As part of the region’s Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) that the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) manages, the organization is hosting a public meeting for Beaver County residents on Monday, Nov. 13, 2023. At the meeting, residents will learn about the TIP and have the opportunity to share their thoughts on any local transportation and infrastructure projects they want addressed in their community. The TIP for years 2025-2028 is currently being developed. This meeting serves as an introduction/status update on the TIP before a draft plan is made available for the public’s review/comment period in late Spring 2024.

Sta­ff members from SPC, PennDOT, county officials, and area stakeholders will attend this meeting. SPC is hosting this meeting in Beaver County, and will host other meetings throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania in the weeks ahead.

If a member of the public is not able to attend this meeting in-person, but would like to learn more about the TIP (or has questions about transportation planning activities), they are encouraged to:

• Send an email to comments@spcregion.org
• Mail questions/comments to Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission’s address at 42 21st Street, Suite 101, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
• Call SPC at (412) 391-5590
• Visit the Get Involved! page on SPC’s website at www.spcregion.org/get-involved/

The meeting is being held Monday, Nov. 13, 2023 from 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm in the Beaver County Courthouse, 810 Third Street Beaver, PA 15009

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As the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) looks toward infrastructure projects beginning in 2025, they are seeking public input on what residents want to see improved around Beaver County.

Representatives from the SPC, PennDOT and local county officials will host a public meeting for Beaver County residents to discuss desired infrastructure projects for their Transportation Improvement Plan on Monday. The meeting will be held in the Beaver County Courthouse from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. and is expected to occur in other communities across Southwestern Pennsylvania in the coming weeks.

If residents are unable to attend, there are several ways to share feedback on potential projects:

• Residents can send an email to comments@spcregion.org
• Mail questions or comments to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission’s address at 42 21st Street, Suite 101, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
• Call the SPC at (412) 391-5590
• Visit the Get Involved page on SPC’s website at www.spcregion.org/get-involved/
• A draft of the Transportation Improvement Plan will be available to the public in the spring of 2024.

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Artificial intelligence is making a big change in traffic counting and classification.

After state, regional and local agencies spent years counting traffic using rubber hoses and classifying the types of vehicles by hand, electronic camera and computerized systems have made the chore easier, safer and more effective, officials say.

The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission recently purchased four of the iTHEIA traffic-counting systems from International Road Dynamics, one of several vendors. After waiting for several months due to supply-chain issues, the commission deployed the systems — automatic cameras linked to a central computer — at six locations last month as a test run for using them regularly next year.

“We were able to get them out before the time expired for the year,” said Cort McCombs, manager of traffic counting for the SPC. “We were able to get a good test run this fall, so we’re ready to go full bore next spring.”

Under federal regulations, states must conduct traffic counts every three to five years on all roads that are eligible to receive federal funds. In this area, the state Department of Transportation has SPC do the count for a 10-county area, but other agencies and PennDOT itself do the counts in other areas from March to November every year.

Previously, counts were done in six-hour increments because personnel would need two hours to set up and take down the hoses. While the system was in place, the rubber hoses would count the number of vehicles, but one or two employees would be just off the roadway marking down the kinds of vehicles driving by, placing them in one of 13 categories from motorcycles to seven-axle trucks.

“Before we had these cameras, we had people on the side of the road,” said Jeremy Freeland, division manager for planning and research at PennDOT’s central office. “That was tedious. That was dangerous. We decided we wanted to avoid any injuries to our staff.”

When IRD and other vendors developed the automated systems, PennDOT reviewed them and decided to buy two a couple years ago. Then it held demonstrations at several locations across the state for other agencies.

“We were immediately interested and thought, ‘This is awesome,’” McCombs said. “This is how we should count traffic in the future.”

The agency waited for the next generation of the automated equipment before it spent about $60,000 on four of the systems. The new system takes about a half-hour to set up and can record traffic counts and the vehicles that pass through an area for 24 hours.

Developers have uploaded thousands of images of vehicles for computers to use to identify the type passing a particular location.

McCombs and Freeland cited several advantages: Tests have shown the computer recognition of the type of vehicle is about 3% more accurate than humans; the longer deployment gives a more complete picture of traffic in an area; and employees can be assigned other, safer work while the machines count traffic.

