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Roadbuilding

RoadWorks

Civilian flaggers, a road funding gap, a streetcar revival and hybrids are among the industry issues featured.

August 1, 2010

Roadbuilding

RoadWorks

Civilian flaggers, a road funding gap, a streetcar revival and hybrids are among the industry issues featured.

August 1, 2010

Roadbuilding

RoadWorks

Civilian flaggers, a road funding gap, a streetcar revival and hybrids are among the industry issues featured.

August 1, 2010

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Obama says no new gas tax, use tolls

Instead of raising the gas tax, which has not been raised in at least a decade, President Barack Obama says highway funding needs to come from tolls. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said a combination of current-level gas tax receipts, road and bridge tolling and President Obama’s proposed infrastructure fund could offer a way to fund […]

July 28, 2010

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Federal Transit Administration awards $5 million to the ARTIC Project

The Federal Transit Administration (FAA) awarded $5 Million to the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) for its project set to break ground next year. The project will build a transportation hub with hopes that it will assist in stimulating the local economy. ARTIC was among 47 projects awarded money through the Federal Transit Administration’s […]

July 21, 2010

Equipment

Trucks

Volvo ponders current, future trucks and emissions trends By Jack Roberts In a wide-ranging conversation with industry journalists last month, Denny Slagle, president and CEO of Volvo Trucks North America, touched on a number of industry topics, including meeting with President Obama and transportation secretary Ray LaHood on boosting fuel economy standards for heavy duty […]

June 26, 2010

Safety

Millions in TIGER II grants available

Following on the success of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Discretionary Grant Program, Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the availability of $600 million in TIGER II grants for capital investment in surface transportation projects. TIGER II grants will be awarded on a competitive basis to projects that have a […]

June 2, 2010

Roadbuilding

Kirk Landers: A show about … nothing

Ironically, the things that might make a substantial impact in the safety statistics are things that cost more money – better signage, wider lanes, broader shoulders, better road surfaces, less water on the pavement in rain storms, and more and better street lights, to name just a few obvious examples.

June 1, 2010

Roadbuilding

$600 million now available in TIGER II grants

Following on the success of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Discretionary Grant Program, Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the availability of $600 million in TIGER II grants for capital investment in surface transportation projects. TIGER II grants will be awarded on a competitive basis to projects that have a […]

May 28, 2010

Business

Top highway official kicks off events to improve minority contracting for transportation projects; dates of additional events announced

Federal Highway Administrator (FHWA) Victor Mendez met today with members of the business community in Denver at a workshop to improve small businesses’ ability to compete for federal transportation contracts and engage more women and minorities in construction careers. “Open and fair competition for federal transportation projects among businesses of all sizes ensures the best […]

May 18, 2010

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Event at UN: Global call to action on ending distracted driving

On Wednesday, May 19 at 10:30 a.m, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and senior representatives from the United States and Russia will join together at the United Nations to launch a global effort to address the growing epidemic of distracted driving. With approximately 600 million passenger cars on the road today and 4.6 billion cell phone […]

May 17, 2010

Business

Proposed rule broadens DBE Program inclusions

Small businesses would benefit from a proposed rule that would help more economically and socially disadvantaged businesses participate in federal highway, transit and airport construction projects, while making the states and agencies that run the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program more accountable, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said today. “When we help small businesses, we’re […]

May 11, 2010