highway safety

The Utah Department of Transportation controls Main Street and has a variety of ideas to improve pedestrian safety in Moab. But advocates say they leave out a big one: lowering speed limits.

Moab has Utah’s most dangerous main street when it comes to the severity of traffic accidents, says a citizen report. Fixing that is not an easy lift.

The bulk of funds will be allocated to widening roads and building new interchanges in counties across Utah.

So far, in 2023, there have been 351 crashes and 13 fatalities on the section of U.S. Highway 6 that travels through Carbon, Emery, Utah and Wasatch counties.

UDOT is urging Utahns to drive safer. Advocates want the state to take more responsibility for the high number of traffic fatalities.

It is illegal to post campaign signs on government property like roads and overpasses. A Utah lawmaker wants to fine campaigns when signs show up.

The Utah House has passed a bill that could mean higher speed limits on more of Utah’s interstate highways.Close to 400 miles of Utah’s highways already…

Drivers from Layton to Ogden including West Haven and South Weber may be affected by the 4th Annual “See Me Save Me” Motorcycle Ride from the Hill Air…

The speed limit on several sections of Utah’s interstate highways could soon be increased to 80 miles per hour.Republican Representative Jim Dunnigan of…

Even as highway fatalities have been going down across Utah, they've been going up on Interstate 80 through Utah's West Desert from Lakepoint to Wendover.…