Mon April 24, 2017
USDOT: $768.2M for Repairs to Roads, Bridges
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on April 6 approved the release of $768.2 million for emergency repairs over 10 years to roads and bridges damaged by storms or other catastrophic events in 40 states....
Tue April 11, 2017
Gas Tax Prompts Vote for Change in Transportation Bill
An effort to strip a proposed gas tax hike from Gov. Bill Haslam's plan to boost transportation funding in Tennessee is scheduled for a vote in a key House committee on Tuesday. The change supported by Republican House Speaker Beth Harwell would rewrite the legislation to instead draw the bulk of the funding for new road and bridge construction from sales taxes paid on new and used vehicles....
Mon April 03, 2017
Arizonans Shape ADOT's Long-Range Transportation Plan
Playing the part of a transportation planner isn't always easy, especially when it comes to balancing priorities for Arizona's highway system with the realities of limited funding. When the Arizona Department of Transportation turned to the public and stakeholders last fall to tell us what's most important to them over the next 25 years, nearly 6,000 people statewide responded through a quick and interactive online survey....
Wed March 08, 2017
The First Year of RhodeWorks Fulfills Promises, Delivers on Improving Rhode Island's Crumbling Roads, Bridges
One year after passage of the landmark RhodeWorks transportation legislation, Rhode Island has initiated millions of dollars of construction projects and puts hundreds of people back to work. At the same time, RhodeWorks has paved the way for a new Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT), reorganized into a transparent, accountable and highly efficient state agency able to deliver on a cumulative total of $1 billion in transportation investment by the end of 2017....
Wed March 08, 2017
DDOT Releases Mobility Website to Track Congestion
The Washington, D.C., District Department of Transportation unveiled a “District Mobility” website, and said it was “part of an effort to clearly communicate how the district's transportation system is performing.”Leif Dormsjo, DDOT director, said, “The interactive, data-rich design of District Mobility provides an innovative platform for sharing the state of mobility and DDOT's progress towards reducing congestion on our roads.”“The district has a diverse, multimodal transportation network that serves district residents, regional commuters and tourists from around the world,” said Stephanie Dock, project manager....
Wed February 22, 2017
Jacobs Will Design $577M First New Jersey Power 'Microgrid'
Jacobs is to carry out the design of a $577 million backup power system that will be the first of its kind in the USA for public transport. It will provide design and general engineering services for NJ Transit's microgrid project, NJ Transitgrid....
Michelle L. Price - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Mon February 20, 2017
Inland Port Could Make Utah a Freight Hub
Almost 150 years after the Transcontinental Railroad was completed in northern Utah, some of the state's top business leaders and officials said that building another major junction here — an inland port — could provide a major boost to the local economy as cargo is ferried from West Coast seaports to the rest of the country....
Kimberlee Kruesi - Mon February 20, 2017
Idaho House Panel Introduces Transportation Funding Bills
Idaho lawmakers wrestled with multiple transportation funding proposals, ultimately refusing to budge on raising taxes to fix the state's crumbling infrastructure. The decision came down the same day severe flooding and winter storms wreaked havoc across much of the state, destroying and damaging roads and bridges and prompting Gov....
Mon February 20, 2017
Wyoming Transportation Commission Awards $31.8M in Highway Contracts in January
Construction crews will start preliminary work on a $9 million paving and rehabilitation project on 7 mi. (11 km) of Interstate 80 west of Cheyenne this summer. The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded Knife River of Cheyenne the contract for the work near Otto Road in Laramie County during its meeting on Jan....
Mon February 20, 2017
UDOT Uses High-Pressure Water Jets for Bridge Demolition
The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is utilizing an innovative system of high-pressure water jets to refurbish bridge decks on the I-215 project. This is one of the first times UDOT has used this hydro demolition process to reconstruct a bridge deck, and the first in the Salt Lake Valley....
