| Demand for TIGER II funding overwhelms supply |
| September 24, 2010 U.S. DOT |
| WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly 1,000 construction grant applications for more than $19 billion from all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia far exceeded the $600 million in TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) II dollars the U.S. Department of Transportation can award for infrastructure projects ranging from highways and bridges to transit and ports, announced Secretary Ray LaHood. The announcement followed the August deadline for submissions. |
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| Headlines from around the Web, Thursday, September 23, 2010 |
| September 23, 2010 Transportation issues in the news |
From HamptonRoads.com: Virginia commits $694.5M of highway stimulus
From USAToday.com: Almost a quarter of major roads in disrepair
From Bloomberg.com: Texas to sell $1 billion in highway bonds
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| Headlines from around the Web, Wednesday, September 22, 2010 |
| September 22, 2010 Transportation issues in the news |
From WisconsinRapidsTribune.com: Highway interchange to improve safety
From Blogs.WSJ.com: Prague opens $1 billion highway after 80 years of planning
From DiscoveryNews.com: Responsive traffic lights could clear congestion
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| TRIP report makes case for immediate investment in urban roads |
| September 22, 2010 AASHTO |
| WASHINGTON, D.C. — TRIP has released a report which determined that the number of major metropolitan roads with pavements in substandard condition improved slightly from 26 percent in 2007 to 24 percent in 2008. The fact remains, however, that a quarter of the nation's major urban roads are rated in poor condition and according to the report the average urban motorist pays $400 a year in additional vehicle operating costs as a result of driving on rough roads. |
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| Headlines from around the Web, Tuesday, September 21, 2010 |
| September 21, 2010 Transportation issues in the news |
From MontgomeryAdvertiser.com: Ala. voters to decide fate of road-building plan
From Roads & Bridges: Penn. Rep. Geist presents plan for state trans crisis
From Bloomberg.com: New Jersey considers privatizing roadwork
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| VIDEO: A conversation with Ray LaHood |
| September 20, 2010 The New Yorker |
| New Yorker staff writer Ryan Lizza interviews the transportation secretary.
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| Headlines from around the Web, Monday, September 20, 2010 |
| September 20, 2010 Transportation issues in the news |
From Roads & Bridges: N.C. new toll road to cost drivers $4 per trip
From DC.Streetsblog.org: Administration urges sorting out of trans bill details
From TRB: NCHRP State of the Practice in Highway Access Management
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| LaHood announces $10 million recovery grant for US 17 |
| September 16, 2010 U.S. DOT |
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| Link: http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot17110.html |
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| MoDOT offers new website for bidding and contracting |
| September 16, 2010 MoDOT |
JEFFERSON CITY, MO. — Contractors, consultants, suppliers and disadvantaged business enterprises now have one centralized location to visit on the Missouri Department of Transportation's (MoDOT) website to find bidding and contracting opportunities.
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| Headlines from around the Web, Thursday, September 16, 2010 |
| September 16, 2010 Transportation issues in the news |
From NYTimes.com: Metric interstate divides Arizona
From Roads & Bridges: CDOT faces uphill battle to improve roads
From SFGate.com: First HOT lane opens on I-680
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| VDOT receives proposals for route 460 corridor improvement project |
| September 15, 2010 VDOT |
| RICHMOND, VA. —The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has received three conceptual proposals in response to its solicitation under the Public-Private Transportation Act (PPTA) for private firms to develop and operate a new U.S. Route 460 between Petersburg and Suffolk. |
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| Headlines from around the Web, Wednesday, September 15, 2010 |
| September 15, 2010 Transportation issues in the news |
From TheDenverDailyNews.com: CDOT study proposes I-70 traffic solution
From PE.com: Caltrans continues study of I-215 for cause of concrete collapse
From SanLuisObispo.com: Permeable paving a partial solution to runoff
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| LaHood announces agenda for second national Distracted Driving Summit |
| September 14, 2010 U.S. DOT |
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| Link: http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot17010.html |
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| Headlines from around the Web, Tuesday, September 14, 2010 |
| September 14, 2010 Transportation issues in the news |
From The Infrastructurist: Trans director supports Obama’s infrastructure plan
From Time.com: Time asks: Where did the transportation stimulus money go?
