When: February 8 – 12, 2019 Location: Tampa Convention Center, 333 S. Franklin Street, Tampa, Florida Trantex will be attending the ATSSA’s 2019 Traffic Expo in Tampa, Florida from February 8th through February 12th, 2019. Our company will be located at booth number 1501, click here to view a map. We will be introducing our newest products and talking about …
Tips and Rules for Driving in Work Zones
Let’s be honest: driving through work zones is one of those things that’s almost universally disliked. Being forced to lower your speed, sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic, and travel over rough roads is no fun, so it’s understandable that many drivers get frustrated when they see those distinctive orange signs. There is no excuse for being reckless while passing through a …
How Certain Structures and Equipment Can Make Roads Safer
Unless you work in the transportation or road construction industries, chances are, you don’t give much thought in your daily life to traffic calming methods. As their name implies, traffic calming methods are techniques used to reduce traffic speeds (and the practice of “cutting through” private streets) in order to decrease the risk of accidents and promote better safety for …
City of Grand Prairie: Traffic Signal Box Art Project
What an awesome achievement for Grand Prairie Independent School District 8th grader Sydney Merlau, daughter of Chelle Meyers Merlau! Her “Take Flight” artwork, which celebrates monarch butterflies and the annual Flight of the Monarch Festival hosted by the Grand Prairie Parks, Arts & Recreation Department was one of the 20 commissions for the City of Grand Prairie – Municipal Government Traffic Signal Box Public Art Project. Sharon …
Driverless Car Service Coming to North Texas this summer
A California-based tech company is partnering with local authorities in the region to bring the self-driving vehicle service to area residents. The city of Frisco in the North Texas region is reportedly set to get the nation’s first self-driving car service. The service will first be accessible in July for roughly 10,000 employees working in a cluster of corporate offices located …
Work Zone Safety Awareness Week
In recognition of National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 9-13, 2018 we would like to remind Texas drivers that every day needs caution when driving through work zones. As the state’s population continues to rise, which means more than 2,500 active TxDOT work zones can be active at any given time. Reported in 2017 were 27,148 work zone crashes in …
Ford Proposes new system of marshalling traffic?
I don’t know about this one? What do you think? Marshalling Traffic Through Car-To-Car Crypto Communications Ford Motor Company has filed a patent for an apparatus for vehicle-to-vehicle communication methods that involves the exchange of crypto tokens to facilitate traffic flow!
ATSSA Announces Traffic Control Device Challenge
National contest challenges transportation and engineering students to enhance roadway safety August 03, 2017 – 02:09 PM ATSSA, Innovation, Press Release Fredericksburg, Va. (August 1, 2017) – The American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) has announced the second annual “Traffic Control Device Challenge,” which offers its winners cash prizes and national media recognition for their progressive ideas. In partnership …
Trantex NEW 20HDFF Does It Again!
THE 20HDFF WAS ONCE AGAIN PUT TO THE TEST AND WAS INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL. This latest challenge involved the removal of 24” CROSSWALK TAPE. Several attempts were made by various manufacturers with little to no success to date. The most recent involved a drum style “Grinder” which also fell far short of expectations. This heat generating Grinder design reactivated the glue …
Texas Chosen as Testing Grounds for Automated Vehicles
U.S. Department of Transportation selects Texas as 1 of 10 testing locations for autonomous vehicle technology AUSTIN – The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has named Texas a national Automated Vehicle (AV) Proving Ground for the testing of connected and automated vehicle technologies. The designation establishes Texas as a leader in the research and development of new transportation technologies that could …