That information on traffic and vehicle use is invaluable when officials look for funding to improve road conditions, McCombs said.

“That’s the first thing that’s asked: What’s the traffic look like?” he said. “It’s the groundwork for everything else.”

Freeland said the state also uses the types of vehicles that use roads to determine the best surface to use. A road with mostly car traffic might get a different surface than an area with heavy commercial and tractor-trailer traffic.

Also, traffic patterns can help crews determine the best time of day to do work.

McCombs said the initial cost of about $15,000 for the AI system is a big increase from $500 to $600 for the previous systems, but the agency believes the new system is worth it.

“It’s initially prohibitive, but then it pays for itself,” he said.

Freeland agreed.

“It’s very new,” he said. “You can see it is a great tool to have.”

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After more than eight years of limited funding, the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission will have $1.7 billion available for regional roads and bridges over the next two years due to increased federal funding, the most since 2015-16.

At a public hearing Wednesday on how to spend the funds in Allegheny County, Dom D’Andrea, SPC’s director of transportation, outlined the expected financing. Overall, including funds for public transit and alternative projects such as trails, the agency expects to have $3.1 billion to allocate over the next two years.

Under federal regulations, the regional planning group sets transportation spending priorities for the 10-county region. It oversees a 25-year long-range plan and a series of four-year plans that must be updated every two years, and hearings are underway to develop the two-year plan that will be adopted next June.

D’Andrea said the region expects a funding increase of about 7% over the next two years, mostly federal funds from the Biden administration’s infrastructure program. That will return funding to the level of 2015-16, which D’Andrea said is a positive step but noted that inflation has eaten up much of the benefits from the increase.

In addition to flat federal funding in recent years, the state Department of Transportation decided in 2021 to shift $3.15 billion through 2028 from local roads across the state to interstate highways. Officials said they feared federal officials might pull federal funding if they didn’t make a special effort to improve conditions on the interstates.

The additional stimulus funds this year will help to replace that money.

For the new plan, about 43% of the funds will be earmarked for bridges and 23% for roads. D’Andrea said the region has cut the number of bridges in poor condition in half over the past 15 years, but they still account for about 10% of all bridges and another 62% are considered fair.

“Yes, we keep investing in bridges,” he said. “We have cut our poor bridges in half, but there’s more to do …. We’re still attacking the bridge issue.”

The Transportation Improvement Program also will include about $1.4 billion for transit and other programs. Ryan Gordon, SPC’s transportation manager, said the allocation of funds for other programs will be presented to the board for approval next month.

Those programs include congestion management and air quality, transportation alternatives such as bike lanes and trails, and a new carbon reduction program.

Wednesday’s hearing was one of a series that will be held in each county and Pittsburgh as the agency develops the priorities for the region. It will present a proposed spending plan in May and hold another series of hearings before the board votes on the plan in June.

Even once the plan is adopted, the agency will hold monthly meetings to make adjustments as some additional projects are ready for construction and others are slower to develop.

“It’s really a living, breathing document that changes all the time,” D’Andrea said.

The commission covers Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, Westmoreland counties and Pittsburgh.

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The Mexican economy 2023 growth is 3.2%. Growth industries are private consumption, services, agriculture, tourism, construction and automotive production not to mention a rise in nearshoring. There are Free Trade Agreements signed with most of the countries in Latin America.

Latin America and Caribbean markets will grow this year in “real” terms by 1.6% but in PPP terms, the region will expand by over 6% and per capita consumption, when measured in US Dollars will grow by a whopping 11%. Experienced speakers from Mexico, Colombia, Peru, and Chile will provide the most current and accurate information on how to trade with Mexico and the rest of Latin American countries.

Topics:

• US/Mexico, USMCA trade economy, opportunities, up-to-date information.
• Opportunities in Colombia, Peru and Chile.
• Main industries growth and U.S. company participation in trade shows

Speakers.

