From the article:

“It may not be a reality for many years, if ever. But the idea of building a new interstate highway to span some of the West’s wide open spaces appears to be gaining some traction, at least in the region.”

Read the entire article here.

We applaud TX DOT for launching construction projects to make sidewalks ADA-compliant.

We have added this article to our blog to stress an important point. 

The goal of the construction, of course, is an ADA-compliant sidewalk. 

However, the contractors have installed non-ADA-compliant barricades to close the sidewalk itself.   

Nor do we see, admittedly from the limited perspective of the photograph, an alternate, or temporary pedestrian access route, (TPAR) which is also an ADA requirement.

We manufacture SafetyRail, an ADA-compliant pedestrian barricade that contractors can use for both the sidewalk closure barricade, and the TPAR device, to guide pedestrians safely through the work zone.   

Please visit the main site, or www.adabarricade.com, for more information about SafetyRail.

It’s always worse-than-expected.

Read the entire article here.

This is a great idea, and becoming ever more popular, it seems. 

From the article:

“With five huge highway construction projects underway in Northern Virginia, drivers are facing plenty of red brake lights amid orange barrels. With the hope of keeping motorists moving, the Virginia Department of Transportation has added seven safety service “patrollers” to…assist stranded motorists and move their vehicles out of the way.”

Read the entire article here.

From the TRB e-mail newsletter, published today:

“The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Operations has launched a new page on its Work Zone Safety website designed to be a central source of data and links to information and technical resources on roadway worker safety.”

The new web page is here.

To subscribe to the weekly TRB e-mail newsletter, go here.

Forcing a mother, pushing a baby stroller no less, and her children into the street seems a little dangerous, don’t you think?

We don’t believe that the work zone described here would meet ADA requirements, which mandate that contractors must provide safe pedestrian access routes (PAR) through construction work zones.  If contractors cannot use an existing route, they must provide a temporary pedestrian access route (TPAR).

That said, contractors must use ADA-compliant temporary traffic control devices, or TPAR devices, to provide safe, continuous guidance through the work zone.

We manufacture and market SafetyRail Pedestrian Barricade, an ADA-compliant TPAR device. For more information, please visit www.adabarricade.com, and download our SafetyRail Product & Compliance Guide.

From the article, which is a salute to the American construction worker:

“Many people may not realize it but the construction industry is the most dangerous work on land outside of the military.”

Read the entire article here.

From the article: 

“Sixty-nine citations for violation of a traffic control device have already been issued…[f]ifty -nine of the charges will be dropped, according to the city prosecutor’s office.”

And why is that?  “Of those 69 citations, a large majority of them are going to be dismissed because of improper marking in the construction zone,” [Lt. Tony] Hetrick [Bowling Green PD] said. “It wasn’t as secured as it maybe should have been.”

We notice, at least in this picture, among other issues, there is no temporary pedestrian access route (TPAR).

Read the entire article here.

“A nine-day traffic jam in China is now more than 100 kilometres long and could last for weeks, state media reported Monday.”