To attract science, technology, engineering, and math or STEM-focused high school students to careers in the transportation industry, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is deploying a new video developed in partnership with Commonwealth Media Services as a recruiting tool. The goal of the video is to encourage high school students to consider a wide range […]
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Ohio DOT to Develop First-Ever Active Transportation Plan
editor@aashto.org July 19, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe Ohio Department of Transportation noted on July 12 that recent trends in safety, demographics, and demand are spurring it to develop its first-ever policy plan for walking and biking – a plan the agency hopes to craft with public input gleaned from a series of stakeholder meetings and online surveys. [Above photo by the Ohio DOT.] “We […]
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Starting this month, AASHTO Publications – in conjunction with Transportation TV – will be producing a new monthly video series to provide a roughly two-minute update on recent American Association of State Highway and Transportation book releases and news. Included in this month’s video are highlights of the second edition of AASHTO’s its “Guidelines for […]
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From now through August 2, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Innovation Initiative, known as A.I.I., is accepting nominations for new innovative technologies. A.I.I. accepts submissions for consideration from state departments of transportation and AASHTO associate members. Formerly called the AASHTO Technology Implementation Group, A.I.I. aims to accelerate the adoption of new […]
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Celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month: Victor M. Mendez, State and Federal Transportation Official
Mendez was appointed ADOT director in 2001 by Governor Jane Dee Hull, a Republican. Mendez continued to serve in this position under Hull’s Democratic successor Janet Napolitano. His key accomplishments at ADOT included overseeing completion of Arizona’s first major design-build project, the widening of the Superstition Freeway in the East Valley.
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NEW RELEASE: Culvert and Storm Drain System Inspection Guide, 1st Edition
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