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U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg (above) appeared before the House of Representative Committee on Appropriations April 20 to defend the proposed fiscal year 2024 budget for his agency and its modal divisions. [Above image via House video feed] The $6.9 trillion fiscal year 2024 budget proposal unveiled March 9 by President Biden provides a total […]
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently provided details on the keynote speaker for its 2023 Spring Meeting – to be held May 15-18 at the Hyatt Regency Seattle – as well as the conference’s various knowledge sessions. [Above image by AASHTO] A draft of the AASHTO 2023 Spring Meeting agenda that […]
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Could “happiness” become a Key Performance Indicator or KPI tracked by state departments of transportation very soon? [Above photo by the Minnesota DOT] Dr. Yingling Fan, professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs, believes it is inevitable that state DOTs across the country will eventually benchmark […]
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The Federal Transit Administration is proposing updates to the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plans or PTASP rule that would “codify communication” between frontline transit workers and management; an important measure to address worker assaults. [Above photo via the FTA] The agency – which has been working on ways to beef up transit worker protections since 2021 – […]
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The Colorado Department of Transportation and the Arizona Department of Transportation recently allocated millions in funding to report roads damaged by harsh weather during the 2022-2023 winter season. [Above photo by the Colorado DOT] The Colorado DOT received an additional $45 million from the state’s transportation commission of Colorado to fund snow and ice removal […]
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The California State Transportation Agency or CalSTA recently issued $690 million in grants to 28 new public transportation projects in “disadvantaged communities” statewide to expand transit and passenger rail service throughout the state. [Above photo by Caltrans] That grant funding is part of a larger, multiyear, multibillion-dollar investment to upgrade the state’s transit system to […]
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State residents living in multifamily homes as well as motorists near public parking areas may soon have better access to electric vehicle or EV charging stations, thanks to the new Community Charging Rebates Program being rolled out by the Oregon Department of Transportation. [Above photo by the Oregon DOT] The agency said this rebate – which […]
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In the Iowa City area, the Iowa Department of Transportation is working with its “Highway Helper” contractor, Autobase, to test the use of drones to help clear highway incidents faster so traffic can get moving normally again. [Above image by Iowa DOT] The idea for the project came up when Andy Lewis, traffic operations bureau […]
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Starting May 19, the Washington Department of Transportation said travelers will no longer be able to access automated statewide travel information by calling the 511 phone number, largely as demand for that specific service has decreased dramatically. [Above photo by WSDOT] For the past two decades, the agency noted in a blog post that the […]
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