the lost cause fight continues at the arkansas legislature update

Through an initiative called Connected Citizens, it has been partnering and sharing data with dozens of cities around the world to help streamline day to day traffic patterns and inform long term infrastructure decisions. In Boston, transportation officials pored through Waze data to find streets with rampant double parking and to hand out tickets to avoid backups. In Rio de Janeiro, the city is using Waze to help plan for the 2016 Olympics.

Reflecting on two decades as a dermatologist, Patel notes advances in technology as with any field of medicine but stands by the same general approach she studied at the turn of the century. “When it comes to skin cancer,” she explains, “the answer is to still take it out. The procedure I do most micrographic surgery is considered cutting edge, but it hasn’t changed much since I left my training.

The decrease in fatalities for 2010 occurred despite an estimated increase of nearly 21 billion miles in national vehicle miles traveled.A regional breakdown showed the greatest drop in fatalities occurred in the Pacific Northwest states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska, where they dropped by 12 percent. Arizona, California and Hawaii had the next steepest decline, nearly 11 percent.”The decrease in traffic fatalities is a good sign, but we are always working to save lives,” said NHTSA Administrator David Strickland. “NHTSA will continue pressing forward on all of our safety initiatives to make sure our roads are as safe as they can possibly be.”The Department of Transportation (DOT) has taken a comprehensive approach to reducing roadway fatalities by promoting strong traffic safety laws coupled with high visibility enforcement and through rigorous vehicle safety programs and public awareness campaigns.In 2009, Secretary LaHood launched a national anti distracted driving campaign modeled on other successful NHTSA efforts to reduce fatalities, such as its Over the Limit Under Arrest and Click It Or Ticket campaigns to curb drunk driving and increase seat belt use.

The decision we have to make is given that the provincial regulations seem to say a skating rink can remain open, are the rules in place adequate to protect safety? second will be the optics of people being allowed to go skating when the default position is to say please stay home. Same with tobogganing. These are the discussions we have to have today, but I will tell you the provincial regulation doesn call for the closing of skating rinks or tobogganing hills.