WSDOT’s Roger Millar: “We Must Become Stewards of the Transportation System”
editor@aashto.org July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSRoger Millar, secretary of the Washington Department of Transportation, sees many challenges ahead for state DOTs – especially as pressure on existing capacity keeps rising while the funding required to keep the state’s transportation network ship-shape continues to shrink. “We like to talk about traffic congestion as an issue, but it is actually a symptom […]
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Amazon Transportation and Logistics Executive Shares View of the Future
editor@aashto.org July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSKatie Thomson, a former Obama-administration U.S. Department of Transportation official who now serves as vice president and general counsel for Amazon’s transportation and logistics operations, offered her perspective on some of the future transportation challenges and opportunities facing America during a speech at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2018 Joint Policy […]
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FHWA: Truck Parking Survey Will Include Drayage, Short-Haul Drivers
editor@aashto.org July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSCaitlin Hughes, director of the Federal Highway Administration’s office of freight management and logistics, noted in a presentation at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2018 Joint Policy Committee meeting in Spokane, Washington, on July 18 that a nationwide truck parking survey now expected to start this August is going to be […]
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The Federal Transit Administration issued two final rules on July 18 that, according to an agency statement, aim to “strengthen the safety of public transportation systems.” The first is the Public Transportation Agency Safety Plan rule – which takes effect July 19, 2019, with full compliance expected within one year of that date – requires […]
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FRA to Offer $318M Worth of Grants for Rail Infrastructure, Safety Improvements
editor@aashto.org July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Federal Railroad Administration issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity for its Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements or CRISI program on July 19 that includes more than $318 million in grant monies. FRA said in a statement that this specific NOFO will help fund projects aimed at improving intercity passenger and freight rail transportation […]
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AAPA President Testifies on Port and Freight Funding Needs
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSIn written testimony offered before the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness on July 18, Kurt Nagle, president and CEO of American Association of Port Authorities, stressed that – in order to be competitive in the 21st century global economy – the United States “needs a national multi-modal freight network” […]
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FAA Awards $659.8M in Airport Infrastructure Grants
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Federal Aviation Administration announced on July 16 it will award $659.8 million in airport infrastructure grants as part of $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program or AIP funding for airports across the U.S. In a statement, the agency said this “second increment” of AIP funding – highlighted in a 16-page document – provides 450 […]
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Survey: Use of Warm-Mix Asphalt Keeps Climbing
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSAn annual survey conducted by the National Asphalt Pavement Association in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration over the last nine years found that “warm-mix asphalt” made up nearly 39 percent of all asphalt pavement mixtures produced in the United States in 2017. The survey – conducted in the first quarter of 2018 with 238 […]
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AASHTO Mobile Workshop Explores Spokane’s Bike Infrastructure
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and technology company Iteris organized a three-hour long “mobile workshop” on July 17 during the group’s 2018 Joint Policy Committee Meeting in Spokane, Washington, to explore that city’s growing bike infrastructure and highlight what can be done to foster its further development. Barb Chamberlain, the director […]
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RIDOT Releases Initial Tractor-Trailer Tolling Results
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Rhode Island Department of Transportation released key data from the state’s tractor-trailer-only tolling program gathered from June 11, when the program began, through July 10. The data included the number of transactions, number of diversions, and receivables from gantry Locations 1 and 2, the agency – part of an effort to “maintain transparency” about […]
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