From PE.com: Las Vegas invests in California transportation to boost business
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| CDOT appoints new Transit and Rail Division director |
| September 14, 2010 CDOT |
| DENVER — The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has selected Mark Imhoff as director of its new Transit and Rail Division. |
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| Headlines from around the Web, Friday, September 10, 2010 |
| September 10, 2010 Transportation issues in the news |
From NCE.com: Dutch develop self-healing bio-concrete
From the Atlanta Business Chronicle: Firm to manufacture ‘green’ cement
From MarketWatch.com: Government reports 60-year low in highway deaths
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| LaHood breaks ground on Mercer Corridor project |
| September 9, 2010 U.S. DOT |
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| Link: http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot16410.html |
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| Meridian partner Intuitive Systems to implement Prolog solution |
| September 9, 2010 Meridian Systems |
| FOLSOM, CALIF. — Meridian Systems has announced that The Corradino Group (previously awarded contract for FDOT I-595 Express Corridor Improvement project) has selected Prolog software. Corradino will use the Prolog solution to standardize construction management processes to provide detailed document tracking and an easy way for the company to collaborate. |
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| Headlines from around the Web, Thursday, September 9, 2010 |
| September 9, 2010 Transportation issues in the news |
From Roads & Bridges: MDOT installs ITS on I-94
From ARTBA: ARTBA CEO comments on Obama’s infrastructure principles
From DetNews.com: Michigan voters approve tax increase to improve roads
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| LaHood helps break ground on North Spokane Corridor project |
| September 8, 2010 U.S. DOT |
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| Link: http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot16310.html |
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| Headlines from around the Web, Wednesday, September 8, 2010 |
| September 8, 2010 Transportation issues in the news |
From AASHTO: Organizations reveal top 10 transportation project winners
From Roads & Bridges: Report predicts global ITS market growth
From WashingtonPost.com: Washington Outer Beltway nears completion
From TheSouthern.com: IDOT to use new technology for I-57 construction
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| TxDOT updates state's 100 most congested roadways list |
| September 8, 2010 TxDOT |
| AUSTIN — Using more accurate technology, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has unveiled an updated list of Texas’ 100 most congested roadway segments. |
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| USDOT announces grant to improve U.S. 491 in Northwest New Mexico |
| September 8, 2010 U.S. DOT |
| WASHINGTON — One of New Mexico’s most dangerous routes is about to get safer thanks to a $31 million grant provided by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. |
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| Headlines from around the Web, Tuesday, September 7, 2010 |
| September 7, 2010 Transportation issues in the news |
From NYTimes.com: Obama calls for transportation plan to create jobs
From the Mooresville Tribune: DOT leader promises more results in N.C.
From The New York Times: City transforms Broadway
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| ISU receives funds for women and minority civil engineering students |
| September 7, 2010 Idaho State University |
| Idaho State University (ISU) professors Bruce Savage and Arya Ebrahimpour of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering have received $190,577 from the Federal Highway Administration (FHA) for a project titled “Highway Transportation Training of Women and Minority Civil Engineering Students.” |
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| Headlines from around the Web, Friday, September 3, 2010 |
| September 3, 2010 Transportation issues in the news |
From Infrastructurist.com: Libertarian think tank takes sunny view of highway progress
From NYTimes.com: China traffic jam garners national attention
From CommonDreams.org: Data shows transit projects create more jobs than highways
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| LaHood announces emergency relief funds for flood damage in South Dakota |
| September 3, 2010 U.S. DOT |
| WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has announced he is making $1.5 million in quick release emergency funds available to the South Dakota Department of Transportation to begin repairs to roads and bridges damaged by floods. |
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| Headlines from around the Web, Thursday, September 2, 2010 |
| September 2, 2010 Transportation issues in the news |
From Roads and Bridges: Highway spending takes a fall
From AASHTO: Winning transportation projects to save lives, time, money
From CharlestonBusiness.com: Congressman proposes stock fees for highway funding
From USAToday.com: Report shows state highway maintenance improvement
From ARTBA: Proposed EPA soot standards could jeopardize highway safety
From TruckingInfo.com: Interstate 45 lands Texas most congested roads list
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| Coalitions to push for action on overdue highway and transit bill |
| September 2, 2010 ARTBA |
| WASHINGTON, D.C. — “Sick of Aging Roads? Sick of Bus Delays? Sick of Congestion? — Tell Congress to Act!” Those are the messages appearing on highway billboard and print ads in key states, and being delivered by thousands of grassroots activists who are urging Congress to complete work on the long overdue, multi-year highway/transit authorization bill, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said. |
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| MoDOT makes progress on major highway corridors |
| September 2, 2010 MoDOT |
| JEFFERESON CITY, MO. — The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) said it has made significant progress in completing a number of long-awaited highway corridors this year. By the end of 2010, 96 miles of new four-lane highway will be added to the books, with the potential for 12 more miles to come online either late this year or in early 2011. |
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Department of Transportation makes steps to ensure the structure's ecological footprint is as small as possible, leaving room for natural habitats to flourish.
