Biden Administration, USDOT Announce Over $233 Million in Grants to Upgrade Intercity Passenger Rail Service
USDOT to Make Another $7.2 Billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Available this Fall WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation today awarded over $233 million to 11 projects in 8 states to improve and modernize vital intercity passenger rail service. Funded by the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program (Partnership Program), these investments will help replace bridges and tunnels along the Northeast Corridor in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and C...
State Transportation Commission Adopts Updated 12-Year Transportation Program
Action Clears Way for Transportation Improvements across Pennsylvania Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania's State Transportation Commission (STC) today updated the 12-Year Program. The new plan anticipates $84 billion will be available over the next 12 years for improvements to roads, bridges, transit systems, airports and railroads. The 12-Year Program, or TYP, is a multimodal, fiscally constrained planning tool used to identify and prioritize Pennsylvania's transportation projects and the fund...
Video: Northeastern Region Winners Named for 2022 America's Transportation Awards Competition
Every year, state departments of transportation from AASHTO's four regions nominate the projects that make a significant difference in the lives of the people who live, work, and play in communities across the country. The America's Transportation Awards competition, sponsored by AASHTO, AAA, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, selects the best of those nominated projects and programs in three categories for making our communities safer, stronger, and better. Join host Caroline Kieltyka as she ann...
Video: Using the Equity Imperative to Integrate Transportation Systems
At the 2022 AASHTO Spring Meeting, Diana Mendez, HTNB’s corporate president for infrastructure and mobility equity, served as moderator for a comprehensive panel discussion on how transportation departments can better understand and implement policies to create equity across the transportation landscape. The session’s speakers included Stephanie Pollack, deputy administrator at the Federal Highway Administration; Roger Millar, AASHTO vice president and secretary of the Washington State DOT; Toks...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Funding for 166 Projects to Modernize Transportation Across the Country and Make it More Affordable, Increase Safety and Strengthen Supply Chains
President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law more than doubles the funding for popular RAISE Program this year TUCSON, ARIZONA – Today, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded more than $2.2 billion from the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program to help urban and rural communities move forward on projects that modernize roads, bridges, transit, rail, ports, and intermodal transpo...
Ohio’s Paradox Prize projects offer transit solutions for car-dependent communities
Columbus-based SHARE Mobility uses a computer platform to schedule and run planned van services for companies’ workers. Credit: SHARE Mobility / Courtesy Low-income workers have long faced a transportation dilemma: “No car, no job; no job, no car.” Pilot projects showed how innovative transit programs can help employers as well. Getting on board with public transit options can help employers recruit and retain workers, while also promoting equity and reducing some g...
Grand Opening of Peljesac Bridge in Croatia
MCI® Technology Applied on One of the World’s Most Demanding Construction Projects! On 26 of July, Pelješac Bridge, the largest ever EU infrastructure investment in Croatia, officially opened in grand ceremony. The bridge, providing a road link between two parts of the country is of strategic importance and is one of the most substantial EU infrastructural investments ever. It connects the region of Southern Dalmatia with the rest of the country's mainland. The bridge will cut travel time by...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces All 50 States, DC and Puerto Rico Have Submitted Plans for National Electric Vehicle Charging Network
WASHINGTON – In keeping with President Biden’s commitment to build out a national network of 500,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers by 2030, the U.S. Departments of Transportation and Energy today announced all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have submitted EV infrastructure deployment plans as required under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program established and funded by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. These plans are required t...
Mabey Bridge Supplies Nine Bridges to Support Flood Recovery in Germany
LYDNEY, United Kingdom - Mabey Bridge, an Acrow Group company specialising in modular steel bridging, announced today it has provided nine of its Compact 200™ bridges to help reconnect communities in Germany’s Ahr Valley in the aftermath of devastating flooding throughout much of Europe in July 2021. The extreme weather event caused extensive damage across the valley, with countless roads damaged or destroyed and more than 60 bridges collapsed. With expedited restoration of the region’s trans...
On Anniversary of ADA, USDOT Announces Winners of its First-Ever Inclusive Design Challenge
Winners announced during USDOT’s Americans with Disabilities Act Anniversary Event WASHINGTON – Today, during an event held in recognition of the ADA’s 32nd anniversary, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will announce the winners of its $5 million Inclusive Design Challenge, a competition focused on innovative designs to enhance mobility options for people with physical, sensory, and cognitive disabilities and to provide equal access to automated vehicles. The first place prize of...
Video: Crashes Drop Measurably After Rural Road Safety Improvement Project on US 521 in Lancaster County
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