When people think of transportation engineering, they might first think about commutes, traffic and highway construction. But the importance of transportation engineering in our communities runs much deeper than that.
TransNow teamed with the Lummi Nation in Whatcom County to produce this short documentary video on the Haxton Way Trail Lighting Project. This video tells the story of how a transportation safety project saves lives and enriches a community every day.
The off-grid solar LED smart lighting system was a multi-year, 2 million dollar project coordinated by Richard Jefferson, (an alumnus of the UW College of Engineering) the Director of Planning and Public Works for the Lummi Nation, who came to the UW campus to speak about the safety, environmental, technical and financial aspects of the project.
Did You Know? From 1975 – 2002 the number of fatal motor vehicle crashes that occurred on roads within Indian Reservations increased by 52.5% compared with a 2.2% decrease in auto fatalities in the rest of the nation.
“Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes on Indian Reservations: 1975-2002” National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Technical Information Service, April 2004.
Download video of Haxton Way Trail Presentation on UW campus: MP4 format
