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ARTBA Transportation Development Foundation honors work zone ‘monsters’, other safety efforts

The Transportation Development Foundation for the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) presented awards to five work zone safety program during the Roadway Work Zone Safety Awareness Awards at the association’s national convention in Philadelphia. For 17 years ARTBA has been honoring such efforts, including programs, campaigns and technological solutions, designed to cut down […]

October 5, 2015

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ARTBA honors 5 members with division awards

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association gave division awards to five members at the its national convention on Wednesday. ARTBA announced in a press release that the awards honor members who have made significant contributions to the Contractors, Planning and Design, Materials and Services and Traffic Safety Industry divisions. The Nello L. Teer, Jr. award […]

October 2, 2015

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3M contributes to scholarships for children of roadway workers

3M donated $20,000 to fund scholarships for the children of roadway workers killed or permanently injured on the job. The company donated the money through its 3M Visibly Safer Work Zones Project, which has supported scholarship programs for four years from the American Traffic Safety Services Foundation and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association […]

April 29, 2015

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As highway reauthorization hearing nears, ARTBA proposes 15-cent gas tax increase for 10-year funding

A proposal dubbed “Getting Beyond Gridlock” by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) would raise $401 billion for highway and mass transit capital investments via a 15-cents-per-gallon increase in federal gas and diesel fuel taxes. The proposal comes less than a week before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee holds a hearing on “reauthorizing” federal surface […]

March 13, 2015

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There are 90 transportation funding bills awaiting action across the U.S.

The American Road & Transportation Builder’s Association, through its Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC), reports that 26 state legislatures have a total of 90 introduced measures between them that would offer transportation project funding. ARTBA’s Chief Economist Dr. Alison Premo Black said that state and local funding makes up slightly less than half of all […]

March 2, 2015

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ARTBA seeks students for 2015-16 Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) is seeking qualified students for its 2015-16 “Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program.” The scholarship, which is in its 15th year in 2015, provides post-high school financial assistance to the children of highway workers who have been killed or permanently disabled while working in […]

January 22, 2015

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ARTBA and Building America’s Future respond to Obama’s State of the Union address

President Obama called for Congress to pass a “bipartisan infrastructure plan” during his Sate of the Union address on Tuesday night which has led to reaction from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), as well as Building America’s Future co-chairs Ray LaHood and Ed Rendell. ARTBA President and CEO Pete Ruane released the […]

January 21, 2015

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ARTBA honors Texas A&M University Professor

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) has honored Dr. Jon Epps, senior research fellow and executive associate director of Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) at Texas A&M University, with its prestigious “S.S. Steinberg Award.” Dr. Epps received his award during the association’s annual Research and Education Division (RED) meeting in Washington, D.C on January 12. […]

January 19, 2015

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Alerting Congress: Most jobs created by transportation investment occur in non-construction sectors

If Congress somehow lacks the motivation needed to agree on a long-term Highway Trust Fund, a new report from IHS Inc., a leading global source of critical information and insight, may lead to some more serious discussions. “Congress has decided to leave town and leave behind a gaping policy hole that needs to be filled,” said […]

December 10, 2014

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ARTBA to EPA: Ditches are not ‘waters of the United States’

The potential delays and increased costs that would result from extending federal authority to cover roadside ditches would divert resources from timely maintenance activities and potentially threaten the role ditches play in promoting roadway safety, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). The association submitted comments Nov. 14 to the U.S. Environmental […]

November 27, 2014

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ARTBA announces Hall of Fame inductees

James D. Pitcock, Jr., and Horatio S. Earle are the 2014 inductees to American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation’s “Transportation Development Hall of Fame.” Petcock spent 60 years as the  chief executive officer of Texas-based Williams Brothers Construction Company. Earle is the former Michigan highway commissioner who led the good roads movement at the turn […]

November 14, 2014

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ARTBA Video: Fix the Highway Trust Fund …NOW!

American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President and CEO Pete Ruane has released the above video urging transportation design and construction industry professionals to let their voices be heard during the mid-term elections. Ruane’s video highlights the current political situation with the Highway Trust Fund and explains what stakeholders can do to help ensure their […]

October 9, 2014