28 High-Profile Spotlight: Construction Safety Week
May 2026
VHB Advances Transportation Safety across Connecticut
Submitted by VHB
As roads get busier, more dynamic, and less car-centric, safety professionals are rethinking how to establish safety management practices— considering all modes of transportation and all users. Integrating transformative technology and embracing a Safe System Approach, VHB helps clients and partners build better connected communities through safer, more efficient transportation systems. In Connecticut, VHB is working to balance community and mobility needs while rethinking how we use our streets and public spaces.
New Haven Bus Rapid Transit( BRT) System: VHB is providing design services to support the development and implementation of Connecticut’ s first on-street bus BRT system. Their proposed design includes several safety improvements for pedestrians and proposed adjustments to the current roadways to accommodate dedicated bus lanes, which will enhance safety for all road users. Leveraging innovative transportation technology, VHB’ s team is currently working on a demonstration project that will test the effectiveness and applicability of several cloud-based transit signal priority( TSP) systems.
New Park Avenue Complete Streets
Improvements: With the addition of two CTfastrak stations and the New Park Housing development, the auto-centric New Park Avenue corridor in West Hartford was poised for improvements ahead of the expected influx of pedestrians and bicyclists. VHB’ s traffic team assisted the town with the design of the New Park Avenue Complete Street Improvement Project to enhance safety for all corridor users. Project elements included decorative streetlights, wayfinding
Rendering of the proposed road diet for North Main Street
signage, two-way separated bike lanes, enhanced mid-block crosswalks, and traffic signal improvements.
North Main Street Road Diet: VHB conducted a feasibility study for implementing a road diet on North Main Street, one of the busiest fourlane corridors in West Hartford. After a trial and monitoring program, VHB recommended implementing the road diet permanently, along with additional signal improvements, minor widening, and a follow-up monitoring program for crash pattern analysis. As a result of implementing the road diet, this segment of North Main Street saw fewer injury crashes than the previous two years.
With these and many more projects, VHB continues to collaborate with communities in Connecticut and across our footprint to reduce crashes, fatalities, and serious injuries on the road. The
The MOVE New Haven BRT system is planned for two of the most heavily traveled transit corridors within New Haven, West Haven, and Hamden.
team is advancing safety management practices, improving data and analysis capabilities, and developing guides for safer transportation planning and design— with a mission to create safer streets for all road users.
Keeping Campus Life Running Smoothly
At Wilkinson Mobile Boilers, we’ re proud to support an esteemed university in Cambridge during a critical boiler replacement project. To ensure uninterrupted heating and domestic hot water across the campus quad, we supplied two 350 HP low-pressure steam mobile boilers, each retrofitted with the Autoflame Combustion Management System.
This advanced system helps the university reduce fuel costs and lower emissions, all while maintaining reliable steam service. With these mobile boilers in place, students, faculty, and staff can enjoy zero downtime during the upgrade— keeping campus life running smoothly.
Our work highlights how smart, temporary solutions can keep essential systems online without sacrificing efficiency, sustainability, or comfort.
800.777.1629 • www. gtwilkinson. com The proposed design of New Park Avenue, featuring two-way separated bike lanes. www. high-profile. com