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ROAD COMMISSION FOR OAKLAND COUNTY ENABLING AND SUPPORTING COMMERCE IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN In the 1960s and 1970s, Oakland County had a fatality rate higher than the rest of the state and the nation as a whole. In an effort to change this situation, in 1978, RCOC officially made safety its No. 1 priority. Above: The reconstruction of the 14 Mile/Orchard Lake/Northwestern Highway triangle, including the roundabout at the 14 Mile/Orchard Lake intersection, was completed in 2015 and is expected to improve traffic flow and safety in this area. Right: The RCOC Traffic Operations Center is the “nerve center” for the agency’s FAST-TRAC “smart” traffic-signal system that has helped to reduce crashes and improve traffic flow at nearly 700 signalized intersections across the country. The Road Commission for Oakland County ❯ Deployment of the second-largest “smart” (RCOC) maintains the largest county traffic-signal system in the country road system in Michigan. And, at 2,700 ❯ The highest concentration of modern miles, the RCOC system is also one of the roundabouts in the state most advanced local road systems in the ❯ Data-driven road-improvement project country, helping to support the businesses selection and design that make Oakland County the economic engine for Michigan. OAKLAND COUNTY: AMONG THE SAFEST ROADS IN THE WORLD In fact, it is RCOC’s road system that Part of ensuring first-rate mobility is provides the transportation backbone that ensuring motorists get to their destinations connects Oakland County to the region safely and with minimal delays. One of and to regional transportation routes. the ways RCOC achieves these goals is by Major corridors such as Big Beaver Road, providing a road system that is the safest Southfield Road, Orchard Lake Road in Michigan and one of the safest and many others are critical to ensuring in the country for a community of its size Oakland County businesses can move their and population. products to market and that customers and employees can get to those businesses. Today, the traffic fatality rate in Oakland County is the lowest in the state and far How does RCOC ensure these corridors lower than the national average. That wasn’t move as efficiently as possible? always the case, though. That has driven project and design decisions and led to many innovations. As a result, Oakland County now has a traffic fatality rate less than half that of the state or nation. LOCAL ROADS MATTER Local roads — those maintained by the Road Commission and cities and villages — are the backbone of our communities. We use them to get to school, work or our other daily destinations. RCOC and the County Road Association of Michigan (CRA) are promoting the value of these roads through the “Local Roads Matter” campaign. We want to ensure that Michigan devotes adequate resources to local roads to ensure they are an asset for our communities and businesses, not a detriment. More information: www.milocalroads.com. FAST FACTS To learn more about RCOC, visit RCOC at rcocweb.org or follow us on Twitter (@oaklandroads) or Facebook. 54 OAKLANDCOUNTYPROSPER.COM 2016
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