Bath – MaineDOT and its contractors have opened the new Bath Viaduct to traffic approximately 25 days ahead of schedule. Paving and striping were completed in the last few days, and workers removed the barriers and changed signs to allow Route 1 traffic…
The Virginia Department of Transportation Partners with Keep Virginia Beautiful to Promote the Adopt-A-Highway Program
RICHMOND, Virginia – The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) recently partnered with Keep Virginia Beautiful to help support the agency’s…
Georgia Department of Transportation Teams Up with LEGOLAND Discovery Center Atlanta for Educational I-85 Community Project
ATLANTA— Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) is teaming up with the LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Atlanta to help inspire the minds of…
ARTBA to Host 4th National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates July 12 in Washington, D.C.
(WASHINGTON) - Last November, voters in 22 states approved 193 ballot initiatives to increase highway and public transit investment, and state legislatures and governors in four states in April 2017 alone approved bills to increase their respective gas taxes. Some…
INRIX Selected by Iowa DOT to Provide Real-Time Traffic and Road Safety Services
KIRKLAND, Wash. - INRIX, Inc., the world leader in connected car services and transportation analytics, today announced that the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is now utilizing INRIX traffic services to monitor, measure and manage the state's road…
Americans Recognize Benefits of Public Transportation
NEW YORK – Almost nine in 10 Americans (88 percent) recognize public transportation systems provide a wide array of benefits to the communities they serve, according to a new HNTB Corporation America THINKS public opinion survey. The survey, Public Transportation-2017,…
USDOT Announces $55 Million Funding Opportunity for Clean-Energy Transit Bus Projects
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the opportunity to apply for up to $55 million in competitive grant funds through FTA’s Low or No Emission (Low-No) Bus Program. The Low-No program…
Program Continues to Push Innovative Technologies to Tackle Congestion
Cutting-edge technologies are helping to improve America’s highway system, and real-time data reporting systems are helping us make better use of our highways and bridges. The Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment Program…
Fluor Joint Venture Selected for Texas Southern Gateway Project
IRVING, Texas (May 4, 2017) – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the Fluor-led joint venture comprised of Fluor and Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc., was selected by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as the design-build and…
Congress Avoids Shutdown, Approves One-Week Extension of 2016 Spending Levels
Congress avoided a government shutdown while continuing to negotiate on a long-delayed 2017 budget, but approved a further one-week extension of 2016 spending levels to May 5 to give lawmakers more time to pin down an agreement for the fiscal year that began…
