Maryland Department Of Transportation Adds to Reputation as Award- Winning Agency
BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) has gained new honors for delivering outstanding transportation projects in Maryland. Last night, Transportation Secretary Pete K. Rahn and MDOT Business Unit executives accepted 17 of 22 MdQI Awards of Excellence presented for planning studies, programs and construction projects completed in 2016. The Maryland Quality Initiative (MdQI) consortium of private sector industry associations and public sector transportation agencie...
Senate Democrats Offer Proposal to Spend $1 Trillion on Transportation, Other Systems
A group of senior Senate Democrats unveiled their own 10-year, $1 trillion infrastructure investment plan that would spend hundreds of billions on transportation systems, but included no proposal on how to pay for it. They said the plan would create more than 15 million jobs while modernizing various types of facilities that would help the economy grow while cutting costs for people from dealing with congestion, pavement damage and other infrastructure problems. The sponsors...
Shuster Statement on the Confirmation of Elaine Chao as Secretary of Transportation
Washington, DC - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) today issued the following statement on the Senate’s confirmation of Elaine Chao as the Nation’s next Secretary of Transportation: “I congratulate Elaine Chao on her confirmation as the next Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation. I look forward to getting to work with her, the new administration, and my colleagues in Congress on the many issues before the Committee this year, inclu...
Parsons’ I-75 South Metro Reversible Express Lane Project Opens This Weekend
PASADENA, CA – Parsons is pleased to announce that the I-75 South Metro reversible express lane project will open this weekend, giving Atlanta motorists the option to travel nearly 13 mi between Highway 138 and Highway 155 on the new, double-lane addition to the I-75 median. The lanes will carry traffic northbound toward downtown Atlanta during the morning rush hour and southbound during midday and peak afternoon and evening traffic. . Parsons prepared conceptual design reports for the I-75 S...
District Department of Transportation Reselects CH2M for Program Management of Anacostia Waterfront Initiative
WASHINGTON - The District Department of Transportation again selected CH2M as their program management consultant for the next five years of the trailblazing Anacostia Waterfront Initiative. CH2M has partnered with DDOT on the AWI Program since 2006, integrating multiple transportation, land use and land development initiatives and bolstering neighborhood livability in the nation's capital. "Led by the District of Columbia government and embraced by 19 regional and...
Northern Line Extension Unveils Tunnelling Machines
Following tunnelling tradition, the TBMs have been given lady’s names as this represents a sign of good luck for the tunnelling ahead. London Deputy Mayor for Transport, Val Shawcross visited the Battersea Station NLE site, and ceremonially announced both TBMs names, ‘Helen’ and ‘Amy’, which were decided as part of the project’s community engagement initiatives with local schools. The TBMs are being named in honour of the first British astronaut in space, Helen Sharman, and Britis...
Port Performance Freight Statistics Annual Report Released
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released Port Performance Freight Statistics Program: Annual Report to Congress 2016 . This report is BTS’s first edition of the annual report on the Port Performance Freight Statistics Program, established by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act of 2015, Section 6018. The goal of the program is “to provide nationally consistent measures of performance” of the nation’s largest ports, a...
Transportation Agencies in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan Form 'Smart Belt Coalition' to Collaborate on Automated, Connected Vehicles
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) have formed the Smart Belt Coalition – a first-of-its-kind collaboration – with transportation agencies in Ohio and Michigan that will focus on automated and connected vehicle initiatives. The coalition, which includes transportation and academic partners, brings together leaders on these technologies to support research, testing, policy, funding pursuits and deployment, as well...
USDOT Releases Five-Year Research, Development and Technology Strategic Plan
Following a period of public comment and stakeholder input, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released its collaborative Research, Development, and Technology (RD&T) Strategic Plan, which presents the Department’s research priorities for the next five years (Fiscal Years 2017 – 2021). The document provides an action plan that responds to the trends affecting the current and future performance of the Nation’s transportation system, as identified in U.S. DOT’s Beyond Traffic–Trends and...
U.S.-China Race to Zero Emissions Challenge Official Guidelines Released
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Chinese Ministry of Transport (MOT) today announced the official guidelines for the U.S.-China Race to Zero Emissions (R2ZE) Challenge. The guidelines provide details on how the race will be conducted and how transit agencies can join the race. “Our two nations have an opportunity to make a huge impact on reducing world greenhouse gas emissions,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Foxx. “I look forward to this friendly competi...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
Redevelopment of Horseshoe Bay Terminal
June Issue 2026
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