The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials seeks to hire an implementation analyst to support its National Transportation Product Evaluation Program or NTPEP and an administrative assistant for its Publications division. Both job positions are at located at the organization’s Washington, D.C., headquarters. The implementation analyst will be responsible for the implementation of […]
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NOCoE to Announce TSMO Winners at 2019 TRB Annual Meeting
editor@aashto.org January 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe National Operations Center of Excellence plans to announce its annual Transportation Systems Management & Operations award winners on Sunday, Jan. 13, during the opening reception of the 2019 Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting, being held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The awards presentation will take place at 5:00 p.m. […]
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New Highway Maintenance Degree Aims to Help Build Transportation Workforce
editor@aashto.org January 4, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe Colorado Department of Transportation and Front Range Community College are teaming up to develop what is believed to be a first-in-the-nation two-year associate’s degree in applied science or AAS as part of a highway maintenance management degree program. [Above photo by Colorado DOT.] The new degree program, which is scheduled to begin in January […]
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AGC Contractor Survey Predicts Growth for Transportation and Utility Construction
editor@aashto.org January 4, 2019 0 COMMENTSA survey of 1,300 contractors in 49 states and the District of Columbia found that most are “confident” construction demand will increase in 2019 across most industrial sectors, especially for highway, water and sewer, and transportation facility projects. [Above photo by Utah DOT.] However, that survey – conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America […]
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Nason Nominated to Lead FHWA; Szabat Confirmed for USDOT
editor@aashto.org January 4, 2019 0 COMMENTSPresident Trump has nominated Nicole Nason (above, left) to be the next administrator of the Federal Highway Administration; one of 17 nominations the president sent to the Senate on Jan. 3. Concurrently, the Senate confirmed Joel Szabat (above, right) to be the assistant secretary for aviation and international affairs within the U.S. Department of Transportation […]
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State Population Changes Could Impact Transportation Planning
editor@aashto.org January 4, 2019 0 COMMENTSUpward and downward population shifts across several states over the past year may impact transportation planning on several levels, especially as part of land-management strategies. [Above photo by Utah DOT.] Data compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau and indicate that the populations of Nevada and Idaho grew the most percentage-wise – some 2.1 percent each […]
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Castor to Chair Revived Climate Change Committee, May Focus on Transportation
editor@aashto.org January 4, 2019 0 COMMENTSDays before formally becoming Speaker of the House of Representatives for the second time, Nancy Pelosi tapped Rep. Kathy Castor, D-FL, to be the chair of the new Select Committee on the Climate Crisis – a committee that played a role in the creation of the 2007 energy act and the 2009 stimulus act, which included $90 billion in […]
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau provided the Dallas Area Rapid Transit or DART system with a $908 million Railroad Rehabilitation & Improvement Financing or RRIF direct loan on Dec. 21 to help finance the Cotton Belt Corridor Regional Rail Project. [Above photo by Jeffrey Beall.] The Cotton Belt Corridor Regional Rail Project […]
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Firm Says U.S. Workforce Drug Use is Up; Especially in Transportation and Warehousing
editor@aashto.org January 4, 2019 0 COMMENTSAn analysis of employee drug tests conducted by Quest Diagnostics indicates that U.S. workforce drug use has increased each year – and by double-digits over two years – between 2015 and 2017 in five of 16 major U.S. industry sectors, with the largest increase in “positivity rates” occurring in transportation and warehousing. [Above drug testing […]
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USDOT Opens up Applications for Second Round of INFRA Grant Funds
editor@aashto.org January 4, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe U.S. Department of Transportation opened second round of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America or INFRA discretionary grant program via a Notice of Funding Opportunity or NOFO issued Dec. 21. [Above photo by Colorado DOT.] The agency said in a statement that it expects to offer a pool of grant money totaling between $855 million […]
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2015: The Opening of a New Subway Line is a Milestone on a Japanese City’s Road to Recovery
The 2015 opening of the Tozai Line kicked off when the first train departed from Arai Station. This inaugural event took on added significance because of a major disaster that had slammed the Tōhoku region more than four years earlier.
Read more about this incredible story of renewal: https://transportationhistory.org/2019/12/06/2015-the-opening-of-a-new-subway-line-is-a-milestone-on-a-japanese-citys-road-to-recovery/