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AOTA, NHTSA, others partner on website, podcast for Older Driver Safety Awareness Week

The American Occupational Therapy Association and other organizations are taking the first full week of December to raise awareness on ways to keep older drivers safe on the roads. AOTA has partnered with AAA, AARP, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and other organizations in order to raise awareness with Older Driver Safety Awareness Week […]

December 8, 2015

Roadbuilding

South Carolina considers using DOT trucks as billboards

South Carolina Department of Transportation vehicles could soon be advertising more than just road construction if a plan by the department is approved. The Associated Press reported that the SCDOT has asked a panel in the State House of Representatives if it could begin selling advertisements on department property like trucks and even buildings to raise money. “We […]

December 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

Highway Trust Fund spending would reach $280 billion in 2016-2020 via FAST Act

Just days before the FAST Act became law, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) offered its review of the new five-year, $305 billion highway bill’s “budgetary impact” and how it would affect the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). The CBO found spending from the HTF under the Fast Act would reach $280 billion from 2016 through 2020, […]

December 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

Mississippi DOT engineer wins TRB highway design and construction award

Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) engineer W. Griffin Sullivan is a co-winner of the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) 2015 Best Practice Ready Paper Award for research on highway design and construction techniques. TRB’s Design and Construction Group selected the paper detailing methods for improving highway base layer design and construction. The organization will present the […]

December 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

USDOT offers webinar series on Connected Vehicles Pilot Deployment Program

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) is offering three webinars covering technical assistance for the Connected Vehicles Pilot Deployment Program. “The Connected Vehicles Pilot Deployment Program seeks to combine connected vehicle and mobile device technologies in innovative and cost-effective ways,” USDOT’s ITS Joint Program Office says. “Ultimately, this program will improve […]

December 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

Iowa bridge building contest promotes STEM careers

The Iowa Department of Transportation and the Institute for Transportation (InTrans) at Iowa State University co-sponsored this year’s Ready, Set, Build! Bridge Building Competition, an event aimed at promoting to children careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The competition includes teams in four age groups as well as a family category that invites […]

December 7, 2015

Roadbuilding

Motor grader operator killed when machine is hit by train in Oklahoma

A worker for Nowata County in Oklahoma died Wednesday after the motor grader he was operating was hit by a train. The Tulsa World reported that 71-year-old Cleo Standefield was driving his machine from one worksite to another when a 43-car train barreled into the grader at 41 mph. Standefield was pronounced dead at the scene. It’s […]

December 4, 2015

Roadbuilding

Obama signs 5-year highway bill into law

For the first time in a decade the United States has long-term transportation funding as both the House of Representatives and Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to pass the five-year, $305 billion FAST Act. President Obama signed the bill into law Friday. “Under the Act funding will go up by roughly 11 percent over five years. This […]

December 4, 2015

Roadbuilding

FHWA provides $1 million in emergency relief funds for damages in Arizona, California and Nevada

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has made $1 million in emergency relief funds available for repairs to bridges and roads damaged by recent floods in Arizona, California and Nevada. Officials estimate the total cots to repair the damage structures could be more than $12 million. Flooding in mid-October damaged roads and bridges owned by the […]

December 4, 2015

Roadbuilding

Virginia DOT partners with Va. Tech on accelerated pavement testing

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has partnered with the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) to use a heavy vehicle simulator to provide accelerated pavement testing to study traffic impacts in a shorter period of time. “We located this program at VTTI because VDOT has a long and productive relationship of collaborating with Virginia Tech […]

December 4, 2015

Roadbuilding

Pennsylvania P3 Board approves bridge, transit projects

The Pennsylvania Public-Private Partnership (P3) Board recently approved projects that will improve 34 bridges in Northampton County and assist in “transit development” at a Middletown train station. “Public-private partnerships are one way that we can leverage private-sector ideas and resources to improve transportation in our state,” Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Secretary and P3 Board […]

December 4, 2015

Roadbuilding

White House says Obama will sign highway bill; House set to vote today

President Barack Obama will sign Congress’ new $305 billion transportation bill into law should it pass both the House of Representatives and the Senate this week. According to The Hill, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said the president will sign the FAST Act into law before the deadline in order to prevent transportation funding […]

December 3, 2015