Crosswalks and signals are supposed to make walkers safe as they step off the curb, but a tragic example from New York City last month shows that pedestrian infrastructure just isn’t enough when it’s ...
Pulling into an intersection as you wait for an opening to make a left turn may be common practice, but likely not safe and possibly illegal. Evan Abell eabell@bhamherald.com Question: I was recently ...
Safety features on new vehicles are progressively becoming more sophisticated, and one of the latest technologies on this front is intersection automatic emergency braking (IAEB). Intersections are ...
Getting on or off a four-lane highway is about to become a lot safer in many parts of the United States thanks to an innovative intersection design. Restricted Crossing U-turn intersections (RCUTs) ...
Before the invention of the wheel and sliced bread, we got around by walking, crawling, galloping via an animal with more legs than we had — whatever it took. Venturing out for food and shelter is ...
A University of Vermont "capstone team" of civil engineering students has studied the driving and pedestrian challenges at Red Light Hill, the tricky intersection of Route 5 ...