The Highway Safety Office at the Colorado Department of Transportation has launched a new Drug Recognition Expert or DRE training program for law enforcement personnel. [Above photo of the graduates from the agency’s 2021 DRE course by the Colorado DOT] Darrell Lingk, director of the agency’s Highway Safety Office, said in a statement that the […]
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The New Jersey Department of Transportation recently awarded $1.4 million in Highway Safety Fund Program grants to 54 municipalities statewide to support designated “Safe Corridor” highway segments. [Above photo by New Jersey DOT] “The Highway Safety Fund provides grants to local law enforcement, helping ensure they have the tools they need to keep our roads […]
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials plans to hold its National Transportation Product Evaluation Program or NTPEP annual meeting June 26-30. [Above image via AASHTO] NTPEP combines the professional and physical resources of AASHTO member departments to evaluate materials, products, and devices of common interest for use in highway and bridge construction. […]
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There is still time to register for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2022 Spring Meeting. Click here to register for the May 9-12 meeting in New Orleans. [Above photo by AASHTO] The AASHTO Spring Meeting provides transportation leaders with the opportunity to collaborate on some of the biggest issues facing the transportation industry […]
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NTPEP Seeks State Hosts for Multi-Year ‘Field Test Deck’
editor@aashto.org April 15, 2022 0 COMMENTSThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials currently has two volunteer slots open for hosting National Transportation Product Evaluation Program or NTPEP multi-year field test deck projects. [Above photo by the Ohio DOT] Those two opportunities are for the Rapid Set Concrete Patching Materials or RSCP technical committee and Snow Plowable Raised Pavement […]
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently released 2022 interim revisions for its “Guide Specifications for Internal Redundancy of Mechanically-Fastened Built-up Steel Members, 1st Edition,” originally published in 2018. [Above graphic by AASHTO] This set of guide specifications provides engineers with a reliable tool to assess the internal redundancy of steel bridge […]
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