• Keenton Chiang, Commercial Counselor, U.S. Embassy Peru
• Lisa Foss, Commercial Officer, U.S. Embassy Chile
• Norcia Ward Marin, Commercial Specialist, U.S. Embassy Colombia
• Diego Gattesco, Director/Trade Americas Team Leader
• Ryan Russell, Director, U.S. Commercial Service Pittsburgh
• Efren Flores, Pennsylvania Office in Mexico City.
• Jackie Pacheco, Southwestern PA Commission
• Ed Schick, SBA Office of International Trade
• Andrea Hampton, Lehigh University SBDC
• Dough Harding, Duquesne University SBDC
• Brent Rondon, University of Pittsburgh SBDC

Date: December 7, 2023
Time: 9:00am-10:30am. EST.
Format: Webinar.  Fee: No cost.
Registration link:    https://pasbdc.ecenterdirect.com/events/30959

Marketing sponsors: Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center (PASBDC) www.pasbdc.org, University of Pittsburgh SBDC, Lehigh University SBDC, Duquesne University SBDC, US Commercial Service, State of PA PREP – Regional Export Network, Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, SBA Office of International Trade.

Brent G. Rondon, MPA, CGBP.
Senior Management Consultant for International Trade

EXIM Bank Regional Export Promotion Partner (REPP)
University of Pittsburgh SBDC

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As part of the region’s Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) that the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) manages, the organization is hosting a public meeting Thursday, Nov. 2, for Westmoreland County residents.

The meeting is scheduled for 2-4 p.m. in the board of commissioners meeting room inside the Westmoreland County Courthouse, 2 N. Main St., Greensburg. SPC staff members, county officials, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) officials and area stakeholders will be in attendance.

According to information provided Tuesday by the SPC, residents attending the meeting will learn about the TIP and have the opportunity to share their thoughts on any local transportation and infrastructure projects they want addressed. The TIP for years 2025-2028 is currently being developed. This meeting serves as an introduction/status update on the TIP before a draft plan is made available for the public’s review/comment period in late spring 2024.

SPC is hosting this meeting in Westmoreland County, and will host other meetings throughout southwestern Pennsylvania in the weeks ahead.

If a member of the public is not able to attend this meeting in-person, but would like to learn more about the TIP (or has questions about transportation planning activities), they are encouraged to:

• send an email to comments@spcregion.org
• mail questions/comments to Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission’s address at 42 21st St., Suite 101, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
• call SPC at 412-391-5590
• visit the Get Involved page on the SPC’s website at www.spcregion.org/get-involved/.

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The Pittsburgh Robotics Network today announced the appointment of Jennifer Apicella as its executive director, effective immediately. Apicella has been serving as its interim executive director since May 2023 and previously held the position of vice president of partnerships and programs since February 2021.

“Her dedication and proven leadership have been instrumental in advancing the mission of the PRN, which serves as the nexus for over 140 robotics organizations in the Greater Pittsburgh region,” said the organization in a press release.

“I am excited to be able to continue this work, steering the Pittsburgh Robotics Network into a future brimming with collaborative growth and innovation,” said Apicella. “Together with our partners, we’ll continue to amplify Pittsburgh’s already well-established standing as one of the top international hubs for robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence.”

“Our region’s robotics cluster is one of the most advanced and innovative in the world,” she added. “I am delighted to be able to expand this work, fostering a community that facilitates new opportunities for commercial growth and industry partnerships to accelerate the adoption of robotic solutions across the globe.”

The PRN recently named Jenny Sharpe as senior program manager of workforce development.

The Pittsburgh Robotics Network has also officially moved its offices into the Robotics Factory, located within the Tech Forge along Pittsburgh’s “Robotics Row.” It is backed by the PRN, Innovation Works, and the Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative.

The PRN said the Robotics Factory “serves as a catalyst for nurturing early stage robotics startups, expediting the commercialization of robotics solutions, and enhancing manufacturing capabilities. It’s through public and private partnerships like these that real impact can be achieved for the region.”

Kevin Dowling, chair of the PRN board of directors and managing director of the Robotics Factory, stated: “Jennifer’s appointment comes at a pivotal time, marking a new chapter for our region’s robotics ecosystem. Her proven ability to connect, inspire, and propel the robotics business community forward makes her the ideal leader to navigate the organization’s journey ahead.”

