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Roadbuilding

How DOTs are urging motorists to stop before they Pokemon Go

State departments of transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) are pushing mini-campaigns advising motorists to not Pokémon Go and drive, much akin to drinking and driving campaigns. Multiple vehicular accidents have been reported across the country since the app launched two weeks ago, and such incidents have garnered enough attention that these […]

July 20, 2016

Roadbuilding

Senate subcommittee approves $16.9 billion in USDOT discretionary funds for FY2017

The Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee has approved a bill including $16.9 billion in discretionary appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for the U.S. Department of Transportation. This is $1.7 billion less than fiscal year 2016 and $2.5 billion less than President Obama’s budget request. The approval is part of […]

April 21, 2016

Roadbuilding

NHTSA recognizes Hawaii DOT staff for traffic safety work

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has recognized Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) highway safety staff for their work to make the state’s roads safer. Specific achievements NHTSA officials cited from HDOT’s Highway Safety Annual Report for 2015 include reductions in traffic fatalities and alcohol-impaired driving fatalities. Hawaii also is the only state to name […]

March 25, 2016

Construction Equipment

As Ford announces one F-150 recall, a much larger one could be on the horizon

Ford recently announced a recall of certain model year F-150 pickups over an air bag deployment defect. But the U.S. government is investigating another much larger possible recall over the truck’s brake system. The automaker has recalled 3,683 2016 F-150s equipped with Multi-Contour Seats (MCS) manufactured between April 27, 2015 and Nov. 22, 2015. Ford says […]

March 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

NHTSA: Google’s self-driving system is now legally considered ‘a driver’

Google wants to change what people consider a “driver” of a vehicle, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is legally making that possible. The NHTSA released its response to a letter Google sent the agency in November 2015 about regulations regarding the Self-Driving Car Project, and the NHTSA said that the company’s artificial intelligence system used to drive […]

February 12, 2016

Roadbuilding

USDOT commits to accelerating autonomous vehicle safety innovations

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently outlined at the North American International Auto Show several initiatives set for 2016 to remove “potential roadblocks” to integrating technology to improve vehicle safety, mobility and sustainability. Foxx also announced President Obama’s fiscal year 2017 budget proposal would include roughly $4 billion for connected vehicle system pilot programs over a […]

January 18, 2016

Roadbuilding

Highway deaths rise 8.1% in the first half of 2015 to 13-year high

Lower gas prices have meant more people out on the highways. Unfortunately, that’s also meant more deaths on the roads. A new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that highway deaths rose 8.1 percent in the first half of the year. It marked the highest quarterly increase in 13 years. The rise […]

November 26, 2015

Roadbuilding

Drive Safely Work Week promotes planning ahead

The annual Drive Safely Work Week (DSWW), now in its 19th year, focuses on planning as a part of safe driving practices, with the theme of Plan Ahead: Your Key to Driving Safely. DSWW is observed October 5-9. The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) sponsors DSWW and counts several large entities as part of […]

October 6, 2015

Roadbuilding

Tennessee DOT, Governor’s Highway Safety Office announced $17.8 million in highway safety grants

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) and the Governor’s Highway Safety Office (GHSO) have announced $17.8 million in grant awards to support highway traffic safety efforts. The complete list of 437 grants for 376 recipients is available here. “These grants help fund a variety of enforcement, legal and education initiatives across the state,” TDOT Commissioner […]

September 17, 2015

Roadbuilding

Tech panel paints portrait of a safer connected vehicle and infrastructure future at APWA Congress

Panelists speaking on public works technology during the American Public Works Congress gave a nearly utopian vision of the future of transportation systems, extolling the potential of a future where vehicles, buses, traffic signals and infrastructure all seamlessly communicate. Speaking at a general session of APWA’s International Public Works Congress and Exposition were Kate Hartman, […]

September 1, 2015

Roadbuilding

USDOT, NHTSA plan to require all future vehicles to talk to each other to prevent crashes

Vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology has the potential to revolutionize road safety and driving in general, and it could become the norm in just a few years. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said on Thursday the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration plan to fast-track a proposal that requires all new vehicles to […]

May 15, 2015

Roadbuilding

Highway users, road builders oppose bill to surrender federal highway authority

Transportation interests have written Congress to express opposition to the so-called “devolution” of the federal highway program and the proposed Transportation Empowerment Act. The bill, introduced in the House and Senate last fall, transfers almost all authority over federal highway and transit programs to the states over a five-year period. It would lower the federal […]

September 18, 2014