Roads

Rural roads may be dangerous for young drivers

harminka — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:45:24 -0500

Results from Australia's largest study of young drivers have shown that they are at significant risk of crash on rural roads. According to researchers from The George Institute, young drivers living in rural areas are more likely to be involved in serious crashes than those in urban areas.

University Maps Out America's Deadliest Roads

harminka — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:28:51 -0500

Would you be surprised to learn that nine people died last year on the highway you take to work everyday? Or would you be shocked to see that six teenagers died within five miles of your home in fatal car accidents?

New roadside beautification concept studied

harminka — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:47:03 -0500

Travel America's highways or drive down any city street this summer and you'll probably see them. From small, manicured beds of flowers maintained by community volunteers to extensive landscaping projects along America's byways, roadside gardens are taking root.

Lasers, Software and the Devil's Slide

harminka — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:28:25 -0500

New system lets engineers safely excavate roadway tunnel beneath landslide-prone stretch of California's Highway 1

An accident? Construction work? A bottleneck? No, just too much traffic

harminka — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:13:26 -0600

A new study from a Japanese research group explains why we’re occasionally caught in traffic jams for no visible reason. The real origin of traffic jams often has nothing to do with obvious obstructions such as accidents or construction work but is simply the result of there being too many cars on the road.

Roads not taken disappear more quickly than we realize

harminka — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 07:32:50 -0600

Researchers have identified a key reason why people make mistakes when they try to predict what they will like.

Toll road privatization may result in indirect impacts

harminka — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:29:06 -0600

Privatizing toll roads in the U.S. may result in significant diversions of truck traffic from privatized toll roads to "free" roads, and may result in more crashes and increased costs associated with use of other roads, according to a new study.

Engineers hope to build better roads by using ethanol co-products

harminka — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:02:49 -0500

Iowa's soil is great for growing corn. But it's not so great for building roads.

Made in IBM Labs: IBM Researches Cars With "Reflex" Technology

Anastvatz — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:21:11 -0500

IBM Research Effort to Enable Vehicles to Exchange Information With Roads, Cars and Drivers to Reduce Traffic Congestion and Prevent Accidents

World Bank Approves Five Operations for Serbia

Anastvatz — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:40:48 -0500

Projects support Serbia's Regional Development, Agricultural Competitiveness, Flood Control, Road Rehabilitation and Safety, and Energy Efficiency