Efforts ranging from community college-based training programs to job fairs for soon-to-be-released prisoners are part of a push to increase the ranks of skilled infrastructure workers across the country. [Above photo via Virginia’s Community Colleges] For example, community colleges, businesses, and trade associations across Virginia recently teamed up to form the Virginia Infrastructure Academy or […]

The Florida Department of Transportation helped host a groundbreaking ceremony for the $126 million NASA Causeway Bridge project this week, which will build two high-level fixed bridges over the Indian River, providing a new gateway to Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. [Above photo by the Florida DOT] Traffic to and from […]

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is updating the state’s 511PA travel information service to include the locations of electric vehicle chargers and all low bridges over state roads, while allowing motorists to set up personalized travel alerts for specific roadways, days of the week, and times of the day. [Above photo by PennDOT] Categories for those “personalized” […]

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is joining forces with PayByCar, Inc., to highlight new “pay-by-text” payment options at fueling stations across Massachusetts. [Above image via Wikipedia Commons] That joint information campaign seeks to educate motorists about a “low-touch fuel payment” solution offered by PayByCar across the Bay State through the “Driven by E-ZPass” program developed […]

The Illinois Department of Transportation recently hosted a media event to launch the next phase of its $268 million Interstate 57 upgrade project through Southern Illinois. [Above photo by the Illinois DOT] That project seeks to add a third lane in each direction along one of the nation’s critical freight and travel corridors in order […]

The Georgia Department of Transportation and North Carolina Department of Transportation recently issued millions in grants to support a variety of alternative transportation projects across their respective states. [Above photo by the Georgia DOT] In partnership with the Federal Highway Administration, the Georgia DOT awarded nine Transportation Alternatives Program or TAP grants totaling over $4.5 […]