highway conditions

• 49 CFR 325.35 - Ambient conditions; highway operations.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 49: Transportation

• Report Shows Improvement in Louisiana Highway Conditions

Louisiana's state highway conditions are on the rise, according to an annual highway report issued by the Reason Foundation. In the report, Louisiana ranks 36th in state highway performance and cost-effectiveness, a seven-point improvement over the previous year's ranking.

• New Orleans City Business
• September 14, 2010

• Systems for Telephonic Notification of Unsafe Conditions at Highway–Rail and Pathway Grade Crossings:

• FR, September 08, 2011
• Proposed rules
• Federal Railroad Administration

• Poor Road Conditions Cost Ohioans Billions, Prompting New Business Push for Federal Highway & Transit Investments Bill ; Aging, Congested and Inadequate Roads Cost Average Ohio Motorist Up to $933 a Year, Robbing State's Drivers and Businesses of $6.5 Billion Annually, New Research Report Finds

BATAVIA, Ohio, April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Releasing a new report that finds poor road conditions cost Ohio motorists and businesses billions annually, a broad business coalition launched a statewide push for new federal transportation investments and legislation. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce, Ohio Contractors Association, Transportation Construction Coalition and Americans for Transportation Mobility, said during Columbus and Cincinnati-area news conferences that Congress should pass the long-delayed federal highway and transit bill that funds most road, bridge and transit improvements in the U.S. The report, titled "Future Mobility in Ohio: Meeting the State's Need for Safe and Efficient Mobility" was prepared by the national research group TRIP. The report finds that deficient roa...

• U.S. Newswire
• April 14, 2011

• Safety Advisory: Identification and Handling of Highway-Rail Grade Crossings with Vertical Profile Conditions

• FR, January 22, 2010
• Notices
• Federal Railroad Administration

• Products & Technology

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• Law Enforcement Technology
• Vol. 37 Nbr. 5, May 2010

• More Than Half of Highway Fatalities Are Related to Deficient Roadway Conditions

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• U.S. Newswire
• July 01, 2009

• Highway Bypass Safety Explored; Federal Experts Report On Improving State Highway Conditions

A number of safety improvements including lighting at intersections, reflective pavement markings and design changes could reduce traffic crashes on Wisconsin highway bypasses, federal safety experts told the state Department of Transportation in a report released Monday. The team of federal experts studied new bypasses near Oconomowoc, Whitewater, Fort Atkinson and Fond du Lac after fatal crashes.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• April 11, 2006

• Push to Clear Roads of Litter a Good First Step or a Photo Op?

If highway conditions aren't living up to your expectations, you might want to write to state Transportation Commissioner Jim Simpson at PO Box 600 in Trenton, NJ 08625. That's how a Parsippany businessman got his attention. Richard Smith put his outrage in writing after enduring the filth and litter along Routes 78, 24, 287 and other state highways he travels.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• August 18, 2010

• Ranking Our Roads: North Dakota has Most Cost-Effective Roads, Rhode Island has the Worst, New Jersey has the Most Expensive, and California has the Most Gridlocked

Nationally, big improvements are made: bridges in best condition since 1984, pavement in best condition since 1993, traffic congestion lowest since 2000 and fatalities down to 1960s levels LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- We often hear the nation's infrastructure is crumbling, but state highway conditions are the best they've been in 19 years, according to Reason Foundation's 19th Annual Highway Report. Unfortunately, the recession is partly responsible for the improvement in road conditions: people are driving less, which has helped slow pavement deterioration and reduced traffic congestion and fatalities.

• U.S. Newswire
• September 02, 2010