Registration Open for AASHTO Leadership Development Series
editor@aashto.org February 10, 2023 0 COMMENTSThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has opened 2023 registration for all three institutes within its Leadership Development Series. [Above photo by AASHTO] AASHTO, which revamped its Leadership Development Series under a new contract with the University of Kansas in October 2020, targets specific needs within three different career development phases for state […]
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State DOT Panel Explores How to Turn Data into Decisions
editor@aashto.org January 20, 2023 0 COMMENTSThree current and two former state transportation agency executives shared their thoughts on how to use data and information gleaned from a number of sources to make more effective decisions during a roundtable discussion at the 2023 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. [Above photo by AASHTO] Neil Pedersen, TRB’s former executive director, moderated the panel, […]
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently expressed its concern regarding “increasingly large” annual redistributions of Highway Trust Fund obligation limitation to state departments of transportation each August due to the “narrow timeframe” for allocating that funding. [Above photo by AASHTO] This “redistribution” occurs late in the federal fiscal year when HTF’s […]
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The Federal Highway Administration recently unveiled two new efforts established by the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or IIJA enacted in November 2021 that aim to help create economic opportunities and open the door to building generational wealth for disadvantaged entrepreneurs and workers across the country. [Above photo of FHWA Administrator Shailen Bhatt […]
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A new report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board calls on federal and state agencies engage in “new actions” to address the continuing problem of impaired driving, including from alcohol, cannabis (seen above), and other drugs, as well as well as multiple drug use. [Above photo by Elsa Olofsson] That report – issued in […]
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The Illinois Department of Transportation and the Chicago Department of Transportation recently signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will help “streamline and accelerate” deployment of safety measures on local roads and state routes within Chicago to better protect bicyclists and pedestrians. [Above photo by the City of Chicago] “[This] MOU builds on our […]
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The Ohio Department of Transportation and the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) are planning to establish another Distracted Driving Safety Corridor along a section of I-77 between state Route 18 and state Route 21 in northern Summit County. [Above photo by the Ohio DOT] From 2019 to 2022, the agency said this particular section of […]
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A new report published by national research nonprofit TRIP, with data from the Montana Department of Transportation, examines the current condition and future needs of Montana’s system of roads, highways and bridges – outlining the state’s top 20 transportation challenges and the improvements needed to address them. [Above photo by the Montana DOT] TRIP’s report, entitled […]
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Governor Kay Ivey (R) of Alabama (above left) and Governor Mike Parsons (R) of Missouri (above right) recently announced significant transportation funding awards for local road and rail crossing safety projects in their respective states. On January 12, Gov. Ivey said more than $40 million in state transportation funding is being awarded to cities and […]
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The Kansas Department of Transportation said it witnessed a major spike in its new KanDrive mobile phone application and the Kansas 511 phone system by motorists over the last two months of 2022. [Above image by the Kansas DOT] Those usage spikes follow updates the agency made to both of them in October 2022, which […]
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