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Transportation planners are looking for ways to improve their travel forecasts as Congress debates spending billions of dollars on new infrastructure projects, the kind of roads and bridges that get approved based on optimistic cost underestimates.
Ohio Department of Transportation Rocks slide off a hill on state Route 7 in Washington County. The Ohio Department of Transportation is funding projects that help prevent landslides with money from a $333 million allocation of federal coronavirus relief dollars. Ohio is using millions in federal pandemic relief dollars to try to prevent rock slides on roads in some parts of the state. In recent years, the state has had to close major roads and make expensive repairs to roads in Southern Ohio because of rocks, including large boulders, that slid off hills. Matt Bruning with the Ohio D...
New technology is aiding law enforcement in catching wrong-way drivers faster in hopes of preventing dangerous head-on crashes.
This Memorial Day weekend travel is back and so are high gas prices Alexander Thompson, The Repository © Alexander Thompson/Canton Repository Ron Harper, 40, fuels up his Cadillac at the Sonoco Station west of downtown Canton on May 26, 2021. CANTON – Ohioans are planning to hit the road in droves this Memorial Day weekend after the pandemic led many to stay home last year, according to a new analysis by AAA. Popular Searches However, those drivers can expect to pay for their newfound freedom at the pump with gas prices across the state, especially in Eastern Ohio, at t...
CANTON – Ohioans are planning to hit the road in droves this Memorial Day weekend after the pandemic led many to stay home last year, according to a new analysis by AAA. However, those drivers can expect to pay for their newfound freedom at the pump with gas prices across the state, especially in Eastern Ohio, at their highest levels since 2014, AAA says. The travel club estimates that 1.7 million Ohioans will travel farther than 50 miles, 95% of them by car. That translates to a 57% rise in Memorial Day travel from last year’s record low. "As more people get the COVID-19 vaccine and co...