For the first time in six years, motor vehicle deaths fell last year, mostly because of increased seat belt use, federal highway officials said Tuesday.
He added that demographic trends were working against highway officials, with the number of people over 65 growing rapidly.
But that does not hold for the lights-and-gates program, where federal highway officials have spent $1.7 billion since 1973 to make grade crossings safer.
This was built as a compromise between the state's park department and highway officials.
On that score, executives and highway officials say things are getting better, thanks to the quickly plunging cost of technology.
She was aghast that highway officials acted without having informed her.
Last month, highway officials started a statewide telephone information network.
On the basis of these findings, federal highway officials refused to seek a large-scale, more complete environmental impact assessment for the project.
One went on record as stating highway officials, "are messing with the wrong guy.
Not really, say transportation experts and highway officials.