Should cyclist be registered too?<\/h3>\nCyclists residing in Georgia my soon need to register their bikes with the state \u2013 or get fined up to $100. The proposed licensing law — which has been gaining interest in state governments including California, Michigan, and Ohio — \u00a0would be the first of its kind in the country. In addition to requiring bikes licenses-plates the size of car-plates, the law also mandates single-file riding and restricts group travel. Read More<\/a>\n\nSource:<\/strong> USA Today\n

A traffic jam worthy of the constitution<\/h3>\nThis morning, 45-plus trucks entered the Washington D.C. Beltway for the Truckers Ride for the Constitution<\/a>\u00a0rally. The newly-formed organization \u2013 which has already gained over 170,000 \u201clikes\u201d on Facebook \u2013 is protesting the government shutdown, low driver-wages and other issues they\u2019ve deemed unconstitutional. \u00a0The \u201cTruckers\u201d plan to clog the beltway, by taking slow laps, for the next 24-hours and may continue through Monday. Their actions beg the question, \u201cwill traffic jams on the beltway be noticed?\u201d Read More<\/a>\n\nSource:<\/strong> Washington Post\n

These new LED signs help you get out of traffic<\/h3>\nThe best way to get around any big city is to travel with a local. That’s especially true if that city is Boston, notorious for unmanageable roads. Well, Boston’s Seaport District has found the next best thing. They\u2019ve dotted the freeway with LED \u201ctime to destination\u201d signs that give drivers alternative exits and estimate travel times for each route. Read More<\/a>\n\nSource:<\/strong> Boston.com\n

This traffic safety equipment reduces carbon emissions<\/h3>\n

<\/h3>\nThe City of Roanoke, Virginia saved over half a million dollars in energy costs by switching standard light bulbs with LED bulbs in traffic signals. The change — part of an overall strategy to reduce carbon emissions 12.5 percent \u2013 has pushed Roanoke past their goal by 3 percent and is responsible for a third of the city\u2019s 4.2 million kilowatt-hours reduction. Roanoke City Council also reports the long-lasting bulbs have helped them save on labor and materials. Read More<\/a>\n\nSource:<\/strong> The Roanoke Times","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Should cyclist be registered too? Cyclists residing in Georgia my soon need to register their bikes with the state \u2013 or get fined up to $100. The proposed licensing law — which has been gaining interest in state governments including California, Michigan, and Ohio — \u00a0would be the first of its kind in the country. In addition to requiring bikes … Continue reading “Week in Traffic: Cycle Laws, Smarter Road Signs, and The Truck Driver’s Fight For Democracy”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,60],"tags":[119,120,121],"class_list":["post-1141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-traffic-safety","category-new-technology","tag-led-signs","tag-registered-bicycles","tag-truckers-ride"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.trafficsafetystore.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}