The board of directors of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials passed a resolution on November 13 honoring the Transportation Research Board’s 100th anniversary. “On the occasion of the 100th anniversary, AASHTO reaffirms its strong support for the TRB’s programs and looks forward to a strong partnership between AASHTO and TRB for […]
READ MOREThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials released the 2020 issue of AASHTO Magazine during its annual meeting November 9 through 13. Available online and in print, the 2020 issue includes a wide array of stories from the state department of transportation community. It includes a profile of Victoria Sheehan, commissioner of the […]
READ MOREAASHTO Resolution Seeks Compliance Transition for Roadside Safety Devices
editor@aashto.org October 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials unanimously passed a resolution at the organization’s 2019 annual meeting in St. Louis that established several key points as the industry seeks to eventually transition to new performance-based roadside safety device compliance measures in the coming years – an effort delayed by the lack of a […]
READ MOREAASHTO Board Approves 10 Surface Transportation Reauthorization Policy Resolutions
editor@aashto.org October 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe board of directors of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved 10 detailed resolutions outlining the surface transportation funding policy positions the organization plans to support as that key federal legislation needs to be reauthorized in 2020. [Above photo by Cathy Morrison/MoDOT.] The current 2015 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation or FAST […]
READ MOREAASHTO Board Approves Joint Position Statements with ARTBA, AGC
editor@aashto.org October 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe board of directors for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved four joint position statements at its 2019 annual meeting in St. Louis in conjunction with the American Road & Transportation Builders Association and the Associated General Contractors of America. Those joint statements ranged from the highly technical – the use […]
READ MORESteudle Wins Bartlett Award, Tudor Receives Johnson Achievement Award
editor@aashto.org October 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSLongtime transportation industry veteran Kirk Steudle (seen above at right), the former director of the Michigan Department of Transportation, received the George S. Bartlett Award at the 2019 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials annual meeting in St. Louis in recognition of his long and continuing service to the transportation industry. [Above photo […]
READ MOREThree State DOTs Win Top Honors at the 2019 America’s Transportation Awards
editor@aashto.org October 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe Infrastructure Improvements to Downtown St. Louis project – a collaboration between Illinois and Missouri DOT teams (seen above) that delivered major multimodal enhancements to both states – received the Grand Prize in the 2019 America’s Transportation Awards competition during the 2019 American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials annual meeting in St. Louis. The $801 […]
READ MOREAASHTO, ASCE Form Partnership to Deliver Benefits to State DOTs
editor@aashto.org October 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSIn an effort to attract more students to the civil engineering profession and to provide additional workforce development opportunities for state department of transportation employees, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials signed a partner agreement with the American Society of Civil Engineers at the 2019 AASHTO annual meeting in St. Louis. [Above […]
READ MOREAASHTO Issues Four Policy Statements for Adoption by Joint Association Committee
editor@aashto.org September 28, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved four policy statements at its annual meeting in Atlanta on Sept. 24 that it plans to share with the American Road & Transportation Builders Association and the Associated General Contractors of America via the AASHTO-AGC-ARTBA Joint Association Committee, which develops official recommendations that are then […]
READ MOREOutgoing T&I Chairman Believes VMT Fee Will Ultimately Replace Gas Tax
editor@aashto.org September 28, 2018 0 COMMENTSIn what he described as probably the “last time I speak to this group” as chairman of the House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, retiring Rep. Bill Shuster, R-Penn., (seen above) noted in remarks Sept. 24 at the annual meeting of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials that he believes a […]
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January 26, 1895: A Rousing End for a Pacesetting Cycle Show in New York City
The First National Exhibit of Cycles, Cycle Accessories, and Sundries – better known as the National Show – came to a rousing end at 11:00 p.m. in New York City. “The most successful cycle show ever held in this country, and probably in the world, was brought to a close at Madison Square Garden last night,” asserted the next day’s edition of the New York Tribune.
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