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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Board of Directors recently voted to elect RIDOT Director Michael P. Lewis to serve as the association's president. Read more here.
RIDOT is seeking proposals from community-based organizations for seat belt education campaigns. The Department is making $1 million available over a four-year period for programs that increase seat belt usage, including proper usage of child seats. Click here to learn more.
Governor Lincoln D. Chafee on October 1 signed Rhode Island's 2012 Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP). The plan is a blueprint for moving Toward Zero Deaths, a national effort to cut traffic fatalities and serious injuries in half by 2030. Watch a video on TZD that premiered at the SHSP signing event.
RIDOT and the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office have teamed up to bring AT&T's "Txtng & Drivng ... It Can Wait" awareness campaign to high schools throughout Rhode Island this year. Click here to watch the compelling 10-minute video being shown as part of this program.
RIDOT is now accepting applications from vendors to help the Department with plowing and sanding operations.
RIDOT is installing murals on bridge abutments and retaining walls that are prone to graffiti, beginning with this mural on I-195 West in East Providence. Click on the photo to enlarge the image or click here to learn more about the latest installation along I-95 in Pawtucket.
RIDOT is proud to introduce Resonate, a series of new initiatives that marks the Department's commitment to the community and the men and women who dedicate themselves to provide the best transportation system possible for Rhode Islanders.
In 2011, RIDOT completed two projects aimed at improving nighttime visibility along limited access highways and three of the sharpest curves on I-95.
Starting in August 2011, RIDOT installed roadside delineators along many highways throughout Rhode Island including all Interstate highways, limited access highways and some major arterial roads and bridges.
The markers were placed on both sides of the road to complement pavement markings and better define the edges of the roadway. Along curves and exits, their spacing is tighter, providing another visual cue of a change in road direction.
In October 2011, RIDOT installed numerous reflective signs and markers on I-95 North and South in the area of the Thurbers Avenue curve in Providence (near Exit 18), as well as at the Pawtucket “S” curve (near Exit 29) and the Lonsdale Avenue curve (near Exit 26) in Pawtucket.
The improvements included the placement of the words “Curve Ahead” in every lane of the highway leading into each curve, both northbound and southbound. These reflective pavement markings were complemented by reflective markers embedded in the driving surface, delineating the lanes of travel. Other reflective markers on posts, attached to the top of Jersey barriers and affixed to the side of others barriers, further illuminate curves and show how the highway changes direction.