Tag: oregon
Road use fee linked to creepy vehicle tracking program
Some drivers are already being watched carefully: Car-share companies such as Zipcar track their cars’ moves, and EZPass users willingly hand over their tollway locations every time they hit a toll. But a new development may mean that the government wants the authority be able to track vehicles — and bill them accordingly, reports the National […]
Oregon DOT lays down bike traffic signals best practices
Last month, the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration released guidance for bike traffic signals in the U.S. in an extensive report titled “Operational Guidance for Bicycle-Specific Traffic Signals in the United States,” and prepared with the aid of the Portland State University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The researchers’ objectives […]
