The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials – an equal-opportunity employer – is recruiting for several open positions at the organization’s Washington, D.C., headquarters. [Above image by AASHTO] Please visit the AASHTO Jobs Portal for more information about the following positions or click on the highlighted links: Program Specialist for Environment. Program Manager for Transit […]
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The board of directors of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials have elected Roger Millar (above left), secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation, as its 2022-2023 president during its 2022 Annual Meeting in Orlando. The board also elected Paul Ajegba (above right), director of the Michigan Department of Transportation, as […]
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Pete Buttigieg (seen above), secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, is looking to states for help in reducing what he describes as a “shocking” number of annual roadway fatalities. That is just one of the many points he made during a wide-ranging talk at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Association of State […]
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Two State DOTs Earn Top Awards in National Competition
editor@aashto.org October 28, 2022 0 COMMENTSAn equity-inspired infrastructure project that reconnected a community of color in downtown Pittsburg and a project that is guiding active transportation projects and programs across Washington State received the top prizes in the 2022 America’s Transportation Awards competition. [Above photo by AASHTO] Sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AAA, and […]
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The Federal Highway Administration has issued new guidance to help states better protect “vulnerable road users,” such as pedestrians, cyclists, and people who use wheelchairs – people who accounted for approximately 20 percent of the 42,915 killed in motor vehicle crashes in 2021, according to the National Highway Safety Administration; an increase of 13 percent […]
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently provided feedback to the U.S. Department of Transportation concerning the agency’s proposal to modernize disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) and airport concession disadvantaged business enterprise (ACDBE) programs. [Above image by AASHTO] In a letter to USDOT, AASHTO expressed its broad support for the agency’s effort to […]
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials presented awards to 11 individuals, teams, and state department of transportation programs for outstanding achievement during its 2022 Annual Meeting in Orlando. [Above left to right: AASHTO’s Jim Tymon; Kansas DOT’s Julie Lorenz; Louisiana DOTD’s Dr. Shawn Wilson. Photo by AASHTO.] “These annual awards celebrate the […]
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Making a difference is “the highest form of wealth there is,” according to Dr. Calvin Mackie (seen above), president and CEO of the nonprofit firm STEM NOLA. At the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, he called on attendees to make a difference in their communities through transportation. […]
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Jared Perdue (seen above), secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation, believes state departments of transportation must make community engagement their “number one priority” going forward when it comes to infrastructure projects – or risk failure. [Above photo by AASHTO] “How do we as state DOTs continue to deliver infrastructure and be successful? It is […]
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A forum hosted by the American Enterprise Institute on October 26 discussed how the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the $739 billion Inflation Reduction Act are set to affect the U.S. infrastructure now and in the future. [Above image via AEI] Mitch Landrieu, senior adviser to the president, kicked off the event […]
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