Groups weigh in as to whether or not it is the end of the road for this suburban icon.

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation has released a report that examines the international leaders in intelligent transportation systems and suggests steps the United States should take to close the gap.

With budgets tight, Chattanooga, Tenn., is struggling to keep its roads in passable condition.

The Florida Department of Transportation Research Center has released a report that explores the development of three alternatives to open grid steel decks on moveable bridges.

Hailed as New York City’s most radical civic experiment in a generation — cars would be barred from driving along two sections of Broadway in the heart of Midtown — city officials are slow to release the results of a test that closed two sections of Broadway to reduce congestion.

After reports of Michigan's inability to raise funds to complete hundreds of road and bridge projects, failure to increase the state gas tax could cost the state 243 jobs over the next five years.

Michigan's inability to raise enough money to match federal transportation dollars forced the state's Transportation Commission Thursday to delay hundreds of scheduled road and bridge projects.
 

The Nevada Department of Transportation has put the finishing touches on its first design-build road job. The $242 million project widens 5.8 miles of Interstate 15. The undertaking called for intricate phasing and traffic control as well as construction of 16 new bridges, interchange reconfigurations and 406,000 cubic yards of asphalt paving.
 

Some industry experts say performance measurement is fundamental to ensure that transportation policy and funding achieves desired policy outcomes.

An examination by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram of state and federal records found that Texas spent $997 million on transportation projects that had insignificant effect on improving traffic in the gridlocked state.

Revised nitrogen dioxide (NO2) rules could affect major highways across the United States.

The $420 million project, which will create a new, fourth tunnel, will use $197.5 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), making it the nation’s single largest investment of ARRA transportation funds to date.

ITS America’s 20th Annual Meeting & Exposition, May 3-5, will provide transportation professionals and policymakers the necessary tools and strategies needed to create communities that are safer, cleaner, more livable and less congested.

With least disruption and best performance, glass fiber mesh plus highly polymer modified asphalt layers are pushing the boundaries of highway maintenance technology.

Elumin8 Ltd has launched its new range of energy efficient road signs. These internally lit signs use the latest LED technology and provide a clean flat lighting surface. Elumin8 has spent the last 12 months in R&D and testing and will showcase the new products at Intertraffic 2010 held in Amsterdam. The signs are already on test throughout Europe and Asia.

Conversations continue as to how to define new transit rules after Obama’s ambitious policy revamp taking ‘livability’ into account.

In step now with many states, Indiana borrows “diverging diamond” highway configuration.

Decrease attributed in part to engineering enhancements.

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue’s approval of a regional transportation tax has fueled the drive for subsidy in the state.

The new approach evaluates a road's environmental and social impacts by assigning points for such things as using local or recycled materials, managing runoff and providing wildlife corridors.