Florida DOT Improves Nighttime Traffic Safety
As part of the Nighttime Visibility for Safety Initiative, Florida's Department of Transportation (FDOT) researched multiple lighting solutions at dangerous intersections and directed $100M to its districts to replace high-pressure sodium lighting with LEDs for improved pedestrian visibility. These upgrades resulted in enhancements at 80% of the state’s most dangerous intersections.
At just one intersection in the Tampa Bay area, preliminary results indicate nighttime injuries and fatalities were cut by over 50%. FDOT District 7, which comprises the Tampa Bay area including Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough, and Pinellas counties, installed improved lighting at over 400 intersection locations. Before and after studies reveal a reduction in crash statistics by up to 65%.
Nighttime Visibility for Safety is an FHWA EDC-7 initiative that focuses on deploying countermeasures to safely connect people to the community and essential services. It places an emphasis on visibility improvements in close proximity to publicly active locations such as schools, parks, transit stops, sports complexes, and entertainment.
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Every Day Counts
Every Day Counts (EDC) is a state-based model that identifies and rapidly deploys proven yet underutilized innovations that make our transportation system adaptable, sustainable, and safer for all.
FHWA works with state DOTs, local governments, tribes, private industry and other stakeholders to identify new innovations to champion every two years that merit accelerated deployment.
The EDC initiative is currently in its 7th round (EDC-7).
