U.S. DOT to collect public input on upcoming Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study

Amanda Bayhi - May 17, 2013

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will hold its Public Input Session for its upcoming Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study (CTSW) on May 29 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time at the U.S. DOT Headquarters. It is ...

Acceptance of connected vehicles depends on cost, LaHood says

Amanda Bayhi - May 15, 2013

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood speaks at the White House on February 22, 2013. (Photo: Reuters/Larry Downing) Outgoing U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said at a connected-vehicle conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that Americans’ acceptance of vehicle-to-vehicle communication will depend ...

DOT spokeswoman moves to FAA chief of staff

Amanda Bayhi - May 07, 2013

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Public Affairs Director Sasha Johnson is set to become chief of staff for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at the end May, The Hill reported. Johnson has worked with the DOT since 2009, and Friday will ...

LaHood addresses Tampa bike safety summit attendees

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 11, 2013

At a national bike safety summit in Tampa, Florida, today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he thinks the Tampa area can become bike-friendly, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Today’s bike safety summit, one of two scheduled this month, focused on ...

U.S. experiences 3.6-percent increase in commercial trucks crossing borders in 2012

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 05, 2013

The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released figures reporting 3.6 percent more commercial trucks crossings into the United States from Canada and Mexico in 2012 than ...

LaHood applauds repurposed Macomb Transit Center

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 03, 2013

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood told Better Roads in May 2011 that he’d like to see American jobs created by “taking some shuttered industrial plants and opening them with American workers.” Nearly a year later, LaHood’s dream is finally coming true. LaHood ...

Variable pricing: A case study

Better Roads Staff - Apr 03, 2013

Inside the highway and bridge industries By John Latta, jlatta@randallreilly.com Using different tolls for different times of day and for different vehicles is an increasingly common consideration for agencies facing gridlock or suffocating congestion on a regular basis. It’s a still a work ...

U.S. DOT introduces bike safety summits

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 02, 2013

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced yesterday on his Fast Lane blog that the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) will host two bike safety summits this year as part of the department’s effort to help protect bicyclists on ...

September 2012 surface trade with Canada, Mexico fell 0.1% from September 2011

Staff Report - Nov 27, 2012

Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, Canada and Mexico, was 0.1 percent lower in September 2012 than in September 2011, totaling $77.7 billion, unadjusted for inflation, according to a ...

Kirk Landers, Editor Emeritus

Better Roads Staff - Oct 09, 2012

Politics with Earmarks kirk.landers@att.net While the citizenry and media of the United States focused on election polls and campaign rumors this summer, the U.S. Department of Transportation quietly announced that more than $470 million in unobligated earmark funds was being released ...

NY contractors get FWHA help to compete for Tappan Zee Bridge replacement contract

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 23, 2012

An April 20 workshop was held in advance of advertising contracts for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project to help disadvantaged business enterprises (DBEs) in New York and its neighboring states better compete for contracts and help DBEs ...

Construction begins on Cincinnati streetcar line

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Feb 21, 2012

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Feb. 17 helped kick off construction of a new 3.9-mile streetcar line that will spur Cincinnati’s efforts to revitalize its downtown core by improving access to major employers, the developing riverfront, ...

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