ARTBA - Mon April 13, 2020
230,000 U.S. Bridges Need Repair, New Analysis of Federal Data Finds
Nearly 231,000 U.S. bridges need major repair work or should be replaced, according to an American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) analysis of the just released U.S. Department of Transportation's 2019 National Bridge Inventory (NBI) database....
ARTBA - Wed March 11, 2020
ARTBA: Trump Administration NEPA Overhaul Will Reduce Transportation Project Delays
The Trump administration's overhaul of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) will both reduce delays to key transportation improvements projects and maintain environmental safeguards, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)....
ARTBA - Wed March 11, 2020
New Grassroots, Advertising Campaign Urges Congressional Action on Transportation Infrastructure
The U.S. transportation construction industry has launched a grassroots and advocacy advertising campaign on multiple fronts to increase pressure on Congress and the Trump administration to act in 2020 on a permanent Highway Trust Fund (HTF) revenue solution and a robust, long-term transportation infrastructure investment package....
ARTBA - Mon February 24, 2020
ARTBA Names Transportation Veterans to Chair Two Safety Groups
The American Road & Transportation Association (ARTBA) has named two safety experts to chair its two primary safety panels, the Transportation Safety Advisory Council (TSAC) and the ARTBA Safety Committee....
ARTBA - Tue February 11, 2020
2020-21 Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Opportunities Available
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) is seeking qualified students for its 2020-21 "Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program."Applications are due by April 17 and can be found online at www.artbatdf.org....
ARTBA - Tue February 04, 2020
ARTBA Announces Four Winners in Annual Student Video Contest
A middle schooler from Washington, a California high school senior, an engineering student from University of California, Davis, and a graduate student from Carnegie Mellon University are winners of the 9th annual American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) "Student Transportation Video Contest." They each will receive a $500 cash prize....
ARTBA - Wed January 29, 2020
ARTBA CEO Dave Bauer Statement on House Infrastructure Principles
The following statement is attributed to American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) President and CEO Dave Bauer. "The separate release of principles from members of the House Transportation & Infrastructure [T&I] Committee is the latest in a long list of reminders that improving America's transportation infrastructure network remains an area for common ground....
ARTBA - Thu January 23, 2020
ARTBA Says Final 'Waters of the United States' Rule Brings Clarity to Transportation Project Reviews
The Trump administration's rewrite of the 2015 "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS) rule will help restore clarity to federal wetlands regulations and reduce delays to important transportation improvements, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said....
ARTBA - Tue January 14, 2020
ARTBA Foundation Seeks Nominations for Annual Industry Leader Development Program
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) is accepting nominations for its 2020 Industry Leader Development Program (ILDP), the 25th annual class of the first-of-its-kind introduction to federal and state advocacy for transportation infrastructure market development and protection....
ARTBA - Thu January 09, 2020
Trump Environmental Modernization Reforms Will Help Spur Transportation Infrastructure Improvements, ARTBA Says
The Trump administration's Jan. 9 proposals to modernize the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) will both reduce delays to key transportation improvements projects and maintain environmental safeguards, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)....
