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Roadbuilding

Adventure Cycling, AASHTO kick off bike route campaign

Adventure Cycling Association is coordinating with American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO) U.S. Bicycle Route System to host the fourth annual month-long U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS) fundraising campaign with the hope of raising $100,000 by the end of the month. The campaign–Build It. Bike It. Be a Part of It.–kicks off […]

May 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

AASHTO hosts 9th annual Faces of Transportation photo contest

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AAASHTO) is hosting its ninth annual Faces of Transportation photography contest, which focuses on the people and projects that are making communities better and emphasizes the importance of transportation. Transportation department employees and private citizens can enter the contest with their photographs of the people and […]

April 19, 2013

Roadbuilding

One Stop Shopping: AASHTO’s guide to state transportation funding initiatives

Which state is doing what to fund transportation infrastructure projects? It can be hard keeping up as almost every states tries to find new money in hard times with increasing pressure from the infrastructure itself, whether it is simply aging or just not doing the job. Since December 2012, 30 states have proposed funding initiatives […]

April 18, 2013

Roadbuilding

Special Transportation Research Board 2013 Report

‘Bio-Binder’ Green Modifiers star at TRB.

April 3, 2013

Roadbuilding

AASHTO delivers online database on state transportation finances and government

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Center for Excellence in Project Finance has released an  online database on state transportation finance and governance. Building on the existing state-by-state informational database on highway finance, the new resource is based on a comprehensive 2011 report by the AASHTO Center and the National Conference of […]

March 12, 2013

Roadbuilding

Louisiana Transportation Research Center director appointed to lead AASHTO committees

Harold “Skip” Paul, P.E., director of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development’s Louisiana Transportation Research Center, has been appointed to serve in leadership positions on two American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) committees, according to a report in the AASHTO Journal. AASHTO President Michael Lewis named Paul as chair of AASHTO’s […]

February 4, 2013

Roadbuilding

Guest Blog Post: Upping the RAP – Putting Research into Practice

All too often, a research project is completed and the final report just sits on a shelf. But, if an agency invests a little effort in exploring how the results can be used, there may be big payoffs for the agency, contractors and the taxpaying, traveling public. (By the way, researchers are not off the […]

December 10, 2012

Roadbuilding

Florida, California transportation projects named best in nation

Two high-profile transportation projects took home the top honors in the 5th annual America’s Transportation Award competition. The awards were announced Nov. during the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) annual meeting in Pittsburgh.

November 20, 2012

Roadbuilding

Road Science

Aggregate performance depends on its surface.

July 3, 2012

Home

The Other Side of the Glass Door

I had a dog once that loved to sunbath indoors, resting beside a sliding glass patio door. Outside would come strolling the neighborhood tortoiseshell cat, flop herself down on the other side of the glass and languidly do her own sunbathing. My dog went nuts, barking, scratching, clawing and demonstrating 50 ways of tearing a […]

July 2, 2012

Business

1,000 days without a transportation bill…a ticking time bomb

We have reached a milestone today. It's the 1,000th day without a transportation bill. However, this is not a milestone to celebrate.

June 28, 2012

Roadbuilding

Today?

House Transportation Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R-FL) and Committee Members will roll out a long-term reauthorization and reform of transportation programs at a press conference today. This cornerstone proposal of the American Energy & Infrastructure Jobs Act will reform and streamline transportation programs, cut red tape in the project approval process, increase states’ flexibility […]

January 31, 2012