National insurance provider GEICO is the new sponsor of the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s Safety Service Patrol or SSP. Created in 1994, SSP is a free service that assists motorists whose vehicles have become disabled as a result of a crash or a mechanical failure as well as providing safety for emergency responders. [Above […]
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Alaska has entered negotiations to sell its ageing M/V Malaspina ferry (seen above) to Alaska-based MV Malaspina LLC (MVM), which is floating plans to use the 59-year-old ship as a training facility for the University of Alaska’s Maritime Training Center in Ketchikan or as a maritime museum chronicling the history of the Alaska Marine Highway […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation is funding a research project by two university professors to study commercial concrete sealants used to treat cracks in roads, bridges, tunnels and other highway projects in order to prevent damage and corrosion caused by moisture. [Above photo by NCDOT] Dr. Amin Akhnoukh, an associate professor in construction management […]
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has appointed Yassmin Gramian (seen above) – secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation – to a two-year term as chair of its Committee on Environment and Sustainability or CES. [Above photo by PennDOT] CES monitors federal environmental laws, regulations, procedures and guidance related to air […]
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The National Operations Center for Excellence or NOCoE – a partnership of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, the Institute for Transportation Engineers, and the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, with support from the Federal Highway Administration – recently named the winners of its 2022 TSMO Award contest. [Above image by NOCoE] […]
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In conjunction with the quadrennial PIARC World Winter Service and Road Resilience Congress held in Calgary, the U.S. National Committee hosted a paper competition to recognize U.S. authors and their contribution to the PIARC Congress. [Above photo by the Virginia DOT] That U.S. paper competition – sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and […]
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