The Ohio Department of Transportation recently made $4 million in grants available through its “Safe Routes to School” program to fund infrastructure improvements such as pedestrian and bicycle crossing improvements, new or improved sidewalks, and bike racks and non-infrastructure activities such as walk to school days, bike rodeos, public awareness campaigns, or educational programs. [Above […]
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Mississippi DOT Using Drone-Based LiDAR for Road Projects
editor@aashto.org January 21, 2022 0 COMMENTSThe Mississippi Department of Transportation is using light detection and ranging or LiDAR technology to help improve the efficiency and safety in the construction and maintenance of road projects statewide. Now, it is putting that technology into the air with drones. [Above photo by the Mississippi DOT] The agency said in a statement that LiDAR […]
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New Jersey, Texas, and Virginia are deploying a variety of technologies to help improve the efficiency and safety of commercial trucking operations within their borders. [Above photo by the New Jersey DOT] The New Jersey Department of Transportation recently implemented a real-time traffic alert system for commercial vehicle drivers that provides in-cab traffic congestion updates […]
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The Colorado Department of Transportation recently debuted a documentary called “Durango 550 – Path of the Ancestral Puebloans” to show how the agency worked with archaeologists and regional Native American tribes to document, study, and ultimately share the discoveries unearthed near Durango in southwest Colorado. [Above photo by the Colorado DOT] The archaeological excavation took […]
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The National Transportation Product Evaluation Program or NTPEP – a group dedicated to evaluating materials, products, and devices of common interest for use in highway and bridge construction – is supporting a new research and certification institute focused on promoting the use of composite reinforcement for infrastructure projects in North America and beyond. NTPEP – […]
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The AASHTO re:source podcast recently released the second of a three-part series examining the National Transportation Product Evaluation Program or NTPEP. AASHTO re:source – which launched this podcast series in September 2020 – is part of the engineering and technical services division of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. It provides services and tools […]
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The second of three electric vehicle or EV infrastructure webinars is now open for registration. 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 Laboratory – is entitled “State EV Infrastructure Planning and Deployment Models.” [Above photo by the […]
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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 application deadline for those positions is January 24. The first is for a National Transportation Product Evaluation Program or NTPEP program specialist, who will be responsible for supporting AASHTO members […]
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