Highway Safety News
Pennsbury High School Voted Winner Of Teen Driver Safety Video PSA Challenge!
We are pleased to announce that Pennsbury High School of Fairless Hills has been voted the winner of this year’s Teen Driver Safety Video PSA Challenge powered by Comcast! Pennsbury was voted the winner over six other Bucks County high schools by the Reality student writers of the Bucks County Courier Ti...
The Safety & Benefits of Cycling Webinar Recap
Watch a recording of our April 17 online seminar, The Safety & Benefits Of Cycling, as us, Partnership TMA of Montgomery County and The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia joined together for a webinar to create awareness, educate and promote bicycle safety. This webinar also provided valuable infor...
New Tool To Help Riders Find Bike Routes With Less Car Traffic
The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission has launched Ruti which is a new, text-message-based, trip planning tool that finds the bike route with the least amount of car traffic or traffic stress. The text-message-based conversational app, developed by AG Strategic Design, uses Google Maps routing i...
PennDOT Recognizes National Work Zone Awareness Week
The Pennsylvania State Police, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission hosted an event on April 26 to kick off National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW). The week, designated to highlight the critical importance of safe driving through work zones, runs ...
Multimodal Transportation Fund Investments To Improve Safety & Mobility In Bucks County
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that 43 highway, bridge, rail, and bike and pedestrian projects in 21 counties were selected for $45.9 million in funding through the Multimodal Transportation Fund. Four projects were selected for Bucks County: Yardley Borough – $312,147 to construct approxi...
If You Feel Different, You Drive Different. Drug-Impaired Driving Of Any Kind Is Dangerous & Illegal
Although its origins are uncertain, April 20th (more commonly known as 4/20) has become synonymous with marijuana use and, in some circles, the date is a marijuana “holiday.” On Tuesday, April 20, 2021, there will likely be an increase in marijuana use. To help keep drug-impaired drivers off the roads,...
Check Out The 2021 Teen Driver Safety Video PSA Challenge Entries!
Despite our Bucks County High School Seatbelt Safety Challenge main contest not being able to be held once again due to COVID-19, we are pleased to announce the submissions for this school year’s Teen Driver Safety Video PSA Challenge powered by Comcast! All area high schools had the opportunity this sch...
PennDOT To Begin Project To Improve Travel & Safety On County Line Road
PennDOT District 6 has announced that construction will begin on Monday, March 8 on a project to reconstruct and improve a three-mile section of County Line Road from Kulp Road to Route 611 (Easton Road) in Warrington Township, Bucks County and Horsham Township, Montgomery County. Improvements to be made u...
Highway Safety Law Awareness Week Recap
Our Community Traffic Safety Program participated in the 2021 PennDOT Highway Safety Law Awareness Week. In case you missed the important info we shared to educate the Bucks County community here is a great recap video! ...
Bucks County Pedestrian Study Portal Is Launched
The Bucks County Planning Commission has announced it has launched the Bucks County Pedestrian Study Portal. According to the Governor's Highway Safety Commission, over 6,000 pedestrians were killed nationwide in 2018. That same study indicates that 90 Pennsylvanians died at the hands of drivers during tha...
