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Two company drivers and a leased owner-operator were named WIT's 2024 Drivers of the Year. Also: TCA names 3 Highway Angels of the Year; PrePass expands weigh station bypass services; Drivewyze piloting active work zone alerts in Oregon.
Prepass added four new states and 40 new bypass sites in nine states already in the PrePass network. Also: Drivewyze is testing active work-zone alerts for truckers in Oregon; Truckers Against Trafficking celebrates 15th anniversary; new TA in Arkansas.
A survey of almost 26,000 images taken of U.S. lakes from space reveals seasonal changes in color. Northwest lakes are not changing color in same way as other parts of the country.
Data from over 5,000 work zones from three years was used
A recent study by Carnegie Mellon University looked at the effects of traffic, weather and other factors impacting the safety of highway work zones and increased accident risks in these areas.