According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), eighty percent of all motor vehicle accidents are due to distracted driving. Approximately 6,000 accidents each year are the result of driver inattention—and cell phones are the chief culprit. Typically cell phone laws are passed at the state level, but Tempe, Arizona is making the […]
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Utah to Increase Gasoline Taxes to Pay for Roads
Utah’s recent move to raise gasoline taxes to fund transportation could be a model for other states, especially since it was a bipartisan effort in a Republican dominated legislature, as Eric Jay Toll writes for Phoenix Business Journal. Those supporting the bill found that in Utah, a conservative state, the arguments that worked best were […]
Tucson Plans Several Wildlife Crossings to Decrease Road Accidents
It has been shown that wildlife crossings — overpasses and underpasses combined with fencing — reduce those accidents in which vehicles collide with deer-sized and larger animals by an average of 87%, according to an article appearing in ITE Journal (the journal of the Institute of Transportation Engineers). The article says there are many areas […]