go again.” This is a familiar refrain heard from drivers especially during rush hour traffic on the US 60 westbound in the Tempe/Phoenix area to the tune of 580 crashes from…
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Small Town Bridge Reopened
When a locally-owned railroad overpass abruptly closed in the community of Nortonville, Kentucky – a rural town with a population of 1,100 residents – a key connection to more than 100 homes and…
