AECOM Executive Vice President Matt Cummings Elected 2017-2018 ARTBA Chairman
(WASHINGTON)— Matthew (Matt) G. Cummings, a Philadelphia-based executive vice president with global infrastructure company AECOM, has been elected 2017-2018 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) chairman. The association made the announcement Sept. 19. Cummings’ career in the transportation construction industry spans 30 years, including 23 years at AECOM. A registered professional engineer in multiple states, he currently leads the firm’s $2 billion transportation busi...
FTA Launches Cooperative Equipment Purchase Pilot for Nonprofit Transit Providers
The Federal Transit Administration is taking "expressions of interest" through Oct. 23 for a voluntary pilot program in which small nonprofit transit providers would cooperatively buy buses, vans or other types of rolling stock, as a way to try to reduce per-unit costs. The agency expressly noted that this could help providers of rural transit services and those in small towns, and could allow the nonprofits to cooperate in the purchases across state borders. "The program is designed to ad...
RIDOT Completes Project Two Months Early, $300K Under Budget
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation joined with state and local officials to celebrate completion in South Kingstown of its High Street and Kingstown Road Improvements project, which came in about two months ahead of schedule and $300,000 under budget. It is another in a trend of state DOTs trying to accelerate projects to bring their benefits to users more quickly and cut costs. "I'd like to congratulate our project management team for their diligent work that allowed us to fini...
State DOTs Support Florida as FDOT Crews Work to Reopen Irma-Closed Roads
As Hurricane Irma was bearing down on Florida with high winds, heavy rains and an unusually wide path of likely destruction, Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Mike Dew reached out Sept. 9 to a network of other state DOT chiefs to see what help they might be able to offer when his crews would be trying to dig out. The result: A full 16 state DOTs said they could send teams and equipment to help inspect bridges, cut away downed trees blocking roadways and remove debris swept in by...
FHWA Decision on Highway Safety Equipment Cost Recovery Will Improve Safety & Promote Innovation, ARTBA Says
(WASHINGTON)— A Sept. 8 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) decision will improve safety for workers and motorists, and encourage competition and innovation in both the public and private sectors by allowing funding for new classes of construction and safety equipment, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said. The agency issued a guidance memorandum that details how states can recoup the cost of acquiring highway safety equipment as a direct charge on federal-a...
WYDOT’s 511 Map Now Features Alternative Fuel Locations
Drivers with alternative fuel vehicles can now find locations in the state where they can fuel up by visiting the Wyoming Department of Transportation’s 511 Travel Information map. The map’s new “Alternative Fuel Sites” layer shows alternative fuel locations and what types of fuels are offered. The alternative fuels layer is the latest enhancement to the 511 map, which provides travelers with road and travel conditions. Some of the map features include web cameras, rest area locations, road i...
ADOT Partners with Tucson-Area Tribe on Construction Academy
TUCSON – Twenty-seven members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe earned their certification to work as flaggers on tribal construction projects through a free Construction Academy sponsored by the Arizona Department of Transportation. After completing a series of weekend courses, participants in the Pascua Yaqui Reservation Tribal Employment Rights Organization Construction Academy are now qualified to work on road projects on the reservation, located in the southwest Tucson area. Fifteen participa...
Hurricane Irma Recovery Efforts by USDOT & FAA in the Caribbean
In the wake of Hurricane Irma's destructive path through the Caribbean, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is supporting storm recovery efforts in the U.S. Virgin Islands with a fully-staffed mobile air traffic control tower at Cyril E. King International Airport in St. Thomas. The tower was fully operational at 9:40 a.m. this morning and is now supporting relief flights by the U.S. military, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, general aviation and limited commercial flights. The...
Congratulations to the ASCE Bridges Photo Contest Viewer's Choice Award Winner
ASCE members have chosen a striking winter photo of the 1866 New Portland Wire Bridge in New Portland, Maine, winner of the 2017 Viewer's Choice Award. See Vijay Jeyakrishnan's photo and all of the ASCE Bridges Photo Contest winners on ASCE's Facebook page. You can look ahead to seeing Jeyakrishnan's photo in ASCE's Bridges 2018 calendar, now available for preorder.
MoDOT Launches Statewide Survey for Long Range Transportation Plan
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Transportation today launched a statewide survey to solicit public input about the vision for the state’s transportation priorities. The Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) is a federally required process that sets the state’s 25-year vision for transportation. “Our long range planning process is a critical time for our department to assess the needs of our system and hear directly from our customers – the citizens of Missouri – to ensure our prio...
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