Buttigieg: We Are ‘Rebuilding’ the Foundation of Transportation
editor@aashto.org March 3, 2023 0 COMMENTSPete Buttigieg, secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (above at left with Roger Millar, AASHTO president), says his agency and the nation’s mobility community are currently involved in “one of the most exciting, productive, and challenging times in U.S. transportation history” – driven in no small part by “historic” levels of funding provided by […]
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Congressional Leaders Highlight Transportation Priorities
editor@aashto.org March 3, 2023 0 COMMENTSImplementation of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or IIJA, enacted in November 2021, remains a critical focal point for Congress, according to key transportation committee leaders within the Senate and House of Representatives. [Above photo by AASHTO] Speaking at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2023 Washington Briefing –held February […]
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Key Federal Highway Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Federal Transit Administration officials shared their perspectives on ways to improve transportation safety during a panel discussion at the 2023 American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Washington Briefing, held February 28 through March 3 at the Hilton Washington D.C. Capitol […]
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The Federal Highway Administration issued an updated policy memo on February 24 that supersedes a controversial December 2021 memo that sought to influence how states spent funds issued via the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or IIJA enacted in November 2021. [Above image by FHWA] A decision issued by the Government Accountability Office […]
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has opened the online application portal for two of its major awards programs: The 2023 America’s Transportation Awards competition and 2023 President’s Transportation Awards. [Above image by AASHTO] AASHTO opened the nomination portal for the 2023 America’s Transportation Awards on March 3, with April 14 the […]
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The Federal Railroad Administration has unveiled a new national initiative for focused inspections on routes that carry high-hazard flammable trains or HHFTs and other trains carrying large volumes of hazmat commodities. [Above photo by the FRA] This new effort follows the catastrophic February 3 derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, OH, that resulted […]
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Twelve state departments of transportation signed a national pledge to expand equity opportunities in the infrastructure sector during a ceremony on March 1 during the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2023 Washington Briefing in Washington, D.C. [Above photo by AASHTO] Those state DOTs pledged to create opportunities for historically underutilized businesses or […]
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded $185 million in grants to 45 projects through its new “Reconnecting Communities” pilot program – what the agency described as a “first-of-its-kind” initiative to reconnect communities “cut off from opportunity and burdened by past transportation infrastructure decisions.” [Above photo by USDOT] Established by $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs […]
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The Federal Aviation Administration recently awarded nearly $1 billion in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or IIJA funding to 99 airports “of all shapes and sizes” in 47 states and two territories to support a wide variety of projects. [Above photo by the Colorado DOT] That funding comes from the Airport Terminal Program, one of three […]
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The latest episode of the Environmental Technical Assistance Program or ETAP Podcast examines the impact of Georgia’s Transportation Investment Act or TIA a decade after its passage – a voter-approved 1 percent sales tax dedicated to funding state transportation and infrastructure needs. [Above photo by the Georgia DOT] In 2012, voters in three Georgia regions […]
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