Road quiz
1. Which goal is at the top of the FHWA's agenda?
- rebuilding the interstate system
- improving safety on our highways
- expanding mass transit
2. Of the various classifications of streets and highways in the United States, which has the highest crash rates?
- freeways
- rural two-lane roads
- urban streets
3. Which government agencies are responsible for maintaining the majority of rural two-lane roadways?
- federal
- state
- county/tribal/town
- city
4. Which agencies typically have the least funding or other resources available per lane mile to maintain and improve their road network?
- federal
- state
- county/tribal/town
- city
5. Which agencies typically have the fewest engineers on staff?
- federal
- state
- county/tribal/town
- city
City and county roads staff ought to ace this quiz. After all, you're often the ones trying to do the most with the least as far as improving traffic safety and maintaining roads and streets.
Technology News strives to provide information that local agencies can use to meet day-to-day challenges more effectively and efficiently. In particular, every issue includes at least one article specifically related to improving traffic safey on local roads and streets (see pages 6 and 7 of this issue).
Please let us know about specific topics you would like to see addressed
in Technology News. Contact Marcia Brink, editor,
515-294-9480, mbrink@iastate.edu.
Answers
- B
- B
- C
- C
- C
