ARTBA - Wed January 16, 2019
Repeal of Proprietary Products Rule Will Promote Innovation, Provide States More Flexibility, ARTBA Says
The repeal of a 103-year old federal procurement rule would remove a major regulatory roadblock and "spur investment in and deployment of new technologies that promise to help advance safety, alleviate traffic congestion and improve our nation's highways," the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) told the U.S....
ARTBA - Tue January 15, 2019
North Dakota State University Professor Denver Tolliver Honored with ARTBA's Research & Education Award
Denver Tolliver, the director of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI) at North Dakota State University, is the 2018 recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) S.S....
ARTBA - Tue January 08, 2019
Schneidawind Named ARTBA Vice President of Public Affairs
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has tapped John Schneidawind as its new vice president of public affairs, effective Jan. 3. A former business writer at USA Today, Schneidawind has decades of diverse communications experience in the private sector and with national associations....
Volvo - Thu January 03, 2019
Better Roads: The American Dream
Politicians around the world take great pleasure in disagreeing with each other, but in the United States there is one topic lawmakers on all sides can find common ground — that the country's highways network is in urgent need of repair and improvement....
ARTBA - Fri December 28, 2018
TxDOT Adopts ARTBA Safety Program
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has made a major commitment toward improving safety in and around the state's roadway construction work zones. The agency has become the first in the nation to help hundreds of its employees earn the "Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals" (SCTPP) credential endorsed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)....
ARTBA - Tue December 18, 2018
40 More Transportation Project Professionals Are Now 'Safety Certified'
Forty professionals from 17 companies or agencies representing 11 states have earned the "Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals" (SCTPP) credential over the past six months, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation announced Dec....
ARTBA - Wed December 12, 2018
ARTBA Applauds New Trump Administration Wetlands Proposal
The Trump administration's Dec. 11 proposed overhaul to portions of the Clean Water Act (CWA) would restore clarity to federal wetlands regulations and help reduce delays to important transportation projects, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said....
ARTBA - Thu December 06, 2018
Real Growth for Transportation Construction Market in 2019, ARTBA's Chief Economist Says
The U.S. transportation infrastructure market is expected to grow 4.2 percent in 2019, according to the annual economic forecast released Dec. 5 by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)....
ARTBA - Thu November 15, 2018
FHWA Poised to Act on Century-Old Barrier to Transportation Project Innovation
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Nov. 14 said it would amend or repeal a century-old regulation related to the development and deployment of new products on U.S. transportation projects. The agency's move comes in response to a March 27 filing from the Washington, D.C.-based American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), which noted the Woodrow Wilson administration era-rule is today impeding innovations that could save lives, minimize congestion, or otherwise improve the quality of the nation's highways....
ARTBA - Mon November 12, 2018
Voters Re-elect State Lawmakers Who Supported Gas Tax Increases, New ARTBA Analysis Finds
Voters in 12 states re-elected 93 percent of 530 state lawmakers who supported a gas tax increase between 2015 and 2018 and ran for re-election in 2018. Winning state lawmakers in Nov. 6 races included 92 percent of Republicans, and 94 percent of Democrats, according to a new analysis from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (ARTBA-TIAC)....
