Tag: Better Roads News: Page 58

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Tennessee DOT HELP operator dies from injuries sustained while helping motorist

Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) HELP Operator James Rogers has died following an incident in which he was struck by a vehicle while he was helping a stranded motorist Dec. 24. TDOT reports Rogers, 30, was changing a flat tire for a family on Interstate 40 in Davidson County. He was struck by a vehicle […]

January 2, 2017

Roadbuilding

Caltrans automated warning system provides real-time info to motorists

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has strengthened its automated warning system (AWS) throughout the state as a means of increasing traffic safety and efficiency to the more than 30 million registered vehicles there. Caltrans’ AWS systems are being installed to monitor road conditions, weather and travel times, and provide real-time details to motorists. To […]

December 30, 2016

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PennDOT takes new narrative-based approach to historic resource mitigation

Editor’s Note: The following editorial was provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 2 recently debuted an online, interactive story map for the Potters Mills Gap Transportation Project (PMG) on Route 322, in Centre County. The story map is part of an innovative, creative effort to mitigate project impacts […]

December 29, 2016

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Seven states set to increase fuel taxes starting in 2017

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s (ITEP) Tax Justice Blog reports seven states are set to increase gas taxes starting in 2017, with two states actually dropping gas taxes. The majority of the increase, four in total, are automatic changes set by formulas by the state legislatures, as it is for the two decreases. […]

December 29, 2016

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USDOT’s Build America Bureau to help finance $2 billion for Seattle Transit Projects

Four Seattle transit projects could get roughly $2 billion in financing through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau (BAB). The Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) and the BAB recently signed a Master Credit Agreement—“a first-of-its-kind arrangement in which the local transit authority will be able to expedite multiple loan requests […]

December 29, 2016

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Maryland DOT seeks approval for testing autonomous vehicles on I-95

The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has submitted an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation seeking approval to designate part of Interstate 95 as a future automated vehicle (AV) testing and deployment area. The proposal asks to make the designation for I-95 from Aberdeen Proving Ground to the Fort Meade/University of Maryland region. It […]

December 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Pavia Systems partners with Babson College’s entrepreneurship program

Pavia Systems, makers of HeadLight, a mobile project inspection tool used for transportation construction, has partnered with Babson College on the school’s entrepreneurship program. “Pavia Systems took the time to truly understand the pain their target customer experiences, designed a product for it, and created a sophisticated strategy for successfully selling it through a complicated […]

December 28, 2016

Roadbuilding

Illinois Tollway approves 3 construction contracts valued at $11.7 million

The Illinois Tollway recently approved three construction contracts valued at $11.7 million at its December meeting, bringing the 2016 total for construction and engineering services to $340 million. The Tollway reports roughly $4.5 billion has been invested since the 15-year, $12 billion Move Illinois program began in 2012. “While we still have room to improve, we’re […]

December 28, 2016

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Former Iowa DOT head Trombino named president of McClure Engineering

Paul Trombino, the former Iowa Department of Transportation director who resigned from that position unexpectedly in November, will take over as president of McClure Engineering Company effective Jan. 3. The company, which was founded in 1956, reports that roughly 80 percent of its civil engineering services last year were in the public sector. Forty percent […]

December 27, 2016

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Illinois Tollway approves roughly $1 billion 2017 budget for capital, maintenance, operations

The Illinois Tollway board of directors has approved its 2017 budget, allocating $961.3 million for capital programs, with the majority set aside for Move Illinois projects. This includes $374.5 million for construction on the new Illinois Route 390 Tollway and planning for the new Interstate 490 Tollway for the Elgin O’Hare Western Access Project. Another […]

December 27, 2016

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NCDOT second annual customer survey ends Dec. 31

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is requesting state citizens complete its second annual online customer survey by Dec. 31. “The N.C. General Assembly requires the survey to gauge how the transportation department is providing great customer service,” NCDOT reports. “Participation can help NCDOT identify ways to make North Carolina transportation services safer, more […]

December 27, 2016

Roadbuilding

Vermont Governor-elect appoints Joe Flynn as Secretary of Transportation

Vermont Governor-elect Phil Scott has appointed Joe Flynn as Secretary of Transportation with oversight of the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans). Flynn currently serves as deputy commissioner of the state’s Department of Public Safety, an agency he has been with since 2012. Previously, he worked for two years as a director within VTrans, which included […]

December 26, 2016