| Intergraph introduces enhanced map-publishing solution |
| March 9, 2010 Integraph |
| Intergraph has introduced a newly enhanced geospatial solution to enable the efficient production of high-quality map products by U.S. state departments of transportation (DOTs) and military and national mapping agencies around the world. Organizations rely on Intergraph GeoMedia® Map Publisher for enhanced cartographic capabilities and high levels of map production automation to produce series and ad-hoc hard copy maps. The latest version of the product includes significant enhancements to dramatically streamline map collaboration and creation and boost quality assurance, including features that allow multiple users to collaborate on the same map products. |
| Link: http://www.intergraph.com/assets/pressreleases/2010/03-09-2010.aspx |
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| Stimulus funds help Florida break ground on expensive road project |
| March 2, 2010 St. Petersburg Times |
| Delayed for two decades, Tampa Bay is breaking ground on the city’s most expensive road project to date — a $389.5 million toll road that will link Interstate 4 with an expressway. |
| Link: http://www.tampabay.com/news/transportation/tampa-bays-most-expensive-road-project-set-to-begin-thanks-to-stimulus/1076059 |
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| U.S. DOT furloughs to shut down critical construction projects |
| March 1, 2010 U.S. DOT |
| The Department of Transportation will furlough nearly 2,000 employees without pay today, temporarily shutting down highway reimbursements to states worth hundreds of millions of dollars, national anti-drunk driving efforts, and multi-million dollar construction projects across the country. |
| Link: http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot3610.htm |
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| Senate looks to new six-year transportation bill in 2010 |
| February 26, 2010 Roads & Bridges |
| While Majority Leader Harry Reid makes promises during the debate of the $15B jobs bill, U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood admits our roads and bridges are in “lousy” shape. |
| Link: http://www.roadsbridges.com/Reid-says-Senate-will-vote-on-new-highway-bill-in-2010-NewsPiece20193 |
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| Stimulus helps mend U.S. infrastructure; improvements recognized |
| February 24, 2010 Reuters |
| More than half of the funds for transportation in the U.S. economic stimulus plan passed a year ago have now been obligated, and much of it is fixing the country's decaying infrastructure. According to Rep. James Oberstar, 24,000 miles of roads are being improved and 1,100 bridge repairs made. |
| Link: http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN2312062820100223 |
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| Florida's I-595 project commences |
| February 23, 2010 Sun-Sentinel |
| A $1.2 billion construction project to improve traffic on Interstate 595 is slated to begin Monday. |
| Link: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-i-595-construction-20100222,0,5503881.story |
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| Amendment deal in the works for I-355 interchanges |
| February 22, 2010 Roads & Bridges |
| Four towns that agreed to cover the $20 million cost of building interchanges to the southern extension of I-355 are now negotiating with the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority to add a payment schedule to the agreement. |
| Link: http://www.roadsbridges.com/Ill-towns-want-to-amend-I-355-deal-for-interchanges-newsPiece20171 |
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| Highway projects get snubbed by TIGER program |
| February 19, 2010 Roads & Bridges |
| This year’s TIGER grants announced this week seemed fixed upon transit and related clean projects, while roads were somewhat overlooked, garnering a mere one-eighth of the program’s $1.5 billion of available funding — despite the fact that roads proposals made up 57 percent of applications. |
| Link: http://www.roadsbridges.com/Highway-projects-bypassed-by-TIGER-program-newsPiece20143 |
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| OP-ED Columnist Bob Herbert asks: What's wrong with us? |
| February 18, 2010 The New York Times |
| In this editorial, Herbert expounds on why ignoring U.S. infrastructure problems imperils public safety, diminishes our economic competitiveness, is penny-wise and pound-foolish, and results in tremendous missed opportunities to create new jobs on a vast scale. "Competitors are leaving us behind when it comes to infrastructure investment," he says. "China is building a network of 42 high-speed rail lines, while the U.S. has yet to build its first." |
| Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/16/opinion/16herbert.html |
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| The Infrastructurist posts TIGER Grant winners |
| February 17, 2010 The Infrastructurist |
Today, the Department of Transportation announced $1.5 billion in Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants. The money went to more than 50 projects in states ranging from Maine to Hawaii to South Carolina. So which states walked away with the biggest piece of pie? Read on for the rundown.
