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$2 million awarded for transportation research and education

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) today awarded more than $2 million in grants to four University Transportation Centers (UTC) located throughout the United States to advance research and education programs that address critical transportation challenges facing our nation. UTCs conduct research that directly support USDOT priorities and are a […]

January 26, 2010

Transportation engineering prof Chandra R. Bhat named ARTBA S.S. Steinberg Award

Chandra R. Bhat, Ph.D., the Adan Abou-Ayyash centennial professor in transportation engineering at the University of Texas at Austin is the 2009 recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association S.S. Steinberg Award The award, named after the founding president of the ARTBA Research & Education Division (RED), recognizes an individual who has made […]

January 21, 2010

AASHTO says Associated Press economic stimulus analysis ‘flawed’

According to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the Associated Press released a flawed analysis of the results of the economic stimulus spending on roads and bridges. Its authors overlooked the 210,000 direct on-project transportation jobs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee determined were created by stimulus. And it argues that […]

January 20, 2010

Crash mapping tool now has ‘hot zones’

The Center for Excellence in Rural Safety has released an update to SafeRoadMaps.org, a mapping tool that identifies dangerous stretches of roadway. The enhanced version features “hot zones” — the top 100 rural areas that have experienced the most fatalities in the past five years.

January 15, 2010

LaHood tapped for DOT job

Illinois Congressman Ray LaHood has been nominated by president-elect Obama to be the next Secretary of Transportation. LaHood has represented the Peoria area in Congress for 14 years and is the first Republican to be chosen for Obama’s cabinet. Although LaHood spent six years on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, his Wikipedia entry is mildly […]

January 15, 2010

Do you have bold ideas to meet big challenges of our transportation future?

It’s no secret that we have an uphill battle as we work towards the reauthorization of SAFETEA-LU. We’re already in the midst of an 18-month delay (a bad idea, in my opinion, I must add). But while the reauthorization is put on pause, we still to keep our efforts on play and keep ideas and […]

January 15, 2010

Another Band-Aid: House passes $7 billion to shore up the Highway Trust Fund

Well, it’s not the ideal solution, but this Band-Aid will at least keep the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) solvent. Just days before the HTF was going to run into the red, the House yesterday approved $7 billion to shore up the almost empty fund, according to a Reuters report in The Washington Post. This stop-gap […]

January 15, 2010

Clunkers law to siphon $920 million from highway fund

Welcome to the law of unintended consequences. The math is simple although one doubts Congress bothered. When you replace gas guzzlers with more efficient vehicles you reduce gas consumption which reduces the amount of gas tax money going into the six year highway trust fund. The $920 million estimated here is actually chump change compared to […]

January 15, 2010

What Would Rep. Mica do?

Interested in what Rep. John L. Mica (R-FL), the Republican Leader of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has to say?He’ll give a keynote speech entitled “Confusion Reigns for Nation’s Transportation and Stimulus Projects” during Thursday’s session of the 12th annual Transportation and Infrastructure Summit in Irving, Texas. Rep. Mica’s office released a press […]

January 15, 2010

White House: More jobs in construction as recession lessens

Maybe things are finally looking up. Despite the stimulus money that has been allocated, employment levels are still pretty dismal and layoffs continue. However, the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers says it expects the economy to produce more jobs in the health care, education, transportation, construction and clean energy sectors as the U.S. emerges from […]

January 15, 2010

Fuzzy funding may mean bad news for highway projects and economy

Although an 18-month extension for SAFETEA-LU is in the works as a temporary measure after the legislation expires Sept. 30, we still have a major problem. First, we need to make sure we make some progress on developing the next surface transportation bill during this extension instead of waiting 18 months and then starting on it. […]

January 15, 2010

What would you pay for a shorter commute?

According to this poll, the majority of respondents would gladly cough up $10 to $20 per trip just to cut 15 minutes off their driving time. And yet politicians and transportation officials in Washington can’t seem to find the wherewithall to raise the gas tax a dime a gallon. The public wants this, the people are […]

January 15, 2010

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