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Cities rethink transportation due to drop in young drivers
(Photo: Adam Fagen / Flickr)
As young Americans shy away from cars and lean more on alternative forms ... Read More...
Tesla Model S earns top ratings from Consumer Reports
Tesla Model S
Tesla’s Model S electric sedan has earned top scores from Consumer Reports’ test Ratings. The ... Read More...
Massachusetts to implement all-electronic toll-taking
Drivers slow down to 15 mph at a toll booth in Massachusetts. (Photo: Flickr)
Massachusetts is following Los ... Read More...
Roads can be dangerous places for returning soldiers
Wars can deliver so many disturbing stories to those of us at home. This one from the Washington ... Read More...
Let’s start ramping up reauthorization pressure
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has, helpfully, stated the obvious.
The CBO is essentially confirming for us that when ... Read More...
NEWS & ANALYSIS
I-5 bridge collapses, causes no fatalities
Bystanders look at the collapsed I-5 bridge north of Seattle. (Photo: Cole Wagoner / Twitter)
An oversize truck last night ... Read More...
ARTBA Foundation awards 2013 Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarships
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) has named the 2013 recipients of its “Lanford Family ... Read More...
Oklahoma DOT helps tornado recovery efforts
Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) crews have traveled from all over the state to help with recovery efforts in Moore.
ODOT ... Read More...
Foxx confirmation hearing concludes smoothly
Anthony Foxx
Yesterday’s confirmation hearing for President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Transportation, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, concluded smoothly, with ... Read More...
Moore roads open with restrictions
The City of Moore, Oklahoma, announced on Twitter today that roads are opening after 3 p.m. today.
Residential access is limited ... Read More...
Bomag hires Tom Kiselica as road building specialist
Tom Kiselica
Bomag Americas has hired Tom Kiselica as the road building specialist for the northeastern United States.
Kiselica’s responsibilities will ... Read More...
IN THE MAGAZINE
I-5 bridge collapses, causes no fatalities
Bystanders look at the collapsed I-5 bridge north of Seattle. (Photo: Cole Wagoner / Twitter)
An oversize truck last night ... Read More...
The Internet, the public and project input
What is--or, better yet, what could be--happening to the solicitation of public input into transportation infrastructure projects?
“The advent of the ... Read More...
ARTBA Foundation awards 2013 Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarships
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) has named the 2013 recipients of its “Lanford Family ... Read More...
Oklahoma DOT helps tornado recovery efforts
Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) crews have traveled from all over the state to help with recovery efforts in Moore.
ODOT ... Read More...
Foxx confirmation hearing concludes smoothly
Anthony Foxx
Yesterday’s confirmation hearing for President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Transportation, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx, concluded smoothly, with ... Read More...
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