02/27/2025
Your voice matters!
The City wants to know what downtown visitors and residents think about the downtown transportation state. Please join "again" in this quick survey from the link below:
https://wmich.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ZTpRVf5iiHdMHQ
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
How to Use Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons (PHBs)
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
Pedestrians at Crosswalks: What’s Speed Got To Do With It?
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