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S.C. outlines plans to improve from most highway deaths in U.S.
Noting that her state ranks the worst in highway fatalities, South Carolina Secretary of Transportation Christy Hall plans to improve 100 miles of the state’s most dangerous roads each year. The project is part of her 2018 “State of SCDOT” report. She says the state’s top priorities will be rural road safety, resurfacing, bridges and […]
February 13, 2018
Roadbuilding
Wyoming maps out sites for alternative vehicle fueling
The state of Wyoming has made finding fuel stations for electric and other alternative vehicles a little easier. The Wyoming Department of Transportation has added a new feature to its 511 map that shows the state’s 30 or so alternative fuel sites. “The new layer option on our 511 travel information map will help alternative […]
September 18, 2017
Business
Surveys find Americans willing to support 10-cent fuel tax increase to maintain roads
Ever wonder why some research studies show substantial public support for increased fuel taxes and other studies show the opposite? It turns out, it’s all in how you ask the question. Exhaustive proof of that is provided in the Mineta Transportation Institute’s fourth annual survey of public opinion about paying additional taxes to support transportation […]
August 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus
Imagine then the freedom I feel in the 21st century when I can proclaim to my tree-hugging friends that our pavements are among the greenest man-made structures in our civilization.
November 11, 2011
Equipment
Tennessee DOT accepting biofuel corridor grant applications
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is now accepting applications for the next round of Green Island Biofuel Corridor Network grants. The deadline to apply for the grants is April 30, 2010. The Green Island grant program is a competitive funding opportunity available to retail fuel station owners and farmer co-ops interested in promoting and […]
April 1, 2010
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