Webinar Examines the Road Ahead for Highway Funding
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production May 15, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials along with the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association held a free live-streaming webinar on May 14 entitled The State of Highway Investment: Plans, Promises and Predictions, focusing on both current trends and future plans for federal, state, and local surface transportation investments – especially in […]
READ MOREMore Using Video to Advocate for Transportation Needs
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production December 30, 2014 0 COMMENTSIn a social media-driven era, when a smart messaging campaign can hook an audience to sell an idea and be amplified by tweets and likes, two examples stand out for transportation. In both Texas and Michigan, key officials cut videos that highlighted failings in their transportation infrastructure to advocate for more investment. In Texas, during a gubernatorial election in which he […]
READ MOREArkansas Trims 2015 Bids Over Federal Delays
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production December 29, 2014 0 COMMENTS“Same song, second verse,” said Scott Bennett, director of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, as he announced cuts in the agency’s 2015 list of infrastructure project bids due to another round of uncertainty about federal funding. Bennett said Arkansas had to delay 15 highway projects in 2014 that were worth $70 million, because the state could not count […]
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