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Congestion jams up New Jersey Transit station after Super Bowl
Fans attempting to leave the MetLife Stadium after the Super Bowl on Sunday night faced delays as they waited to board overcrowded trains. “Long lines and confusion” had train-traveling fans spending hours trying to leave the game Sunday night and early Monday morning, NJ.com reports. According to the report, officials dubbed the game the “first […]
February 3, 2014
Roadbuilding
IBTTA Executive Director, CEO Patrick Jones calls for tolls as means to relieve congestion
Patrick Jones, executive director & CEO of the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), this week pointed to tolling as a solution to traffic congestion. At the U.S. Travel Association’s Connecting America Through Travel Conference in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, Jones called on the travel industry to embrace tolling as a means to relieve […]
November 22, 2013
Roadbuilding
CDOT uses child’s perspective to demonstrate proper lane merging
The Colorado Department of Transportation has launched a new series of messages to inform drivers about the “late merge,” a lane merging technique aimed at reducing traffic delays through construction zones. CDOT’s late merge messages, which consist of highway signs and an online video (shown below), emphasize travelers’ use of all open lanes until a […]
July 11, 2013
Roadbuilding
Guest Blog: Performance Management – The Key to Infrastructure Decision Making
Today’s economy has changed the way we conduct business, both at work and at home. Just like many families have had to cut back to the bare essentials, every company and government agency that I know has had to take a fine tooth comb to their finances and decide how best to allocate their dollars. […]
May 10, 2013
Roadbuilding
Traffic congestion increases by 4 percent in Q1 2013
Traffic congestion in the United States is on the rise, signaling an improvement in the nation’s economy, USA Today reported. Following nearly two years of a decline in traffic congestion, it was up 4 percent year-over-year in the first three months of 2013, according to an upcoming Traffic Scorecard from INRIX. In 2012, traffic congestion […]
April 24, 2013
Roadbuilding
Congestion expected to cost average commuter $1,010 annually by 2020
The average U.S. commuter spent $818 on traffic congestion costs in 2011, according to a 2012 Annual Urban Mobility Report from Texas A&M’s Transportation Institute. That number may grow to $1,010 in the next decade or less. The total cost of congestion in 2011 amounted to $121 billion, a $1 billion increase from 2010. About […]
April 5, 2013
Roadbuilding
Ah, the connected commute
Don’t commute alone. Even if you are the only person your vehicle. A new report from the New Cities Foundation says that real-time sharing of information between commuters via social networking can “enhance the overall commute experience in a number of different and interesting ways.”  That has to be cool, right? How? Well, there’s the […]
December 11, 2012
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2009 Urban Congestion Trends: How FHWA’s Operations is Solving Congestion Problems
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Operations has released a brochure that highlights examples of how transportation agencies are helping to reduce congestion through enhanced highway system operations. The report also explores trends in congestion and reliability during the past three years from 23 urban areas. For a downloadable PDF of the report, please […]
September 15, 2010
Business
MHC Kenworth – Kansas City named 2009 Kenworth Dealer of Year
MHC Kenworth in Kansas City, Mo., was named 2009 Kenworth Dealer of the Year for the United States and Canada at the annual Kenworth Dealer Meeting held recently in Seattle. “It’s an outstanding honor for MHC Kenworth – Kansas City to receive the prestigious Kenworth Dealer of the Year award,” said Tim Murphy, president of […]
June 9, 2010
Business
MHC Kenworth – Kansas City named 2009 Kenworth Dealer of Year
MHC Kenworth in Kansas City, Mo., was named 2009 Kenworth Dealer of the Year for the United States and Canada at the annual Kenworth Dealer Meeting held recently in Seattle. “It’s an outstanding honor for MHC Kenworth – Kansas City to receive the prestigious Kenworth Dealer of the Year award,” said Tim Murphy, president of […]
June 9, 2010
Business
FHWA’s new tech tool pinpoints freight congestion
A new technology tool will help transportation planners, operators, and private shippers and carriers plan ahead by identifying key traffic chokepoints on some of the nation’s busiest roads, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced today. “We are always looking for new and creative ideas that will enable us to move goods more efficiently, conserve energy, […]
June 2, 2010
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INDOT awards first of several contracts
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced the first of many contracts designed to address roadway and traffic concerns for the closed S.R. 912 (Cline Avenue). Walsh and Kelly Construction Company of Griffith was the low bidder at $927,922.95 for the project to resurface the Michigan Avenue ramp to Cline Ave. in East Chicago, […]
May 21, 2010
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