AASHTO Journal - Top Stories

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DHS Publishes Security Resources for PNT…

March 19, 2021

The Science and Technology Directorate within the Department of Homeland Security has published the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing or PNT Integrity ...

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Transportation Getting $100B from $1.9T COVID…

March 12, 2021

The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, known as the American Rescue Plan or ARP recently reconciled between the House of ...

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FHWA Hosting Webinar Series on MUTCD…

March 12, 2021

The Federal Highway Administration will host three webinars regarding its proposed revisions to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices ...

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USDA Investing $285M in Transportation, Infrastructure

March 12, 2021

The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to invest $285 million to help the Forest Service address critical deferred maintenance and ...

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AASHTO Video Highlights Women in Transportation

March 12, 2021

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently released a video highlighting how, throughout America’s history, women made ...

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ASCE Report: U.S. Transportation Infrastructure Needs…

March 5, 2021

The American Society of Civil Engineers report on the state of U.S. infrastructure reiterated the need for investment in transportation ...

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Drop in VMT Coincides with Spike…

March 5, 2021

After six consecutive years of gradual increases in vehicle-miles traveled, data compiled annually by the Federal Highway Administration indicates that ...

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House T&I Plans to Add Earmarks…

March 5, 2021

As the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure works on its surface transportation authorization legislation – due to be released ...

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FAF Five-Year Benchmark Shows Spike in…

March 5, 2021

Goods moved on America’s transportation network increased in both value and tonnage from 2012 to 2017, according to the latest ...

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USDOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg: “Some Sort…

February 26, 2021

Restoring the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund must occur in a way that is “sustainable, predictable, defensible, and affordable” ...

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AASHTO President Sheehan Testifies Before Senate…

February 26, 2021

Any delay – or even worse, a series of short-term extensions – in surface transportation reauthorization legislation “would wreak havoc ...

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State DOTs Battling Series of Winter…

February 19, 2021

State departments of transportation across the country battled back-to-back winter storms that hit during the week of February 15, hitting ...

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Former AASHTO Executive Director Francis Francois…

February 19, 2021

Francis B. Francois, who served as executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials from 1980 ...

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IIHS Explains Why Women are at…

February 19, 2021

New Insurance Institute for Highway Safety research indicates women are much more likely to suffer a serious injury than men ...

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AASHTO President Victoria Sheehan Profiled in…

February 19, 2021

New Hampshire Department of Transportation Commissioner Victoria Sheehan’s election in October 2020 as president of the American Association of State ...

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Carper Focused on Climate in Surface…

February 12, 2021

Following a meeting with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on ...

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House T&I Approves $42.5B in Further…

February 12, 2021

The House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved a package of roughly $42.5 billion in further COVID-19 transportation ...