More than half of the fatal transportation incidents occurred on highways.
The Kansas Department of Transportation reported that many highways in the central part of the state, including Interstate 70, were completely covered by snow and ice on Monday morning.
Moreover, a study by the Texas Transportation Institute found that highways with diamond lanes lacking a physical barrier separating them from regular lanes have a 50 percent higher incidence of injury accidents.
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Transportation officials reopened several closed highways, including a stretch of Interstate 70 spanning from Denver to Colby, Kan.
The Recovery Act has made possible over 12, 500 transportation construction projects, from rebuilding highways to improving our airports.
More than half (57%) of the 1, 898 fatal transportation-related incidents occurred on highways, and involved motorized land vehicles.
The West Virginia Department of Transportation reported accidents on three major highways in the state and said fallen trees and power lines were complicating efforts to clear roads.
Moving inland means lower wages, but higher transportation costs on China's crowded highways and railroads.
The Ryan budget cuts transportation spending in a country that has neglected its highways and bridges for over half a century.
Perhaps he should ask the head of the Department of Transportation whether there is a requirement to repair federal highways and build new ones.
The more we pay for highways with general revenues or by cutting other spending, the more transportation looks like any other government program.
Though the state's transportation authorities strongly advised citizens not to drive, some interstate highways in Oklahoma were jammed with stalled traffic, as heavy rains drenched roadways and flooded low-lying areas.
U.S. transportation departments would like to use the systems to gather information from the highways.
State and federal transportation departments also would like to use the systems to gather information from the highways.
The Missouri Department of Transportation issued a "no travel" advisory asking people to stay off affected highways except in case of a dire emergency.
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