Tag: Research and Innovative Technology Administration

Roadbuilding

DOT, Foxx suspend social media interactions during government shutdown

The U.S. Department of Transportation, DOT Secretary Anthony Foxx and sectors of the DOT announced Tuesday they will not update social media accounts or blogs during the federal government shutdown that has furloughed 18,481 DOT positions. The DOT announced in a post titled “Shutdown Information” on its Fast Lane blog yesterday that no new content […]

October 2, 2013

Roadbuilding

Government shutdown suspends certain DOT activities

The federal government shut down at 12:01 a.m., and today 18,481 U.S. Department of Transportation employees aren’t at work because of the shutdown. Obviously, the furloughs are affecting federally-funded programs, with many operations shutting down until the government is back to business as usual. Here’s a breakdown of how the shutdown is impacting DOT activities: […]

October 1, 2013

Roadbuilding

18,481 DOT positions would be furloughed with government shutdown

Better Roads reported Friday that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) would remain operational if the federal government shuts down Tuesday. However, if a government shutdown occurs, about one in three USDOT employees would face furloughs. According to a plan released Friday by USDOT, the agency employs 55,468 people, 18,481 of which could be furloughed […]

September 30, 2013

Roadbuilding

U.S. experiences 3.6-percent increase in commercial trucks crossing borders in 2012

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released figures reporting 3.6 percent more commercial trucks crossings into the United States from Canada and Mexico in 2012 than in 2011. The figures, from BTS’s 2012 Border Crossing/Entry Data, show that 10.7 million commercial […]

April 5, 2013

Roadbuilding

September 2012 surface trade with Canada, Mexico fell 0.1% from September 2011

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, was 0.1 percent lower in September 2012 than in September 2011, totaling $77.7 billion, unadjusted for inflation, according to a Nov. 27, 2012, bulletin from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S. Department […]

November 27, 2012

Roadbuilding

Road Science

It’s taken nearly two decades, but intelligent transportation system technology is beginning to exert an influence.

July 1, 2010