Tag: transportation industry

Roadbuilding

Denver RTD introduces girls to transportation, construction careers

Denver's Regional Transportation District introduced several young girls from Colorado and New Mexico to jobs in the transportation and construction industries.

July 9, 2018

Roadbuilding

Michelin honors transportation industry heroes who keep the holidays moving

Michelin North America, Inc. is once again launching the transportation appreciation campaign, #KeepThanksMoving, a social and digital media initiative that celebrates transportation industry heroes who work behind the scenes to keep the holidays moving forward. As part of the campaign, Michelin encourages people everywhere to share their appreciation either by Twitter via the hashtag #KeepThanksMoving or […]

November 23, 2016

Roadbuilding

Foxx says USDOT has no plans for national regulations on autonomous cars

Driverless cars might be the way of the future, but the U.S. Department of Transportation has no plans to speed down that road. Well, not yet at least. According to The Detroit News, U.S. DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx said at the CES Trade Show on Thursday that while it’s not out of the question for lawmakers in […]

January 11, 2016

Roadbuilding

Technology is changing transportation at high speed. How DOTs can adapt now

As the world changes with the rapid advancement of connected devices and technologies, so must the transportation industry. In a business area where change is sluggish, departments of transportation across the country must adapt quickly to the evolving technologies that are going to impact their operations and budget. Connectedness. Big Data. Automation. There are at […]

April 16, 2015

Roadbuilding

TRB staff members move into technical, strategic initiative roles

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies has moved several staff members into new positions to support its Strategic Initiatives and Technical Activities programs. Mark Norman will become the director of Program Development and Strategic Initiatives. For 15 years he had served as the director of TRB’s Technical Activities Division, a role that Dr. […]

April 8, 2015

Roadbuilding

Transportation sector gains more than 16,000 jobs in November

The transportation sector gained 16,700 jobs in November 2014 according to statistics released by the Department of Labor. According to the department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 4,684,600 transportation jobs in November, compared to 4,667,900 in October. The increase in transportation jobs was part of an increase of 321,000 overall jobs in November that resulted in the U.S. unemployment rate […]

December 5, 2014

Business

MWV Specialty Chemicals and Majeska & Associates forming new business: Invia Pavement Technologies

MWV Specialty Chemicals Division and Majeska & Associates have agreed to form a new business – Invia Pavement Technologies – to deliver new pavement solutions to transportation agencies and roadbuilders worldwide. “We’ve been serving the transportation industry for over 60 years, and we understand the challenges and opportunities our customers face,” said Ed Rose, president, […]

August 22, 2011