Center for Transportation Research News

United States Fire Administration (USFA), in partnership with the International Fire Service Training Association (IFSTA), has released the “Emergency Vehicle Visibility and Conspicuity Study.”
The report provides recommendations to improve emergency vehicle and roadway operations safety for firefighters, law enforcement officers, EMS providers and others who must work on roads during emergencies. The U.S. Department of [...]

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In Houston, Texas, a city-commissioned study examined the effect of the Safe Clear program from 2005 through 2008 and found there were 120 fewer accidents per month, on average, compared to the baseline year of 2004. Safe Clear gives one towing company the exclusive right to clear disabled vehicles from designated highway segments, eliminating competition [...]

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South Carolina Department of Transportation wants to reduce the number of accidents caused by vehicles that run off the road.
According to Bob Thomas, assistant division administrator of the S.C. Division Office of the Federal Highway Administration, during the last five years, (2004-08), 54 percent of all the fatalities reported in South Carolina involved [...]

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