National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) spotlights safety and mobility challenges in and around work zones nationwide. Work zones, and the people working in them, are an important part of maintaining and upgrading the transportation system.
From April 23-25, 2026, Downtown and the North Shore will be the place to be in Pittsburgh. With the city expecting up to 700,000 visitors for the 2026 NFL Draft, how will residents and visitors move around? A multimodal transportation plan was designed to help residents and visitors enjoy the 2026 NFL Draft in an organized way, whether by transit, car, bike or foot.
Pennsylvania’s Texting-While-Driving Ban prohibits as a primary offense any driver from using an interactive mobile device to send, read or write a text-based communication while his or her vehicle is in motion.
Pennsylvania’s Distracted Driving Law, known as Paul Miller’s Law, bans the use of hand-held devices while driving. Effective June 5, 2025, the law prohibits as a primary offense any driver from using an interactive mobile device (IMD) while driving a motor vehicle.
Cell phone use and any activity that takes a driver’s attention away from the road are considered distracted driving behaviors - which endangers everyone on the road, including other drivers, passengers, pedestrians and bicyclists. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 16,384 people died and about 1.7 million people were injured in distraction-affected crashes from 2019 to 2023.