Conducts 2-3 short courses each year for executives from the taxicab industry. Courses are taught on-site at progressive taxi facilities. Topics include maintenance, dispatching, risk management. Participants are given certificates. Transit Operations Group C. G. Gilbert NC Department of Transportation Support provided for NC State University to promote the use of new communications and control technologies in the public transit industry in NC and elsewhere.
Group conducts research and training courses.
The purpose of the project is to determine whether drivers perform differently in work zones with fluorescent orange signs compared to standard orange signs. We are measuring several safety-related variables using manual methods. The results should help state departments of transportation decide whether investments in fluorescent orange signs are worthwhile in work zones. Accidents on Secondary Highways and Countermeasures J. E. Hummer and W. H. Swallow Southeastern Transportation Center Fatal and injury accident rates are highest in the Southeastern U.S., and rates on rural and suburban secondary highways are especially high. Our team will conduct a detailed investigation of those rates.