The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials made four recent hires for its policy division and AASHTOWare product group. Oscar Bermudez, Sofie Rhoads, and William Lusk are joining AASHTO’s policy team and will be based at the organization’s Washington, D.C., headquarters. Bermudez is the new program specialist for environment at AASHTO and will […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials seeks to hire a project engineer at its Washington, D.C., headquarters location to support its National Transportation Product Evaluation Program or NTPEP. The project engineer will be responsible for the implementation of new products, monitor the sustainability of current NTPEP technical committees, and serve as a […]

A group of 12 transportation projects, culled from four regional competitions, are now in the final round of the 11th annual America’s Transportation Awards competition – with the two winning entries to be announced at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Annual Meeting in Atlanta on Sunday, Sept. 23. In April, 35 state […]

Eight transportation projects in five mid-America states won awards during the fourth and final regional America’s Transportation Awards competition, with the three highest-scoring ones moving on to compete among the “Top 12” projects in the country for two “Grand Prize” winning designations that will be announced at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation […]

The publications division of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has released the third of three 2018 updates to its Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling and Testing, commonly referred to as the “Materials Standards.” The August update includes 10 new and 21 revised standards, with revisions to the […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation recently released AASHTOWare Project 4.1, which include over 200 improvements, along with 31 functional enhancements to AASHTOWare Project Civil Rights and Labor, AASHTOWare Project Estimation, and AASHTOWare Project Construction and Materials.  These new features will save agencies time and give them the ability to access their data […]

Eight transportation projects from six southeastern states were recognized for a wide range of achievements in the third regional America’s Transportation Awards competition, including the significant reduction in motor vehicle crashes via new roadway designs, the creation of safer routes for bicycles and pedestrians, plus restoring access to communities after natural disasters. “State DOTs are […]

Leni Oman, a 21-plus veteran with the Washington State Department of Transportation, received an appointment on July 27 to be the vice chair for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Committee on Knowledge Management for a two-year term. Currently serving in the role of “knowledge strategist” at WSDOT – a position she’s […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently transformed its AASHTO Bookstore resource into the ‘AASHTO Store,’ which will serve as the ‘digital home’ for the group’s AASHTO Publications and Transportation Curriculum Coordination Council (TC3) resources. With almost 200 courses currently available, TC3 technical trainings courses cover a wide range of topics, from […]

Online voting is now underway to decide the People’s Choice Award winner in the annual Faces of Transportation photography and video contest sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. One of 96 photographic images will be voted the People’s Choice Award winner and a panel of judges will select the winner […]