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Roadbuilding
USDOT announces Every Place Counts Design Challenge winning locations
The four winners of the U.S. Department of Transportationâs (USDOT) Every Place Counts Design Challenge are set to receive âon-site technical assistance from the department and design experts in the field.â The program is an effort to âraise awarenessâ about barriers to transportation infrastructure and âidentify innovative solutionsâ to reconnect people to essential services. The [âŚ]
June 29, 2016
Roadbuilding
Committee calls for multi-modal flexibility in AASHTO roadway design guidelines
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officialsâ (AASHTO) Standing Committee on Highways has adopted a resolution calling for the groupâs next roadway design guidelines offer flexibility to better blend âall modes of travelâ. State departments of transportation engineers make up the committee and recommended the changes to AASHTOâs âA Policy on Geometric Design [âŚ]
May 30, 2016
Roadbuilding
Hereâs an idea
As our transportation infrastructure woes get more woeful, figuring out how to get work done for today and tomorrow and way into the future isnât getting any easier. The American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) will present its second annual TransOvation Conference for transportation design and construction pros in Virginia in July. I went [âŚ]
June 1, 2012
Safety
ARTBA: Innovation âdriving forceâ to reduce roadway construction zone accidents
Innovation should be the driving force behind creation of new strategies to help reduce the nearly 600 deaths and 40,000 injuries that occur annually in roadway construction zones. Thatâs the central message for National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) being delivered by the American Road & Transportation Builders Associationâs (ARTBA) top safety expert. The 2012 [âŚ]
April 26, 2012
Roadbuilding
Road Science
Intelligent compaction . . . application of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) and recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) . . . prefabricated bridges and pavements. Theyâre just a few of the themes of research papers presented at the 91st Transportation Research Board meeting in Washington, D.C., Jan. 23-27.
March 20, 2012
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