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Special strips showing up on local highways (The Escanaba Daily Press)
ESCANABA - If you're driving in your car on U.S. 2 and 41 and feel a jolt, get back in your lane. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been busy installing "rumble strips," grooved areas ground into asphalt to deter lane drifting. The areas are located along the center line on two-way traffic roads. Many highways already had similar strips along the shoulder.
Nigeria: Curbing Armed Robbery Menace on Our Highways (AllAfrica.com)
Over the past two years, Nigerians had heaved a sigh of relief at the drastic reduction of violent crimes on the nation's highways, especially in the luxury buses.
Stony Point moves to ban large trucks from local roads (The Journal News)
Overweight trucks will soon be banned from using some local roads in Stony Point while the James A. Farley Memorial Bridge continues to undergo inspection.
Carts Could Come Onto Roads (KAAL Austin)
(KAAL) -- One town is looking at an alternative way to help people save money and pain at the pump. Now residents in Clear Lake could soon be taking their golf carts off the greens and onto the roads.
Many tourists cycle on our highways — LETTER — COMMENT ON THIS LETTER (The Sault Star)
The recent flurry of articles and discussion regarding the presence of cyclists on our highways has overlooked a point that should be of great interest to our tourism sector. The number of touring cyclists travelling each summer season is growing, and their consequent contribution to the areas through [...]
Government looking at photo radar for some provincial highways (Vancouver Sun)
CALGARY -- The Alberta government is weighing whether to allow photo radar on some provincial highways, the province's top police officer says.
Flood-damaged roads could see quick repairs (Quad-City Times)
MUSCATINE, Iowa — Iowa Department of Transportation officials have fast-tracked repairs for area highways damaged by last month’s floods.
Expert: Longer trucks dangerous, damaging (The News & Observer)
Legislation to allow longer trucks on state highways will boost the risk of truck crashes, deaths and injuries and cause more damage to North Carolina’s roads and bridges, a national safety advocate says.
Nigeria: Fixing Country's Roads (AllAfrica.com)
An important contribution to our understanding of Nigeria's poor roads was published in Vanguard on June 24, 2008 - "Special Focus: Nigeria's Decaying Roads".
Paved and unpaved roads discussed (Brainerd Dispatch)
[Roads, both paved and gravel, were on the minds of Crow Wing County commissioners Tuesday.