“The synergies between the Pittsburgh robotics business ecosystem and the broader global robotics sector is poised to reach new heights under Jennifer Apicella’s leadership,” the PRN asserted. In June, it announced a strategic partnership with Denmark’s Odense Robotics aimed at generating transatlantic business growth opportunities and solidifying ties between the two robotics clusters.

The PRN said it remains committed to helping regional robotics businesses and building its position as an “internationally recognized powerhouse in robotics and AI.”

“As our region continues to invest in providing new programs and resources to help grow our commercial robotics businesses, this will result in new companies here, who will then be able to provide more jobs in our community,” said Apicella.

The Pittsburgh Robotics Network has been preparing for the Pittsburgh Robotics Discovery Day on Nov. 16. The event is intended to showcase the region’s innovative robotics community.

Free and open to all, Pittsburgh Robotics Discovery Day offers business professionals, investors, entrepreneurs, job seekers, students, and the general public opportunities to engage with Pittsburgh’s robotics ecosystem. The event at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center will feature more than 130 exhibitors, including Aurora, Agility Robotics, and Carnegie Mellon University.

Partnerships among the Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative, the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, Innovation Works, and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission are supporting the Pittsburgh Robotics Discovery Day.

The PRN said it expects this year’s event to draw thousands of attendees to experience live demonstrations of the technologies “changing the way we live, move, and work.” They can also meet the people making them possible, learn about various ways to get into the field—from traditional degrees to new training programs – and connect with community organizations “elevating the autonomy ecosystem.”

Attendees can visit four Discovery Zones—Robotics, Manufacturing, Career Pathways, and Community—for hands-on demonstrations of advanced robotics technology and next-generation manufacturing techniques. They can also explore career and business opportunities, said the PRN.

The event’s Main Stage presentations will highlight the humans behind the robots, as well as provide a chance to hear from emerging robotics and AI companies during the Robotics Factory Startup Showcase. The event will culminate in a Robotics and Tech Happy Hour held onsite from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. ET.

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A year-long process of developing a Transportation Improvement Plan for southwestern Pennsylvania began Thursday at the PA CareerLink in White Township, where the Southwest Pennsylvania Commission conducted the first of a series of public meetings, which serve as a status update about the 2023-26 TIP and an introduction to what will become the 2025-28 TIP.

“It is a work in progress,” said Domenic D’Andrea, SPC transportation director, who conducted the hour-long meeting along with fellow SPC staffers Ronda Craig and Ryan Gordon, as well as Indiana County Office of Planning & Development Executive Director Byron G. Stauffer Jr. and Indiana County Chamber of Commerce President Mark Hilliard.

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Channel 11 Exclusive: New technology to protect drivers to be installed on major local highway.

On Channel 11 Morning News, we showed you the impact a wrong-day driver had on a young woman and her growing family.

Channel 11 Anchor Jennifer Tomazic has been pushing for answers about what is being done to stop wrong-way drivers.

Her research led her to a new wrong-way detection system set to be installed a busy route that your family likely drives on.

“Wrong-way crashes represent a small fraction of the total number of crashes however those types of crashes have high severity,” said Domenic D’Andrea, Office of Transportation Planning at Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission.

In 2021, two people were killed in a wrong-way crash on Route 28 near the East Ohio Street Exit. Later that same year, two cars collided after one of them was going the wrong-way on the ramp to Fox Chapel Road off 28.

These are just two of what the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission says were 15 wrong-way crashes on Route 28 in the last 5 years. It has been identified as a high-priority route when it comes to wrong-way crashes.

Channel 11 pushed PennDOT for information after discovering documents online about a new wrong-way Detection System for Route 28.

PennDOT just released the specifics to Channel 11: It’s a $1 million project that will go from the City of Pittsburgh to the Harmar/910 Interchange. Bids for construction should start in 2024.

It will be an Intelligent Transportation System, meaning sensors, detectors, & cameras will be able to detect wrong-way drivers. Automated alert signs and lights will then be activated to alert the driver they’re going the wrong-way.

The PennDOT Traffic Management Center in Bridgeville will also get an automated alert notification about the wrong-way driver, which will then relay the information to local police. The Traffic Management Center may also put a “wrong-way driver” message on the electronic highway signs on Route 28, alerting other drivers on the road.

