Tag: Better Roads News: Page 44

Roadbuilding

RIDOT asks FHWA to rescind TIGER grant

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has asked the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to rescind its Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant for the Rhode Island Travel Plaza and Transit Center. The grant was for $9 million. RIDOT said it decided to pull the application following concerns from project area residents as well […]

March 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

USDOT awards $1.9 billion in research, innovation grants to 14 small businesses

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded $1.96 million to 14 U.S. small businesses through its Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Program, an annual program aimed at tapping into “the power of small businesses” to create solutions to some of the department’s top challenges. The Volpe Center administers the SBIR program, which is mandated […]

March 22, 2017

Roadbuilding

AASHTO appoints new committee and council leaders in “sweeping” change to expert panels

American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) President and Maine Department of Transportation commissioner David Bernhardt has named multiple new chair positions for its various committees and councils in what the association calls the “biggest changes in decades” to those groups. Last November the association’s board of directors vowed to “adopt an extensive revamping of its […]

March 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Caltrans wins innovation award for QuickMap mobile app

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) recently received an award for the “most innovative team” by Public Sector Partners during the Government Transformation and Innovation event as a result of the agency’s QuickMap mobile app QuickMap allows motorists to view closures and traffic incidents as well as other travel information. “QuickMap connects motorists to the information […]

March 21, 2017

Roadbuilding

Mississippi DOT video series explains agency functions, including funding sources

The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) has created a video series that highlights the “transparency and accountability” of the department for Mississippi taxpayers, with a heavy emphasis on funding sources. The videos use a simplistic, “hand drawn” means of animation to highlight specific data points, such as the breakdown of federal and state funding for […]

March 21, 2017

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Vögele launches Super 1700-3i, 1703-3i universal class pavers

Vögele launched two new universal class 8-foot pavers at the 2017 ConExpo show with the Super 1700-3i tracked paver and Super 1703-3i wheeled paver. The machines offer several new features that are firsts for the North American market. The company says the machines are designed for work in both confined conditions and on highway jobsites, […]

March 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

Colorado DOT uses giant grenade at seat belt safety campaign launch

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) used a 9-foot-tall grenade at the launch of its seat belt safety campaign to represent “the dangers that unbuckled passengers post in a crash.” “An unbuckled passenger can be just as deadly” is the message spray painted across its seat-belt-material surface. The grenade, which represents the start of CDOT’s […]

March 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

ARTBA graduates 14 transportation construction pros in second round of safety certification program

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation announces 14 additional transportation construction professionals have finished its Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals (SCTPP) program. Fifty-five were in the SCTPP “inaugural class” that finished in January. ARTBA launched the program in fall 2016 as a means of creating a safety benchmark for “future civil engineering and […]

March 20, 2017

Roadbuilding

GM veteran Greg Martin named COO, executive director of Together for Safer Roads

Greg Martin, former head of global public policy for General Motors, has been named chief operating officer and executive director of Together for Safer Roads (TSR), a coalition of private sector companies with the goal of reducing deaths and injuries from traffic crashes. “Safe roads are important to our families, communities and our businesses and […]

March 17, 2017

Roadbuilding

Georgia DOT awards 23 transportation projects valued at $244.1 million for February

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) awarded 23 contracts for construction and operation improvements, safety, congestion relief and maintenance valued at $244.1 million for bids received in February. The largest contract, valued at $148.7 million is for Phases II and III of the Interstate 16/I-75 Interchange Reconstruction Project in Macon. These projects will involve widening […]

March 17, 2017

Roadbuilding

Hispanic American construction association awards Illinois Tollway’s Jane Addams Memorial Tollway

The Hispanic American Construction Industry Association (HACIA) has presented the Illinois Tollway with a Project of the Year Award for the $2.5 billion Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (Interstate 90) Rebuilding and Widening Project. The award was presented during the association’s 38th annual awards banquet in Chicago. This is the second HACIA Project of the Year […]

March 17, 2017

ConExpo-Con/Agg

Case launches DV209D, DV210D double drum asphalt rollers

Case Construction Equipment launched two double drum asphalt rollers, the DV209D and DV210D, during the 2017 ConExpo show in Las Vegas. The machines offer frequencies up to 4,020 vpm (67 Hz), automatic vibration control, crab steering, oscillating articulated roller joint and pressurized triple-filtration water system. Both models can be outfitted with a vibratory front roller […]

March 16, 2017