U.S. DOT proposed budget invests $74 billion for transportation

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 13, 2012

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Feb. 13 praised President Obama’s $74 billion budget for the U.S. Department of Transportation. These funds will lay a new foundation for economic growth and competitiveness by investing in our ...

DOT awards $77 million in research grants

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 18, 2012

U.S. Department of Transportation awarded $77 million in grants to 22 University Transportation Centers (UTC) to advance transportation research and education programs. The UTCs conduct research that directly supports DOT priorities. DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), which administers ...

Road Science

Better Roads Staff - Aug 03, 2011

Intelligent Systems at an Intelligent Price The benefits of high-tech transportation may be surprisingly affordable today By Tom Kuennen, Contributing Editor T he move toward intelligent trafficways has only just begun, and there is no end to the high-end applications that are being ...

Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Surface trade up 19.5%

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 30, 2010

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 19.5 percent higher in January 2010 than in January 2009, reaching $56.7 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation ...

LaHood appoints new advisory council members for transportation statistics

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Mar 30, 2010

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today announced the appointment of 10 new members to the Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics (ACTS) to advise the Department’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration ...

U.S.DOT awards funds to Dallas, San Diego for new technology initiative to fight congestion

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Dec 16, 2009

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced that the Dallas and San Diego areas will receive $14 million as the nation's first demonstration sites for new Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies that help fight congestion and enhance travel. The Integrated Corridor ...