traffic safety

Drivers in the Southern Tier can expect to see expanded use of a roadway safety feature in coming months. Centerline rumble strips will be added to several state-maintained highways in Broome and Tioga counties this year. According to the New York State Department of Transportation, about seven miles of the centerline rumble strips were installed on Route 26 in Broome County last year...

State assemblyman Clifford Crouch says some highway rest areas that were closed a few years ago in a cost-cutting move should be put back in service. Crouch, a Bainbridge Republican, says drivers and passengers "remain at risk" if the rest stops that were shut down in 2010 aren't reopened...

Representatives of several public safety agencies set up displays and held demonstrations for young drivers at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. Several hundred students from thirteen school districts attended Thursday's program...