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PennDOT Puts Project Award Prize Money…

December 16, 2022

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Allegheny County, and City of Pittsburgh officials recently made charitable contributions to two organizations stemming ...

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Senate Confirms Shailen Bhatt as FHWA…

December 9, 2022

By voice vote on December 8 the Senate confirmed Shailen Bhatt as the 21st administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. ...

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ETAP Podcast: AASHTO President Roger Millar

December 9, 2022

At its 2022 Annual Meeting, held in October in Orlando, the Board of Directors of the American Association of State ...

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FHWA Launches Seventh ‘Every Day Counts’…

December 9, 2022

The Federal Highway Administration recently kicked off the latest round of transportation innovations through its Every Day Counts or EDC program. [Above ...

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AAA Report: Unsafe Driving Behaviors on…

December 9, 2022

A new report by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety finds that unsafe driving behavior – including speeding, red-light running, ...

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Senate Committee Approves Bhatt FHWA Nomination

December 2, 2022

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works approved the nomination of Shailen Bhatt (seen above) to be the next ...

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AASHTO Urges Congress to Pass Full…

December 2, 2022

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging “expeditious passage” of ...

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Addressing Transportation Insecurity through Equity

December 2, 2022

To improve the ability of people to move from point A to point B in the United States, addressing societal ...

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Where State DOTs, Broadband, and Infrastructure…

December 2, 2022

State departments of transportation have a “big role to play” in the ongoing nationwide deployment of broadband internet service – ...

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AASHTO Files ‘Buy America’ Waiver Comments…

November 18, 2022

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials filed two comment letters on November 17 regarding two “Buy America” ...

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Video: AASHTO’s Jim Tymon Talks IIJA…

November 18, 2022

In this installment of the ‘On Time with Tymon’ video series, Jim Tymon (seen above) – executive director of the ...

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States DOTs, USDOT Highlight Crash Responder…

November 18, 2022

Officials from the Federal Highway Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently ...

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FRA Issues ‘Priority’ Rail Project List…

November 18, 2022

The Federal Railroad Administration recently issued a list of priority projects for the Northeast Corridor or NEC – a railroad ...

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Updated: USDOT Issues New ‘Buy America’…

November 10, 2022

On November 4, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued notifications regarding the expiration of the 180-day “Buy America” waiver for ...

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Updated: Election 2022 Results Could Split…

November 10, 2022

With vote tallies nationwide still ongoing in the wake of the November 8 election, the Republican party could attain a ...

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U.S. Maritime Administration Issues $703M in…

November 4, 2022

The U.S. Maritime Administration – known as MARAD – recently disbursed more than $703 million to fund 41 projects in ...

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AASHTO Comments on NHTSA Traffic Policy…

November 4, 2022

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently provided feedback to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regarding ...