Major General Luke Reiner – currently Wyoming’s Adjutant General in charge of the 3,000-member Wyoming Military Department – is set to become the next director of the Wyoming Department of Transportation, following his formal appointment by Gov. Mark Gordon (R) on Feb. 20. [Above photo by First Lt. Christian Venhuizen, Wyoming National Guard.] He began […]
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TxDOT to Tackle Rising Traffic Fatalities in Energy Region of Lone Star State
editor@aashto.org February 22, 2019 0 COMMENTSAccording to the Texas Department of Transportation, “booming” economic activity in the Lone Star state’s five main oil and gas production regions – Barnett Shale, Eagle Ford Shale, Granite Wash, Haynesville/Bossier Shale and Permian Basin – is generating a spike in traffic fatalities and injuries; an increase the agency blames on failure to control speed, […]
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New Jersey, Delaware Agree to Toll Increase to Boost Bridge, Ferry Infrastructure Funds
editor@aashto.org February 22, 2019 0 COMMENTSNew Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) and Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) jointly agreed on Feb. 13 to a toll rate increase for the Delaware Memorial Bridge in order to fund “necessary safety and infrastructure projects,” which the Delaware River and Bay Authority officially adopted on Feb. 20. The new toll rate for passenger cars […]
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Rhode Island DOT Hosts Autonomous Vehicle Demonstration
editor@aashto.org February 22, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe Rhode Island Department of Transportation hosted an autonomous vehicle technology demonstration on Feb. 20 along “low-volume” roads in and around Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown; part of what the agency calls its “Little Roady” pilot program, named after the “Little Roady” self-driving all-electric shuttle bus being tested. The Little Roady shuttles – capable […]
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Idaho Transportation Department Adds ‘Video Component’ to Annual Report
editor@aashto.org February 22, 2019 0 COMMENTSFor the first time, the Idaho Transportation Department added a “video component” to its annual report as a way to “visually illustrate” its accomplishments in 2018. “Normally, we print the report on paper and also provide an electronic version on [our] website,” explained ITD Director Brian Ness in a statement. “This year, we wanted to […]
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Pennsylvania Revives Long-Idled Rural Highway Project
editor@aashto.org February 22, 2019 0 COMMENTSA four-lane highway project that aims to connect the Seven Mountains region of Pennsylvania to the greater State College area through Centre County is being restarted after being shelved for more than 15 years – largely with state funds. The new roadway would also link to the Potter Mills Gap project, which is in its […]
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Georgia DOT’s McMurry Named Chair for AASHTO’s Council on Highways and Streets
editor@aashto.org February 22, 2019 0 COMMENTSRussell McMurry (seen above), commissioner of the Georgia Department of Transportation, has been appointed to a two-year term as chair of the American Association of Stater Highway and Transportation Officials Council on Highways and Streets. McMurry – appointed to be Georgia DOT’s commissioner by a unanimous vote of the State Transportation Board in January 2015 […]
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Transportation Policy, Funding in Focus at AASHTO 2019 Washington Briefing
editor@aashto.org February 22, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe annual American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Washington Briefing – being held Feb. 27 through March 1 at the Washington Court Hotel in Washington D.C. – will focus on legislative issues related to transportation policy and infrastructure funding; issues that will be directly addressed by some of the nation’s key transportation policymakers […]
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