WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced a $200 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to finance the construction of additional lanes and…
FHWA Proposes Highway Regulation Changes Focused on Performance
On Friday, April 22, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to propose national…
Congestion Costs Trucking Industry Nearly $50 Billion
Arlington, Va. – Traffic congestion on the U.S. National Highway System (NHS) added over $49.6 billion in operational costs to the trucking industry…
FHWA Proposes New Performance Measures to Reduce Congestion on the Nation’s Highways
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today released a proposed rulemaking outlining new performance measures to assess travel reliability, congestion, and emissions at a national level. The proposed…
New Express Lanes in Denver Aim to Ease Congestion
DENVER – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau joined state and local officials today for the opening of the new North I-25 Express Lanes project in Colorado, a six-mile expansion of the High Occupancy Toll…
Microsoft’s Vision Zero Project Aims to Combat Traffic Congestion
We all come together in the streets, and often at significant speeds. The laws of physics tell us that collisions would be a minor concern if no one went faster than 3 miles per hour. But at real world speeds, intersection visibility, signs, rules and rights…
Freeway Congestion is Costing Wisconsin Motorists Time and Money
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) released new data today showing that 9 of 20 Milwaukee area freeway segments are so congested that motorists must allow more than twice as much time to consistently complete their trips during peak travel…
TxDOT Launches TexasClearLanes.com to Keep Texans Informed on Efforts to Address Congestion
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Transportation today unveiled TexasClearLanes.com as a tool to keep Texans informed of the agency’s efforts to address traffic congestion. The website comes at a time when the agency is most focused on improving travel…
Virginia’s Governor Announces Bipartisan Plan to Address Gridlock on I-66 Inside the Beltway
Governor Terry McAuliffe and members from both parties and both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly announced today a bipartisan agreement to move forward on a plan to reduce congestion on I-66 inside the beltway by widening a four mile stretch from…
TomTom Traffic Sees Major Improvements and Total Number of Countries with TomTom Traffic Hits 50 Globally
AMSTERDAM—TomTom (TOM2) today announced significant enhancements to its TomTom Traffic service – benefiting drivers using TomTom personal navigation devices (PNDs) and navigation apps, as well as customers who have licensing agreements with TomTom. The…
