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RNZ News
3 days ago
- Automotive
- RNZ News
NZTA secretly using cameras in city billboards
transport policy 27 minutes ago The Transport Agency has been secretly using cameras in billboards at city intersections to track cars and trucks. Phil Pennington spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
Bloomberg
15-07-2025
- Automotive
- Bloomberg
The Dutch Intersection Is Coming to Save Your Life
About once a month, Californian advocacy group Bike East Bay organizes classes for adults who forgot, or never learned, the basics of cycling. They're almost always fully booked, says advocacy director Robert Prinz. During the three-hour sessions, most people get the hang of steering, pedaling and keeping balance. 'Then the question becomes, 'OK, now where do I ride?'' Prinz says. Participants often express anxiety about riding in traffic. Navigating intersections is especially daunting. There's the risk of ' right hook ' crashes, where an inattentive driver turns directly into the path of a cyclist riding straight through a junction. Left turns can mean merging into traffic or waiting in the middle of a vast square of naked asphalt for oncoming traffic to clear. Collisions are common.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Get ready, Lloyd Expressway drivers: Revamped intersections will open this week
After months of construction, revamped intersections on the Lloyd Expressway in Evansville are set to open this week. Weather permitting, the Lloyd's new interchanges with Stockwell Road will be unveiled to the public on Wednesday after the "morning peak travel period" ends, the Indiana Department of Transportation said in a news release Monday morning. Motorists heading east on the Lloyd and looking to turn north onto Stockwell will come upon a displaced left. They'll have to enter the left turn lanes right as they pass Vann Avenue and well before they reach the main intersection. "Pay attention to signs and pavement markings to avoid missing your opportunity to go north," the release states. Westbound Lloyd drivers wanting to head south on Stockwell, meanwhile, will navigate a boulevard left. They will actually go through the main intersection and then spill into a left turn lane that will eventually allow them to make a U-turn. That will send them back the opposite direction to then turn right onto Stockwell. According to the release, police officers will be on scene to "encourage traffic calming" − as in, make sure drivers navigate the designs smoothly. On Tuesday, crews will actually block traditional left turns onto northbound Stockwell to prep for the unveiling. And there will be additional closures as workers add new pavement striping between Stockwell and the Pigeon Creek Bridge. The Stockwell work is one small part of the yearslong, $100 million overhaul of the Lloyd Expressway that's meant to improve safety and travel times. And as one project ends, two more are set to begin. On Monday, crews planned to begin prep work for huge undertakings at two of the busiest intersections in Evansville: the Lloyd and Burkhart Road, and the Lloyd and Cross Pointe Boulevard. Both will receive displaced left turns in each direction. Drivers will start to see closures of interior lanes as workers remove concrete medians. This article originally appeared on Evansville Courier & Press: When will new intersections open on Evansville's Lloyd Expressway?
CTV News
19-06-2025
- Automotive
- CTV News
New study reveals pedestrians narrowly miss being struck at intersections every day in Canada
Andrew Brennan breaks down a new CAA study highlighting the dangers facing pedestrians and cyclists at intersections in Canada. A new study commissioned by the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) uncovered more than 600,000 near-miss incidents involving pedestrians and cyclists at intersections across Canada. The seven-month study, conducted with Miovision, collected data at 20 intersections using 360-degree cameras and artificial intelligence to track near misses that aren't typically recorded by police. 'These aren't just close calls, they are collisions waiting to happen,' said Teresa Di Felice, assistant vice president of government and community relations at CAA South Central Ontario. Near-miss intersection A new study reveals pedestrians and cyclists face high-risk near-misses every day in Canada. (CAA / Miovision) The study found one in every 770 pedestrians and one in every 500 cyclists experienced a high-risk near-miss. Right-turning vehicles posed the greatest risk, involved in over half of pedestrian and cyclist close calls. Left-turning vehicles were involved in roughly one-third of near-miss incidents. 'The findings are clear, near-misses are not isolated events, they are daily warnings that demand attention,' said Di Felice. CAA estimates that serious near-misses happen multiple times each day at some locations. CAA study Footage that CAA reviewed a showing a near miss between a vehicle and pedestrians in a Canadian city. Uploaded June 18, 2025. (CAA) The study also identified intersection designs that help reduce near-misses, including dedicated left-turn lanes, leading pedestrian intervals that give pedestrians a head start, and advanced green lights for turning vehicles. According to CAA, tracking near misses allows cities to improve safety before collisions happen. The organization is urging municipal and provincial governments to adopt technology-based monitoring and make proactive changes based on this data.
CTV News
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Charlottetown launches a new public art project
Atlantic Watch The city of Charlottetown is bringing vibrant creativity to key intersections across the municipality
