John Hennessy III,
P.E.
Annual productivity gains are part of many organizational goals. Employees may seek to increase their income by working more hours, and they have family and social obligations after work. Time for recovery rest breaks and restorative sleep seems like a luxury that fewer and fewer people and organizations provide. With all these factors, fatigue is becoming a major concern for U.S. employees and employers.
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Many communities in rural Alaska are only accessible by air or by barge, making the transport of both people and goods expensive. Jeff Weltzin is the city manager of Tanana, Alaska, which is located 130 miles west of Fairbanks, near the Yukon River. Weltzin says Tanana’s 300 residents were being severely impacted by transportation costs—which was driving up the cost of living.
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Funding for the nation’s highways and roads may be woefully insufficient, but for the engineering firms operating in the sector, funding has been steady and strong—and may improve.
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By eliminating left turns across oncoming traffic and nearly eliminating head-on collisions, roundabouts reduce crashes by 40%, reduce crashes with injuries by 75%, and reduce fatal crashes down to nearly nothing.
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Developing new ways to construct and preserve America’s roads, bridges, and other forms of infrastructure.
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Watch District 5’s smart solution for reducing traffic congestion, dive into the Lincoln Highway Historic Byway and find out how to become one of ODOT’s Snowbusters!
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The year is 2023. Some automated driving system (ADS) vehicles are on the road: vehicles that can operate without driver control under certain conditions. An officer is called to a crash scene. A car with an ADS had struck a pedestrian.
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Hazardous work zones are a part of highway construction, especially at night on a heavily traveled interstate. Safety is a premium. Oregon DOT partnered with Medford Police and their radar speed van to help keep the public and workers safe.
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A new road is taking shape in Gillette as a result of a joint effort between WYDOT and Campbell County. Featuring: Josh Jundt, WYDOT Resident Engineer – Gillette.
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A series of articles and infographics from journalists at U.S. News zoom in on a few of the major issues surrounding transportation in the United States. Their landing page, The State of Transportation in the U.S., offers a starting point to explore the myriad content currently on offer.
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