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Fuel prices could hit four-year highs this summer

Regular gasoline is predicted to average almost $3.00 which would be the highest average "summer price" for gasoline in four years, AASHTO reports. Details here.

May 15, 2018

Roadbuilding

Md. highway inspectors transition to e-construction

The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration has received a $100,000 federal grant to buy iPads to document construction projects, according to WCBC radio. The grant comes from the Federal Highway Administration’s Every Day Counts program and is intended to help MDOT SHA transition from a paper-based process. The agency will buy 156 iPads […]

January 2, 2018

Roadbuilding

Pa. transportation council wins national award for innovation

The Pennsylvania State Transportation Innovation Council has received a national award for its efforts to train local governments on new ways to improve road networks. The 2017 STIC Excellence Award is sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Innovation Initiative and the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Center of Accelerating Innovation. […]

November 14, 2017

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No growth in FY17 for Highway Trust Fund excise tax receipts

Government receipts from all excise taxes in the Highway Trust Fund showed no overall growth in the federal fiscal year that ended September 30. That’s because a big drop in retail taxes on commercial trucks more than offset slight fuel-tax gains, according to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). The association […]

November 2, 2017

Roadbuilding

Radios in Ala. traffic signals could prevent crashes, talk to vehicles

The University of Alabama has teamed up with the Alabama Department of Transportation to install communication radios in traffic signals to collect data that could help reduce crashes and prepare for self-driving vehicles. The project was inspired by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ national challenge to install 20 of the radios […]

October 27, 2017

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Congress urged to provide long-term, consistent funding for transportation infrastructure

Long-term, consistent revenue is needed for developing a new transportation infrastructure package. That was the message from Patrick McKenna, director of the Missouri Department of Transportation, when testifying October 11 before the U.S. House’s Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. The committee wanted to hear views from transportation stakeholders on improving the country’s infrastructure. McKenna, who […]

October 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

Colo., Idaho projects take top prizes at 2017 America’s Transportation Awards

A multimodal project in Colorado and the removal of dangerous intersections in Idaho won top honors at the 2017 America’s Transportation Awards competition. The Colorado Department of Transportation’s $487 million U.S. 36 Express Lanes project earned the Grand Prize and the Idaho Transportation Department’s $11.2 million U.S. 20 Thornton Interchange project was voted the People’s […]

September 29, 2017

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Trump to nominate former IDOT chief Trombino to head FHWA

President Trump announced plans to nominate Paul Trombino III to be head of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), The Gazette reports. Trombino headed the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) for five years before resigning in November 2016 to become president of McClure Engineering. At the Iowa DOT, Trombino was responsible for a $1 billion annual budget, 9,400 […]

September 15, 2017

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Road revenue gap worries transportation officials

Despite vehicle miles traveled reaching a record high, collections for the federal Highway Trust Fund have been flat for the last 10 months of the current fiscal year, according to the AASHTO Journal of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. The fund, which is composed of federal gas taxes and taxes on […]

September 13, 2017

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Seven projects from 5 states win top honors in NE regional America’s Transportation Awards

Seven projects from five states were named the top transportation projects as northeast regional winners for the 2017 America’s Transportation Awards. The awards were presented during the Northeast Association of State Transportation Officials’ annual meeting in Philadelphia. The western regional winners of the America’s Transportation Awards were announced in June. The American Association of State Highway […]

July 13, 2017

Roadbuilding

AASHTO picks Idaho Transportation Department innovation program as prototype

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has selected the Idaho Transportation Department’s (ITD) innovation program as a prototype for other state departments to use. ITD reports AASHTO called Innovate ITD! a “best-in-class process” and the association’s Innovation Initiative committee plans to work with the department to “showcase the innovation” to other […]

January 16, 2017

Roadbuilding

Idaho Transportation Department wins AASHTO transportation awards

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) recently received two American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) President’s awards during the association’s recent annual meeting. “These awards show that Idaho projects consistently rank among the best in the nation,” says ITD director Brian Ness. “Within Idaho, the quality is well-known, and having that high level […]

November 25, 2016