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Roadbuilding

National Work Zone Awareness Week is March 23-27

“Expect the Unexpected” is the theme for this year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week, a campaign designed to promote safe driving through highway work zones and construction sites. First launched in 2000 by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), and the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO), […]

March 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

There are 90 transportation funding bills awaiting action across the U.S.

The American Road & Transportation Builder’s Association, through its Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (TIAC), reports that 26 state legislatures have a total of 90 introduced measures between them that would offer transportation project funding. ARTBA’s Chief Economist Dr. Alison Premo Black said that state and local funding makes up slightly less than half of all […]

March 2, 2015

Roadbuilding

TCC applauds bipartisan congressional letter supporting long-term transportation bill, Highway Trust Fund

Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) leadership called a recent bipartisan letter from nearly 300 House of Representatives members calling for action on funding transportation improvements a “broad consensus” that a long-term highway and transit bill is a “top priority” and that there is “overwhelming bipartisan support for legislative action.” The letter, sent Feb. 11 to House Speaker John Boehner and Minority […]

February 24, 2015

Roadbuilding

ARTBA hires Houlihan as senior writer and editor

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has named former Reuters staffer Eileen M. Houlihan as senior writer and editor. At Reuters for nearly 20 years, Houlihan covered the North American natural gas, electricity, other commodity markets, writing daily market reports and breaking news items. She also has served as an executive board member of the Newspaper Guild […]

February 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

ARTBA seeks entries for transportation challenges student video contest

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association is looking for creative students to develop a short video about their “perceptions of America’s transportation infrastructure” in order to help raise awareness about conditions of the roads, bridges, and other transportation systems in the U.S. ARTBA’s Student Video Competition is looking for two-to-four minute long videos in an elementary through high […]

February 10, 2015

Roadbuilding

Boxer urges House Ways & Means Committee to save Highway Trust Fund

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee has made it clear that saving the Highway Trust Fund is among her top priorities. In a letter to Congressman Dave Camp, Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, and Congressman Sander Levin, she urges for help in finding a long-term solution. […]

October 14, 2014

Roadbuilding

ARTBA accepting ‘Transportation Development Hall of Fame’ nominees

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation has announced it’s now accepting nominations for the 2015 “Transportation Development Hall of Fame.” The Hall honors people from the public and private sectors who have made extraordinary contributions to U.S. transportation development or demonstrated exceptional leadership over their lifetime. Nominations are considered in two categories: Transportation […]

October 9, 2014

Roadbuilding

Two students take top honors in ARTBA video contest

A high school student from Pennsylvania and an undergraduate student from Florida Polytechnic Institute were named winners of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) 4th annual “Student Transportation Video Contest.” The contest aimed to raise awareness about infrastructure issues by challenging students to develop a brief video exploring various topics relating to America’s transportation network.  Students […]

September 22, 2014

Roadbuilding

ARTBA awards scholarships to 11 children of fallen highway workers

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) has selected 11 students to receive scholarships from the foundation’s “Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program.” The scholarship provides financial assistance toward higher education for children of workers killed or permanently disabled on the job. The following students will receive the scholarship in […]

May 19, 2014

Roadbuilding

ARTBA seeks nominations for Women Leaders Awards

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) Women Leaders in Transportation Design and Construction (WLTDC) Council announced Wednesday that it is seeking nominations for its annual awards program. The program honors “extraordinary efforts of individuals, companies and public agencies that have demonstrated leadership and dedication to innovation in the transportation construction field as well […]

May 7, 2014

Roadbuilding

Students show bridges by the numbers and more

Last year, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association received more than 40 submissions from across the nation when it challenged “students of all ages” to identify and “shed light” with a short video on national and local transportation issues that takes a look at the logistical, financial and structural aspects. The association is currently […]

April 3, 2014

Business

Contractors urged to send hardhats to their Congressmen in campaign to fix Highway Trust Fund

A group of associations and labor unions is working to alert Congress to the looming insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF)—the main source of highway infrastructure funding, which could run out as early as August. The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC)—an alliance of 29 associations and labor unions focused on federal funding and surface transportation program policy […]

March 14, 2014