3.2 Trillion Miles Driven On U.S. Roads In 2016
WASHINGTON – New estimates released today by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) show that U.S. driving topped 3.2 trillion miles last year. It is the fifth straight year of increased mileage on public roads throughout the nation, and underscores the demands facing America’s roads and bridges, and reaffirms calls for greater investment in surface transportation infrastructure. The new data, published in FHWA’s latest “Traffic Volume Trends” report – a monthly estimate of U.S. road trave...
Minnesota DOT Pursues Statewide Inventory of Barrier End Treatments with Continental Mapping
(Sun Prairie, WI)—February, 2017 — Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) proactively identified the need for a comprehensive inventory of barrier end treatments and associated guardrails on state owned highways. To meet this need, MnDOT awarded a contract to Continental Mapping to complete this statewide inventory. The Barrier End Treatment Inventory and Assessment (BETIA) project will utilize mobile lidar to collect data on the assets of interest followed by field assessment to ascer...
Capitol Hill Briefing on Industry Priorities
CHICAGO — As a member of the North American Concrete Alliance (NACA), PCI President and CEO Bob Risser joined senior officials representing the 11 NACA-affiliated associations and the Congressional Cement Caucus on capitol hill on February 5, 2017. The purpose was to brief the 115th Congress on the state of the concrete and cement industry and infrastructure priorities. NACA senior officials made the following remarks: Infrastructure investment must be done wisely and factor reforms to...
Colorado DOT Has Adopted Datumate's Cutting Edge Mapping Tools
YOKNEAM ILLIT, Israel - Datumate's professional Site Survey Solution has helped the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to quickly and safely survey a water pond located at the highway intersection of Colorado Boulevard and I-25 in the Denver Metro area. Denver has an additional 300 water quality ponds and this technology will be primarily used to monitor the capacity of new ponds. Datumate's leading technologies will help Colorado's DOT expedite projects such as asset management, infra...
Report Finds 185M Daily Crossings on Structurally Deficient U.S. Roadway Bridges
A new report from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association said there are about 185 million daily vehicle crossings on 55,710 structurally deficient U.S. roadway bridges, of which about 1,900 are on the Interstate Highway System. Bridges that are rated as structurally deficient are open to traffic if authorities consider them safe for travel, but need repair or replacement of at least some component such as the bridge deck surface. ARTBA's report, which is based on analysis...
South Korea and Wisconsin Sign Driver License Reciprocity Agreement
Wisconsin Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) officials signed a reciprocity agreement with the Republic of Korea which allows drivers holding a South Korean driver license to exchange it for a Wisconsin driver license without having to take the knowledge, sign and road tests. Wisconsin drivers staying longer than one year in South Korea will have the same courtesy to obtain a South Korean driver license. DMV Administrator Kristina Boardman and Jong-Kook Lee, Consulate General of the Republic of...
New I-40 Pavement Sensors Helping ADOT Identify and Address Ice Before it Forms
PHOENIX – Sensors installed at three Interstate 40 locations west of Flagstaff are helping the Arizona Department of Transportation forecast the likelihood of ice forming and respond accordingly. The combination of freezing temperatures and moisture means ice can form overnight in Arizona’s high country. It’s an especially big challenge on I-40 between Ash Fork and Flagstaff, which is above 6,000 feet in most places and sees heavy use by commercial and passenger vehicles. “Technology can p...
Dewberry Selected to Create Strategic Transportation Plans for New Intermodal Train Hub
Dewberry has been selected by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to develop a transportation and freight master plan for the new Carolina Connector (CCX) intermodal train hub in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. This facility will serve as a major intermodal transportation center for CSX in the southeast. Dewberry's efforts will focus on the transportation connections to potential freight nodes across the state and the strategic infrastructure investments that will be crucial...
Indiana DOT Offers Civil Engineering College Scholarships, Paid Summer Internships
The Indiana Department of Transportation said it is again accepting applications for civil engineering scholarships of up to $3,125 per semester, and for governor's summer internships available to college students, as it tries to help develop the future workforce. INDOT's scholarship program offers the $3,125 per semester, or $2,083 per trimester, for up to five years of post-secondary civil engineering education at universities in the state. Applications for the 2016-2017 school year must b...
Dewberry Selected to Create Strategic Transportation Plans for New Intermodal Train Hub
Dewberry has been selected by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to develop a transportation and freight master plan for the new Carolina Connector (CCX) intermodal train hub in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. This facility will serve as a major intermodal transportation center for CSX in the southeast. Dewberry's efforts will focus on the transportation connections to potential freight nodes across the state and the strategic infrastructure investments that will be crucial...
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