Transportation: Page 140

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    New York City’s better way to pay traffic tickets

    New York City utilizes PayNearMe to help people pay for traffic fines with cash during non-business hours, while also relieving processing work for the city's Traffic Violations Bureau.

    By Jason Axelrod • Feb. 6, 2017
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    Georgia county police use drones to investigate serious traffic wrecks (with related video)

    The Gwinnett County, Ga., police department has expanded its accident investigation technology with the addition of a drone. The device will also be used for other law enforcement tasks.

    By Michael Keating • Aug. 30, 2016
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    Top 5 stories from Smart Cities Dive

    From worsening climate change to a shifting transportation landscape and the housing affordability crisis, cities have their work cut out for them.

    By Smart Cities Dive staff
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    Mobile carriers adding IoT connections faster than new phones

    AT&T said it's adding cellular connections in cars faster than connections to phones and tablets combined.

    By Justine Brown • Aug. 15, 2016
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    Some tips on properly storing road salt (with related video)

    What is a good way to store road salt? For bulk salt supplies, one popular option is to store the material in a maintenance-free, relocatable fabric structure.

    Feb. 26, 2016
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    Fabric structure efficiently stores road salt in Illinois

    ClearSpan provided large fabric structures to the Illinois Department of Transportation to help store large quantities of salt.

    By Jason Axelrod • Feb. 25, 2016
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    Portable traffic signals—the evolution of traffic control

    According to one vendor, portable traffic signals have evolved greatly.

    Aug. 18, 2015
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    Parks as community development

    Peter Harnik, director of the Center for City Park Excellence at The Trust for Public Land and Kyle Barnhart, a senior intern at the center, opine on parks as community development.

    June 24, 2015
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    School bus now available on Ford Transit platform (with related video)

    Blue Bird is the first manufacturer to build a production Type A school bus on the Ford Transit cutaway chassis. The chassis offers good fuel economy.

    By Michael Keating • May 28, 2015
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    Ford introduces concept vehicle for prison transport (with related video)

    Ford has introduced a concept vehicle for prison transport. It is the 2015 Ford Transit Prisoner Transport Vehicle, or Transit PTV.

    By Michael Keating • Sept. 30, 2014
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    Sex trafficking a major problem in America

    Although rarely witnessed in our day-to-day lives, the sex trade is thriving in America.

    By Derek Prall • May 7, 2014
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    DOT eliminates deadlines for replacing traffic signs

    The change could save local governments millions of dollars.

    By Larry Conley • June 4, 2012
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    Snow-covered LED traffic signals: traffic hazard or not?

    Several newspapers in the Midwest carried an Associated Press story in December headlined: "Energy-Efficient Traffic Lights Can't Melt Snow," with the subhead, "Traffic accidents are blamed on energy-efficient traffic lights getting covered with snow."

    By Michael Keating • Feb. 2, 2010
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    Government fleet counts: Up, up, up

    The police department of Lewiston, Idaho, has launched a new $225,000 computer system that can transmit calls without relying on radios.

    Jan. 12, 2009
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    After a successful kidney transplant, former drummer hasn’t missed a beat

    “I was impressed with his teaching style,” said student Sharon Stiffler of Hillsboro, Ore. “My first impression was his calm manner. He is confident in his teaching. He has a lot of experience and it showed. It was a fun class and a great way to learn.”

    By Darin Matthews, CPPO, CPSM, NIGP-CPP • May 1, 2008
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    Faa Deploys New Communications Gateway At Air Traffic Control Centers

    Taking a major step toward furthering the modernization of the air traffic control system, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the deployment

    Feb. 24, 2006
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    U.S. Investigation Fuels Wildlife Trafficking Arrests In Brazil

    A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investigation of wildlife smuggling that sent a Florida businessman to prison for 40 months has helped Federal authorities in Brazil break up a criminal network illegally trafficking in tribal handicrafts made from protected species.

    July 12, 2004
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    Measuring fleet performance

    10 top ways fleet managers can remain competitive with private fleet operators.

    By Bill DeRousse • May 1, 2004
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    Alternative Fuel Bus Developed For Yellowstone Park

    A modernized version of the traditional Yellowstone National Park tour bus has been developed as a low emission, cost effective community and transit

    Nov. 26, 2003
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    Advanced Air Traffic Control System Installed At Philadelphia Airport

    The first Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) has been installed at Philadelphia International Airport according to the the U.S. Department.

    Aug. 8, 2003
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    Ensuring the longevity of local roads

    Cities and counties of all sizes have adopted pavement management systems (PMSs) to extend the lives of their paved streets and to stretch the taxpayer's.

    By Tom Kuennen • April 1, 2002
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    Reconfiguration to make Triangle safer

    The Grandview Triangle in Kansas City, Mo., has one of the fastest-growing rush hour traffic rates in the country.

    Nov. 30, 2000
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    Solving fabric problems in road repair

    Over the past several years, a number of failures have cropped up with paving fabric placed as an interlayer between an older asphalt pavement and a new asphalt overlay.

    By Mike Phillips • Jan. 1, 2000
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    Central Artery pumps new life into Boston

    In baseball, Boston is known for the Green Monster, the 60-foot-high left field wall at Fenway Park that has frustrated many a hitter. But the city has another Green Monster: the green steel elevated section of Interstate 93 that runs through the city’s heart.

    By David Beck • June 1, 1999
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    Herbicides help Illinois DOT control roadside weeds

    Mowing is the standard method for eliminating weeds and woody brush from highway roadsides. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), however, has found herbicides to be a more effective solution.

    March 1, 1998
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    Despite setbacks, Atlanta’s big wheels keep turning

    The buses were just beginning to roll into Atlanta for the 1996 Olympic Games when the city was rear-ended with potentially bad news: some transit officials, who had earlier promised the Federal Transit Administration and city officials that they would loan buses for the Games, have put their plans into reverse, cutting contributions to the Olympic fleet.

    By Kari Hudson • July 1, 1996