New Work Zone Safety Initiative – Caltrans News Flash #195
In part one of the Caltrans Safety Summit Video Series, Public Information Officer Alisa Becerra highlights how Caltrans continues to make safety its top priority with three new work zone safety...
View ArticleInfrastructure upgrades and expansions offer new contracting opportunities...
Transportation infrastructure will stimulate the U.S. economy significantly over the next few years. Hundreds of large projects have been announced; so many in fact, it should be possible for almost...
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24th Annual Highway Report
REASON FOUNDATION Executive Summary Reason Foundation’s Annual Highway Report has tracked the performance of the 50 state-owned highway systems from 1984 to 2016. The 24th Annual Highway Report ranks...
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UPS ‘Feeder Drivers’ Make Holidays Possible But Clogged American...
AMERICANS FOR TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY COALITION (ATM) Originally posted in FasterBetterSafer Part One of a Two-Part Series When Americans celebrated the holidays, many of their homes and businesses...
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The Congestion Con
TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA The Congestion Con: How more lanes and more money equals more traffic Executive Summary In an expensive effort to curb congestion in urban regions, we have overwhelmingly...
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FAST Act Extended One Year — But ATM Members Tell Radio Newsmakers There Are...
AMERICANS FOR TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY COALITION (ATM) Originally posted in FasterBetterSafer Due to a one-year continuation of the federal funding law for surface transportation, Americans can take a...
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2021 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS (ASCE) Introduction Infrastructure supports nearly every aspect of life. Our pipes deliver drinking water to homes and hospitals. Airports, railroads, and inland...
View ArticleTransportation Secretary Buttigieg Testifies on Transportation Infrastructure...
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg testified on his department’s priorities before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. In his opening remarks, Secretary Buttigieg said “the...
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Funding for infrastructure projects continues to expand
by Mary Scott Nabers TIPs and STIPs are acronyms for transportation improvement programs at the local and state levels of government. The formal names are ‘Transportation Improvement Program’ and...
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Upcoming transportation projects are outlined in planning documents...
by Mary Scott Nabers Many people complain about toll road fees. The most common comment is, “Why should I have to pay for using a road that was constructed with my tax dollars”? The answer is simple....
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$492 billion in infrastructure funding remains to be allocated… but it all...
by Mary Scott Nabers Two years after the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also called the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), an estimated $492 billion remains in federal...
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America’s roadway fatality rates have resulted in millions to support safety...
by Mary Scott Nabers Here’s something that may surprise you! Statistics tell us that American roads are more dangerous than those of other developed countries. The U.S. roadway fatality rate has...
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The Abundance of Upcoming Surface Transportation Projects Creates High Demand...
by Mary Scott Nabers Large funding grants for surface transportation projects are available from the federal government’s Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant Program. This program, actively overseen...
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Some of the largest infrastructure projects will involve tunnels
Aging tunnels in America, coupled with the country’s continued growth, have created an extremely high demand for attention. The imminent repair and replacement will result in significant growth in the...
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