Tag: U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx

Roadbuilding

USDOT offers up to $377.5 million for the University Transportation Centers Program

The United States Department of Transportation is offering up to $377.5 million over the next five years for the University Transportation Centers Program. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a release that the department is offering up to $72.5 million for 2016. This year marks the first time two-year colleges have been eligible to apply for […]

March 3, 2016

Roadbuilding

Kansas City applies for Smart City grant to test transportation innovations

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Beyond Traffic, Smart City Challenge is a chance for one city to win $50 million to modernize and innovate infrastructure. And Kansas City thinks it’s up for the challenge. The Kansas City Star reported that the city has submitted its application for a chance to win the grant that goes towards helping […]

February 8, 2016

Roadbuilding

USDOT offering $50 million reward to city with most innovative idea for improving transportation

We’ve been speculating about the future of transportation since even before Leonardo da Vinci drew up plans for his flying machine. And while our daily commute isn’t likely to take flight, despite what “Back to the Future’s” Doc Brown would have us believe, there are new transportation innovations constantly. Self-driving cars and vehicle communications aren’t that far […]

December 9, 2015

Roadbuilding

Obama administration kicks off Infrastructure Week funding push

As lawmakers on Capitol Hill scramble to extend transportation funding before the end of the month, a week of events is set to advocate for roadwork during Infrastructure Week. Vice President Joe Biden kicked off the week designed to raise awareness and increase the funding in transpiration on Monday in a webcast with U.S. Secretary of […]

May 12, 2015

Roadbuilding

Federal, state, local officials join to open Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge

The Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge is now open. Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, and several local officials joined Saturday to open the $695 million bridge, KFVS reports. The bridge — its name, in particular — brought on a bit of controversy last […]

February 10, 2014

Roadbuilding

The Washed-Away Roads of Boulder

The floods that began on September 11 and have continued to ravage Colorado are responsible for more than 1,000 deaths, according to a USA Today report. The storms have destroyed about 1,500 homes and have damaged nearly 17,500, according to an initial estimate released by the Colorado Office of Emergency Management. Roads are washed out, […]

September 16, 2013

Roadbuilding

USDOT awards 37 states with $474 million in TIGER grants

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded 37 states with a total of $474 million in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants. In his announcement on USDOT’s Fast Lane blog, Foxx said USDOT received 585 applications for TIGER grants this year alone. “What does this tell […]

September 5, 2013

Roadbuilding

Crews complete Oregon’s Whilamut Passage Bridge four months early

[Correction: This article originally reported that the new bridges would “double highway capacity by accommodating three lanes of traffic with shoulders on each bridge.” However, the bridges will actually carry two lanes of traffic in each direction–the same as the old bridges. The incorrect statement has been removed.] Crews completed construction last week of the […]

July 29, 2013

Roadbuilding

The Mayor and the Secretary: Foxx watching

While Anthony Foxx has yet to light up the headlines, he has started work at a tough job with what appears to be a lukewarm and not-too-long honeymoon period. So we wait to see just what kind of Secretary of Transportation he will be. His background has been assessed and analysts have become predictors, but […]

July 25, 2013

Roadbuilding

Foxx outlines three main DOT goals

Newly-sworn in Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx took to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fast Lane blog yesterday to reiterate his goals for the USDOT. “I believe in safe, effective transportation, and whether it is a bus, road, train, plane, or ship, our transportation system –at its best– connects people to a better quality of life,” […]

July 3, 2013