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Click it or Ticket Campaign begins in Missouri this week Missouri has seen a 6% increase of deaths in vehicle crashes due to unbuckled passengers since 2020, which had a 12% increase from 2019. Officials say if every one on the roads buckled up, it could save more than 200 lives each year.. Posted: May 24, 2021 6:36 PM Posted By: Mitchell Riberal (ST.JOSEPH, Mo) Monday marks the beginning of the Click it or Ticket campaign. "Theres officers who can look across the median on the Interstate and...

LENOX — The town has hired a traffic engineering firm to collect and analyze information this week that could lead to safety upgrades at a key, accident-prone local intersection.

Ramp meters going up at six I-90 on-ramps across Spokane starting Tuesday April 12, 2021 6:41 PM Katerina Chryssafis Updated: SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane continues to grow and with that growth comes more traffic. It’s why the Washington State Department of Transportation is launching a new project to make merging onto I-90 safer for everyone. “We started a study back in 2017, quite a while ago, to look at the operations of I-90,” said Glen Wagemann, Traffic Engine...

Despite advice against it, City Council will vote on lowering speed on Greenville Loop Road Greenville Loop Road speed limit By WECT Staff | March 16, 2021 at 6:38 AM EDT - Updated March 16 at 7:09 AM Earlier this month City Council heard suggestions from Denys Vielkanowitz, the city’s traffic engineer who did suggest making some improvements for safety to the road, however, advised against dropping the speed limits. Still, Councilman Charlie Rivenbark has sponsored an ordinance that ...

Kure Beach Speed Limit Change Now Being Enforced Kure Beach Speed Limit Change Now Being Enforced Featured By WILLARD KILLOUGH III Managing Editor KURE BEACH - The Kure Beach Town Council approved lowering the speed limit on Fort Fisher Blvd during their November 16th, 2020 meeting and  changed the speed limit to 25 mph from Alabama Avenue to H Avenue on US Hwy 421 due to concerns expressed by area residents. According to the Town in a notice issued last week, " Now that D...

Graphic compliments of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is seeking a consultant to provide plans, specifications, and a cost estimate related to improvements at the Egan and Yandukin Drive intersection. According to a department document, the project is to include the design of permanent changeable message boards to indicate seasonal chan...

Robert L. “Bob” Moser, age 85, of Hannibal, MO passed away Saturday, January 9, 2021, at his home. Private graveside services and burial will be held at 2:00 p.m.,Tuesday, January 12, 2021, at Glendale Memorial Gardens in Centralia, MO. Rev. Vance McIntosh from First Christian Church will officiate. The graveside service will be streamed live on the Smith Funeral Home & Chapel Facebook page, starting a few minutes before two o’clock on Tuesday. The service may be viewed on Bob’s m...

With an increase in development and improvement applications, Frederick officials are considering adding another traffic engineer position to the city’s staff. A move by the aldermen would move money in the city’s engineering department to replace a currently vacant lead survey tech position, Engineering Department Manager Scott Helgeson told the aldermen at a workshop Wednesday. The average time for an engineering review for improvement plans has increased from 24 days to 38 over thr...

Rhetorical corner that we dont want to be parked in. >> thats a really good point. i dont know enough is actually a more honest and forthright way of saying im not a scientist. >> im not an accountant. >> right. >> im not a baker. >> a traffic engineer. im not a air force pilot. i mean theres a lot of things you have to make decisions on. >> i think part of the job of the reporter is to strip away the -- these are disingenuous responses. >> right. >> and you dont have to necessarily jump all ove...

>> im not an accountant. im not a baker. >> traffic engineer. im not air force pilot. theres a lot of things you have to make decisions on. >> i think part of the job of the reporter is to strip away the -- these are disingenuous responses. you dont have to necessarily jump all over a candidate. there are ways that you can -- especially if the beat reporters who are with them, you can work on the questions maybe. you have more than one chance to get it in the course of time. you listen to how a ...