PennDOT tells Channel 11 it is also looking at installing what it calls other “driver awareness” signs that could have a static message of “wrong-way DRIVER REPORTED USE CUATION” with a “WHEN FLASHING” plaque mounted. The lights on the top of the sign would be tied into the detection system and automatically activate when a wrong-way driver is detected.

“The department would like to note that the wrong-way detection system and the signage and pavement marking projects on Route 28 do not specifically prevent wrong-way crashes, but will deter and should reduce occurrences,” Steve Cowan, Press Officer for PennDOT District told Channel 11 in a statement.

He also noted that there is already a wrong-way detection system in place on the HOV lanes on I-279. It has strategically positioned video cameras to detect vehicles traveling the wrong-way.

“When a vehicle traveling the opposite direction of what should be the proper travel direction is detected, the camera captures a series of images and automatically lights a series of LED signs showing wrong-way in red text. The system also triggers automated calls, texts, and emails to operators and managers in the Traffic Management Center,” the statement from Cowan said.

“Technology has to be part of the answer,” said D’Andrea, with SPC, the local organization that helps cities and counties access federal transportation funds.

So SPC is going after the technology. It wants to help try to stop wrong-way drivers on more highways you drive on throughout the area. The commission applied for a grant for I-376 which would include funding for a wrong-way driving detection system on the Parkway East from Downtown to Monroeville. It is possible that could link to the electronic overhead signs too, to alert other drivers of a wrong-way driver on the road.

D’Andrea calls the highways flanking Pittsburgh, Route 28, the Parkways East, West, & North and I-79, the highest priority roads for wrong-way driving deterrents.

I-79 specifically is a concern for Trooper Rocco Gagliardi.

“Over the past 5 years, we’ve seen more wrong-way crashes than we would have liked to see,” said Gagliardi whose Troop B patrols I-79, noting that most wrong-way crashes happen late at night or early in the morning.

Gagliardi says state troopers have increased their patrols on I-79 to be in a position to stop wrong-way drivers.

“We try to take our best course of action to stop the driver, even if that means using our own vehicle as the blockage right then and there,” said Trooper Gagliardi.

He says they have a full wall of live PennDOT cameras at their barracks so they can monitor ongoing traffic before calls come in about issues.

“We might notice a disabled vehicle, a crash, and or potentially that wrong-way driver because we’re monitoring those cameras 24/7 so we have eyes to the sky at all times which is really helpful to us,” said Trooper Gagliardi.

In 2022, there were 53 crashes on Pennsylvania expressways involving wrong-way drivers, resulting in 15 fatalities and 18 suspected serious injuries, according to PennDOT data.

It also shows a high percentage of wrong-way crashes involve impaired drivers. Thirty-one of the 53 crashes last year involved an impaired driver, resulting in 13 (out of 15) fatalities, according to PennDOT.

Jennifer Kuntch, Deputy Communications Director of PennDOT, tells Channel 11 in a statement that crashes involving impaired driving have declined substantially in the last 20 years, but preliminary data shows impaired driving crashes will be up this year.

“To combat this issue, PennDOT annually distributes approximately $6 million from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for impaired driving enforcement. Impaired driving mobilizations include coordinated enforcement as well as education campaigns that aim to eliminate driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.”

“Despite all this, PennDOT still needs help from motorists. We must work together to make our roadways safer for everyone. Drivers can help save lives by always planning ahead for a sober driver or using public transportation or a ride-share service,” Kuntch said in the statement.

wrong-way crashes also involve older drivers. Last year 9 crashes in Pennsylvania involved someone 65 or older.

“There is no clear-cut factor to look at in terms of stopping driving; however, PennDOT continually seeks to balance the safety of our roadways with the impact of loss of independence, autonomy, and mobility of the older driver,” said PennDOT’s statement.

It provided this link www.PennDOT.pa.gov/Safety for mature driver safety tips and warning signs an older driver and the older driver’s family should look for.

Attorney Christine Zaremski-Young, who works on wrong-way driving cases, would add confusing intersections to the list of reasons for wrong-way driving.

“Whether or not that’s too many signs that are giving conflicting directions or whether it’s a complete lack of any signing giving positive guidance in the way in which to operate a vehicle,” said Zaremski-Young, Chief Legal Officer and Partner at Edgar Snyder and Associates.

