The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently published the first edition of its Guide Specifications for Bridges Subject to Tsunami Effect. [Above image by AASHTO] Developed by the AASHTO Committee on Bridges and Structures and Technical Committee on Loads and Load Distribution, the new guide provides methods for estimating the risk posed […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is helping support a three-part webinar series on electric vehicle infrastructure. [Above photo by the Colorado DOT] That series – sponsored by the National Association of State Energy Officials in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy La – is entitled […]

The latest episode of the AASHTO re:source podcast takes a closer look at another AASHTO technical service program—the National Transportation Product Evaluation Program or NTPEP. It is the first in a multi-episode series focusing on the program. AASHTO re:source – which launched this podcast series in September 2020 – is part of the engineering and […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, an equal-opportunity employer, is seeking to fill four full-time positions at its Washington, D.C., headquarters. The first is for a National Transportation Product Evaluation Program or NTPEP program specialist, who will be responsible for supporting AASHTO members as the liaison for several NTPEP technical committees and […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently released the second edition of the Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Pedestrian Facilities. This new and completely revised edition – which supersedes the guide’s first edition, published in 2004 – provides guidance on the planning, design, and operation of pedestrian facilities along […]

The latest episode of the AASHTO re:source podcast takes a deep dive into the funding and policy measures within the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of IIJA that affect state and local governments. AASHTO re:source – which launched this podcast series in September 2020 – is part of the engineering and technical services […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has appointed a new chair and vice chair for its Committee on Human Resources. [Above photo by the Idaho Transportation Department] AASHTO’s Committee on Human Resources recommends processes, best practices, and policies that enable the human resource functions of state transportation agencies to become stronger, innovative, […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has appointed a new chair and vice chair for its Committee on Civil Rights. [Above image via Free SVG] AASHTO’s Committee on Civil Rights seeks to share research and best practices with the organization’s members on programs such as Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), equal employment opportunity, […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, an equal opportunity employer, seeks to hire a director of policy and government relations – a full-time position located at AASHTO’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. The position became available following the promotion of Joung Lee to become AASHTO’s deputy director-chief policy officer on November 22. The […]

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, an equal-opportunity employer, is seeking to fill three full-time positions at its Washington, D.C., headquarters – one for AASHTOware, the organization’s cooperative software development program, and two within its environmental policy division. The first is for an AASHTOware associate project manager: a position that provides technical […]