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Roadbuilding

Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus

Unfortunately for the Highway Trust Fund — but perhaps fortunately for our Republic — corporate thinking is necessarily short term and focused on rapid, direct paybacks.

February 17, 2012

Safety

Best transportation projects of 2010 sought for competition

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), AAA, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are jointly seeking entries for the fourth annual America's Transportation Awards competition, which recognizes the nation's outstanding transportation projects.

March 11, 2011

Business

America’s 10 best transportation projects unveiled

The American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO), AAA, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce named 10 states that are in the running to be called “best of the best” in transportation. (For the original press release from AASHTO on the Top 10 finalists for the 2010 America’s Transportation Awards competition, click here.) The Top 10 finalists in […]

September 9, 2010

Roadbuilding

Lattatudes

One of the most disturbing aspects of the delay in passing a new surface transportation act is the curious idea held in the administration and the senate that a delay, perhaps as long as a year and a half, will allow people in Washington to find surprising, innovative and paradigm-changing ways to pay for it.

December 1, 2009

Roadbuilding

The Top 50 ‘Smart Transportation Solutions’

From the seven North Carolina bridges replaced in 45 days to the Utah highway that reduced commuters’ drive time from 42 to 16 minutes, a new report released by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) highlights 50 projects nationwide that showcase smart transportation solutions by state transportation departments. The report, “Smart […]

November 12, 2009