Arrive safely and on time to all of your year-end holiday events with traffic info from FDOT Whether you will be driving home or going on vacation during the holidays, Florida drivers and visitors should plan ahead with Florida Department of Transportation’s (FDOT) Florida 511 Traveler Information System. According to AAA, more than 4.8 million…
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) cares about our travelers each and every day and reminds those traveling to be particularly aware during increased holiday traffic. FDOT prepared a video to remind the traveling public of ways to help make our travels safer. The video link is https://youtu.be/D2nH7TjFkl0. Current construction projects in the Jacksonville area exceed…
It’s back to school time in Northeast Florida! Are you prepared for additional traffic, student bicyclists and walkers? Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Ride your bicycle in the same direction as traffic and obey all traffic signs, signals, and lane markings. Pedestrians should use the sidewalk; if there is not one, walk on the side of…
A new $44.2 million high-rise bridge on Heckscher Drive over Sisters Creek on the St. Johns River opens to traffic Monday, ending a little more than two years of construction. The new bridge features two 12-foot travel lanes, 10-foot shoulders and six-foot sidewalks on both sides of the bridge. The new bridge replaces a 1950s…
Across the globe, transportation agencies and car makers are testing smart cars and smart highways – including autonomous cars and trucks that drive themselves. But before any of that technology can work on U.S. highways, major investments in technology and infrastructure have to be made in the form of cameras, video detection devices, variable message…
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