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Channel 11 Morning News covers what seem like a lot of wrong-way crashes. That’s because a lot of them happen in the early morning hours.

Anchor Jennifer Tomazic came upon the aftermath of one just minutes after it happened.

Ever since then, she wanted to find out what’s being done in Pennsylvania to stop wrong-way drivers.

The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission told her there were 56 wrong-way crashes in our region in the last five years, likely on a road that you drive on.

“Which means if you’re driving your vehicle down that road, you are in potentially in a lot of danger and harm and or possibly death,” said Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Rocco Gagliardi.

A local woman vividly recalls the smallest details from the night that changed her life.

“The last thing I thought before impact was ‘I’m dead,’” said Jordan Rogachesky of Greensburg, “and then I woke up.”

On Sept. 22, 2022, she was driving home to take her dog out after work on Route 30 in Hempfield Township.

“And when I came around the bend, there was another driver in my lane and I didn’t have time to react,” said Jordan.

A driver going the wrong way hit Jordan head-on on the divided highway near Tollgate Hill Road, according to state police.

Nine broken ribs and two legs broken from hip to heel prevented her from getting out of her car.

But when help finally got Jordan to the hospital, she wasn’t thinking about herself.

“I just kept screaming at them that I was pregnant,” Jordan recalls. “Our baby didn’t make it, though.”

Jordan is missing that piece in her new reality that’s included countless surgeries and relearning to walk.

She still drives.

“But there is there’s a lot of anxiety,” said Jordan.

She’s sharing her story in hopes of spurring change on Pennsylvania roads in stopping wrong-way drivers.

A change we did find on the same road as Jordan’s crash, Route 30, about 15 miles east: wrong-way signs at the intersection of Route 30 and 217 near Idlewild. They have LED lights that light up red when a wrong-way driver is detected.

They were installed sometime after Lt. Eric Eslary of Ligonier was killed while patrolling Route 30 in the early morning hours of May 2015 by a wrong-way driver.

“From the research that we have, that is probably where that driver started going the wrong way,” said Bryan Walker, district plans engineer for PennDOT District 12.

Jennifer asked Walker, on a priority list, as far as signage and implementation, where wrong-way driving is for PennDOT.

“We take every crash seriously. We don’t want to see any fatalities,” said Walker.

Channel 11 has learned that LED wrong-way signs are the most advanced technology our region’s roads currently have to stop wrong-way drivers.

“Especially if our goal is to make our roads as safe as possible, technology has got to be a tool in the toolbox,” said Domenic D’Andrea, director of the Office of Transportation Planning at Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission.

He let Channel 11 in on more initiatives to make our roads safer.

PennDOT installed low-cost and low-tech countermeasures like larger do-not-enter signs and higher visibility pavement markings on 121 Interstate ramps.

Walker adds that his PennDOT district can add oversize signs to make them more visible to drivers, in addition to attaching red reflective tape to select posts to get drivers’ attention.

Delineators, or hip-height posts, can be added with reflective tape and so can reflective pavement markers. Walker says road lenses can be installed red so a driver going the wrong way can see they’re going the wrong way.

“Safety is PennDOT’s most important priority. Even one fatality is one too many. According to PennDOT data, there were 53 crashes on expressways involving wrong-way drivers last year, resulting in 15 fatalities and 18 suspected serious injuries. Annually, PennDOT reviews crash data to determine locations that would make good candidates for low-cost safety countermeasures, such as enhanced signage, pavement markings, and delineation,” Jennifer Kuntch, deputy communications director for PennDOT said in a statement to Channel 11.

Walker told us they put “Do Not Enter” signs in places where there has been a crash history or complaints. They can add a second one if there are issues in that spot.

He offered this tip for drivers to make sure they’re going in the right direction:

“If you’re going down the road, you want to see yellow (line) on your left side and white (line) on your right.”

Kuntch tells Channel 11 wrong-way drivers represent a low percentage of total crashes in the state. While law enforcement and transportation officials agree, the outcome of a wrong-way crash is typically more devastating than other crashes.

Jordan is living through it.

“I would love to see something done just so that no one else has to have that worry in their head,” said Jordan.

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