The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently began the 60-day pre-enforcement period, which will end March 4, for the new Automated Work Zo...
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The Austin Transportation Department recently installed technology at downtown intersections designed to make crossing safer for pedestrians. The technology, called leading pedestrian intervals (LP...
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As part of the $35 million New Dixie Highway Project underway in Kentucky, the Transit Authority of River City (TARC) has launched a new bus service -- the region’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) sys...
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The Arizona Department of Transportation recently opened the $1.7 billion Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway in Maricopa County to traffic. The 22-mile freeway, the state’s largest highway project,...
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North Dakota ended 2019 with 98 vehicle fatalities, according to preliminary reports. If the totals do not change, it will be the first time in 17 years the state had fewer than 100 traffic fatali...
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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) recently awarded Granite a $33 million contract for the reconstruction of four miles of State Route 99 near Kingsburg. Work includes reconstru...
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In a bill introduced last month, U.S. Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) -- together with co-sponsor U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) -- and U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) jointly pushed for the acceleration of...
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The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) recently awarded a $352.2 million contract to Hawkins Construction of Omaha for the construction of the Lincoln South Beltway. The project will con...
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The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) recently awarded a $93.1 million contract to Wright Brothers Construction Co. for the State Route-317/Apison Pike project in Collegedale. The proje...
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The High-Performance Transportation Enterprise (HPTE), a part of the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), recently approved a new Unsolicited Proposal Policy, to stir new revenue-generating i...
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As a result of more than $1.1 million in bridge damage caused by an over-sized truck slamming into an I-82 overpass, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a State of Emergency in Benton County. “Th...
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has dispersed $18 million to five projects as part of their Transportation Economic Development Program, along with $2.86 million for three additiona...
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Gasoline prices at the end of 2019 were 31 cents higher than on Dec. 31, 2018, according to AAA. The national average was $2.58 a gallon, 4 cents higher than the previous week, but nearly the same...
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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), in partnership with Trane, will replace more than 9,600 highway lights with light-emitting diode (LED) versions beginning in the spring. The change...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s District 1 had more than 50 projects worth more than $100 million under construction in 2019. The district is located in the state’s northwest a...
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Congressional committee leaders received a letter Dec. 20 from nine transportation-focused organizations urging federal funding for automated speed enforcement in work zones throughout the United Stat...
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The U.S. transportation infrastructure market is expected to continue growing in 2020, according to projections from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), but the outlook fo...
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The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP) announced earlier this month a $1 million grant award from the Henry L. Hillman Foundation to help develop the Downtown Pittsburgh Mobility Plan, which will s...
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The first nine months of 2019 saw traffic deaths fall by 2.2 percent -- to 26,730 people -- according to the latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data, with the third quarter ...
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Missouri’s Focus on Bridges program, initiated by Gov. Mike Parson, officially finished its first project last week, reopening a new Route 72 bridge after six months of work. While the bridge is...
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