Transportation Department announces $800M for traffic safety improvement
Source: UPI
The program will see $5 billion distributed over five years on the regional and local levels. It is part of President Joe Biden's $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill passed in 2021.
Wednesday's announcement addressed 510 separate projects, including everything from better sidewalks and crosswalks, to redesigned roads and intersections. It comes one day after the department launched a data visualization tool which identifies locations of frequent traffic collisions.
U.S. traffic fatalities reached 42,915 in 2021, their highest total in 16 years. The department estimates 2022 totals will remain near that level.
A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report pegged the cost of motor vehicle accidents in 2019 at $340 billion.
Read more: https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/02/01/transportation-department-funding-road-safety/3741675293965/
Pretty interesting - you can type in the name of your county, and see a map of traffic fatality spots near you, with the tool mentioned in the article. Tool here:
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9e0e6b7397734c1387172bbc0001f29b