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| Link: http://www.infrastructurist.com/2010/02/17/the-tiger-grants-which-states-were-the-big-winners/ |
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| Texas $1 billion highway alteration commences |
| February 16, 2010 Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
| Known as the DFW Connector, the four-year project will see the rebuilding and expansion of roads between Lake Grapevine and the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. |
| Link: http://www.star-telegram.com/228/story/1967382.html?storylink=omni_popular |
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| Traffic experiment in NYC gets permanent nod |
| February 15, 2010 The New York Times |
| New York’s ambitious experiment that closed parts of Broadway to vehicles last spring will become permanent, city officials said last week, even though it fell short of achieving its chief objective: improving traffic flow. |
| Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/nyregion/12broadway.html |
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| Major mass transit makeover for Indiana |
| February 12, 2010 The Indianapolis Star |
| In an effort to ease clogged highways and spur economic development, business leaders have unveiled an ambitious, nearly $10 billion plan to create rail lines and tolled express lanes, and expanded bus service for Central Indiana. |
| Link: http://www.indystar.com/article/20100210/LOCAL18/2100389/Is-mass-transit-in-for-major-makeover |
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| VIDEO: Beyond the Motor City |
| February 11, 2010 Blueprint America |
This documentary, originally aired Monday on PBS, takes a serious look inside America’s transportation policy.
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| Link: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/blueprintamerica/reports/beyond-the-motor-city/video/939/ |
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| NYC roundabout’s new incarnation |
| February 10, 2010 The New York Times |
 New York residents are still debating the ambitious revamping over the past few months of a rotary called Park Circle at the southwest corner of Prospect Park. |
| Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/10/nyregion/10circle.html |
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| Proposed transit authority for Detroit takes shape |
| February 9, 2010 Crain’s Detroit Business |
| Bills introduced in December set up an authority to govern a proposed system of 406 miles of improved buses and routes, light rail and commuter trains throughout Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties and in the city of Detroit. |
| Link: http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20100207/SUB01/302079989/1068 |
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| Cul-de-sacs in despair? |
| February 8, 2010 Streets Blog Capitol Hill |
| Groups weigh in as to whether or not it is the end of the road for this suburban icon. |
| Link: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2010/02/08/the-end-of-the-road-for-cul-de-sacs/ |
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| PDF PRESENTATION: Explaining international IT application leadership |
| February 5, 2010 Transportation Research Board |
| 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. |
| Link: http://www.trb.org/AdministrationManagement/Blurbs/Explaining_International_IT_Application_Leadership_162885.aspx |
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| VIDEO: Repairing Chattanooga’s roads |
| February 4, 2010 Chattanooga Times Free Press |
| With budgets tight, Chattanooga, Tenn., is struggling to keep its roads in passable condition. |
| Link: http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/feb/02/video-repairing-chattanoogas-roads/?localvideo-news |
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| PDF PRESENTATION: Alternatives to steel grid decks |
| February 3, 2010 Transportation Research Board |
| 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. |
| Link: http://144.171.11.107/Main/Public/Blurbs/d60f8979-3551-4205-89c8-84aed1a37de1.aspx |
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| Midtown experiment to reduce congestion moving slow |
| February 2, 2010 The New York Times |
| 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. |
| Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/nyregion/02broadway.html |
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| Trouble continues in Michigan |
| February 1, 2010 Roads & Bridges |
| 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. |
| Link: http://www.roadsbridges.com/Michigan-in-danger-of-losing-243-road-and-bridge-jobs-newsPiece20033 |
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| Michigan fails to raise funds to complete highway projects |
| January 29, 2010 Los Angeles Times |
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.
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| Link: http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-mi-michigan-roads,0,3295706.story |
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| NDOT completes its first design-build road project |
| January 28, 2010 Las Vegas Business Press |
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.
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| Link: http://www.lvbusinesspress.com/articles/2010/01/25/news/iq_33840785.txt |
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| Experts speak to performance-based transportation policy |
| January 28, 2010 National Journal Online |
| Some industry experts say performance measurement is fundamental to ensure that transportation policy and funding achieves desired policy outcomes. |
| Link: http://transportation.nationaljournal.com/2010/01/transition-to-performancebased.php |
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| Report says highway funding has done little to help traffic in Texas |
| January 26, 2010 ABC News |
 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. |
| Link: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wirestory?id=9650832&page=1 |
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| New EPA rule disappointment for highway industry |
| January 26, 2010 Roads & Bridges |
| Revised nitrogen dioxide (NO2) rules could affect major highways across the United States. |
| Link: http://www.roadsbridges.com/New-EPA-rule-bitter-pill-for-highway-industry-newsPiece20001 |
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| Caldecott Tunnel project commences near Oakland and San Francisco |
| January 25, 2010 U.S. DOT |
| 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. |
| Link: http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot1010.htm |
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| ITS America releases preliminary program for upcoming annual meeting |
| January 25, 2010 ITS America |
 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. |
| Link: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/01/prweb3500044.htm |
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| Glass fiber mesh supports highway maintenance in the U.K. |
| January 22, 2010 New Civil Engineer |
 With least disruption and best performance, glass fiber mesh plus highly polymer modified asphalt layers are pushing the boundaries of highway maintenance technology. |
| Link: http://www.nce.co.uk/features/transport/meshing-together/5213200.article |
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