A $21 billion transportation plan proposed by Governor Ned Lamont (D) on November 7 would invest $14 billion in Connecticut’s roads and bridges plus $7 billion in its public transit systems over the next decade – and would rely on interstate bridge tolls for part of that funding. [Above photo via the Connecticut Governor’s Office.] […]

The Nevada Department of Transportation reported on November 7 that construction is now halfway done on the state’s second longest bridge: a 2,635-foot-long highway “flyover” structure that will connect northbound U.S. Highway 95 to the westbound 215 Beltway in northwest Las Vegas. [Above photo by Nevada DOT.] That flyover – which provides direct freeway-to-freeway connections […]

The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet tapped a design-build team led by Hall Contracting and American Engineers Inc. for its four-year, $180 million I-Move Kentucky interstate project that includes improvements to I-265, I-71 and I-64 through a heavily traveled corridor in Jefferson and Oldham counties near Louisville. [Above photo by the KYTC.] Planning and pre-construction activities for […]

The Kansas Department of Transportation recently awarded $39 million in grants to 22 transportation projects as part of its new Cost Share Program launched in September; projects that represent a total of nearly $74 million in state, local, federal and private investment in transportation improvements statewide. [Above photo by the Kansas DOT.] “These projects demonstrate […]

Two state agencies recently committed a combined $2.5 million toward installing wildlife crossing along US 189 in southwest Wyoming – what’s known as the Dry Piney project – to help reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions. [Above photo by the Wyoming Migration Initiative.] The Wyoming Transportation Commission approved a $1.25 million match of the Wyoming Game and Fish […]

In the second episode of the TPM Now! video series, Carlos Braceras – executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2018-2019 president – explains the challenges involved with communicating the importance of transportation performance management or TPM practices to state legislators and the general […]

The California Air Resources Board approved a $533 million plan on October 24 to fund clean car rebates, zero-emission transit and school buses, clean trucks, and other innovative, clean transportation and mobility pilot projects. [Above photo by Ken Lund.] The Fiscal Year 2019-2020 funding plan for clean transportation incentives – funded via $485 million gained […]

The Illinois Department of Transportation will be using newly-granted federal funds to build out recharging and refueling infrastructure for electric- and natural gas-powered vehicles on Interstate 80. The agency said that the $70,000 federal grant will be matched by $10,000 each from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and Illinois – part of a larger […]