USDOT Launches Three-Year Truck Driver Training Pilot Program
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSTransportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced during a press event in Nebraska on July 3 that USDOT will officially launch a long-awaited pilot program to permit 18 to 20 year olds who possess the U.S. military equivalent of a commercial driver’s license or “CDL” to operate large trucks in interstate commerce. Chao was in Nebraska to […]
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Survey: While Trust in Connected-Automated Vehicles Low, Savings Could be High
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSTwo recent polls conducted by insurance firm Esurance indicate that even though a large percentage of motorists remain uninterested in giving control of the steering wheel over to self-driving or connected and autonomous vehicles – called CAVs for short – the potential savings of doing so could amount to several thousand dollars per year, along […]
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ITD Seeks Public Comment on Investment Program Draft
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Idaho Transportation Department is soliciting public comment on the draft of its fiscal year 2019-25 Idaho Transportation Investment Program or “ITIP,” which is a seven-year “roadmap” for planning and developing transportation projects such as: highways and bridges; bicycle and pedestrian facilities; airports; plus public and freight transportation needs, among others. However, Adam Rush, the ITD’s […]
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FHWA Releases Flood-Related Emergency Road Funds, Talks Innovation Support
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Federal Highway Administration provided Wisconsin with $1 million and Michigan with $2 million in emergency relief funds on July 2 and July 3, respectively, to help begin repairs on roads and bridges damaged by floods triggered by heavy rains back on June 16-17. The Gogebic, Houghton, and Menominee counties in the western Upper Peninsula […]
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EIA: Gasoline Prices Will Decline for the Rest of 2018
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSAccording to data tracked by the Energy Information Administration, the national average for regular-grade gasoline is expected to decline for the rest of 2018, dipping from a high of $2.96 per gallon on May 28 to around $2.84 per gallon by September and then $2.68 per gallon in December. The agency said gasoline prices are […]
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Sierra Club Survey says Voters Support Electric Vehicles, Transit, Biking, and Walking
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSA so-called “regional survey” conducted by the Sierra Club among voters in 11 states across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and the District of Columbia finds that three in four or 74 percent of those polled support moving forward with “regional transportation modernization plans” that invest in electric vehicles, public transportation, and “safer communities” for walking and […]
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Hearing Seeks Extension of FAST-41 Project Permitting Reforms
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSA recent roundtable hearing on Capitol Hill focused on efforts to streamline federal infrastructure permitting process also served as a forum to introduce legislation that would ensure the permanence of currently-enacted reforms. “The federal infrastructure permitting process is incredibly long. It’s complicated, arcane, and bureaucratic. And the delays in the process have real costs: in […]
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Iowa DOT Lays Out Five Year, $3.4B Highway Funding Plan
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production May 15, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Iowa Department of Transportation officially presented a “first draft” of a proposed five-year funding plan back on May 8 that aims for “multimodal transportation system” investments including aviation, public transit, railroads, trails, and highways. Some $3.4 billion of that plan is earmarked just for highway needs, the agency said. The Fiscal Year 2019-2023 Iowa […]
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Webinar Examines the Road Ahead for Highway Funding
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production May 15, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials along with the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association held a free live-streaming webinar on May 14 entitled The State of Highway Investment: Plans, Promises and Predictions, focusing on both current trends and future plans for federal, state, and local surface transportation investments – especially in […]
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