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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.
RIDOT is examining State roads and highways where it may be possible to save energy costs by reducing overhead street lighting. This is being accomplished by establishing a lighting curfew during the early morning hours when traffic is lightest.
The Department carefully studies each road or intersection for inclusion in the program. RIDOT is updating signage, striping and adding additional reflective elements on these roads and others to improve nighttime visibility of roadway features.
RIDOT has installed lighting system timers on selected highways. These devices turn the lights off from midnight to 5 a.m. on Sunday though Thursday nights and from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.
All locations that are part of the curfew are continually reviewed for any adjustments in timing that might be needed. Additionally, RIDOT has the ability to disable the timers used to operate the curfew programs in times of expected severe weather such as blizzards or tropical storms.
With the inclusion of additional locations in June 2011, RIDOT surpassed the $500,000 mark in terms of savings in electricty. The savings allow RIDOT to preserve the limited funding that is available to maintain the State’s transportation infrastructure.
West Greenwich: I-95 at Exit 5 (Route 102), Exit 6 (Route 3) and Exit 7 (New London Turnpike).
East Greenwich/North Kingstown: Route 4 from Exit 8 in East Greenwich to Route 1 in North Kingstown.
Johnston/Providence: Route 6 from Route 10 in Providence up to and including its link with I-295 at Exit 6 in Johnston.
Portsmouth/Tiverton: Route 24, from the Turnpike Avenue interchange in Portsmouth to the Massachusetts state line, excluding the Sakonnet River Bridge and the Park and Ride on Boyds Lane in Portsmouth.
Cranston/Warwick: Route 37 from the Post Road exit in Warwick to the Route 2 exit in Cranston.
Cumberland/Lincoln: All of Route 99, excluding the Route 146 interchange.
North Kingstown/Jamestown: Route 138, from the Route 1 interchange to the Pell Bridge, excluding the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge and the Park and Ride at Route 1A and Route 138.
East Greenwich/North Kingstown: All of Route 403.
Warwick: The intersection of Route 5 at Route 113.