U.S. DOT, Idaho town sign $3.5 million agreement for road upgrades

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Apr 13, 2011

The U.S. Department of Transportation and the City of Hailey, Idaho, have signed a $3.5 million agreement that will allow work to begin on much-needed upgrades to Woodside Boulevard, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced. "This project will make it ...

$21.5 million grant starts work on Park East Corridor lift bridges

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Dec 20, 2010

Work can begin on two Park East Corridor lift bridges in downtown Milwaukee with the signing of a $21.5 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), a.k.a. "the stimulus," grant agreement, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said. The signing took place ...

Construction begins on Black River Bridge

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Dec 14, 2010

Construction on a new Black River Bridge in Port Huron, Mich., can now begin thanks to a signed agreement between the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Michigan Department of Transportation for a $30 million American Recovery ...

U.S. DOT awards $2.4 billion for high-speed rail

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Nov 01, 2010

The Obama Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) are awarding $2.4 billion for planning and construction of intercity passenger rail service for 54 projects in 23 states. With the award of this money, the U.S. DOT says "we're moving ...

Texas DOT awarded $5.6 million grant

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Oct 28, 2010

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has been awarded a $5.6 million competitive grant by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) is calling it "an important first step in developing high-speed rail ...

Minnesota gets $1.5 million in emergency funds

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Oct 22, 2010

U.S. Department of Transportation has made $1.5 million in quick-release emergency funds immediately available to the Minnesota Department of Transportation to begin repairs to roads and bridges damaged by floods, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood publicly announced on Oct. ...

AEM: U.S. economy grows slower pace than expected, urgent need for job creation

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Sep 07, 2010

News that the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than expected in the second quarter of 2010 should sound an alarm to Congress, says Dennis Slater, president of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Slater says "there is an urgent ...

RoadWorks

Brooke Wisdom - Sep 01, 2010

LaHood Backs Water Highways as Alternative to New Road Capacity By John Latta, Tina Grady Barbaccia and Mike Anderson The Obama Administration, ambivalent about increased highway capacity, is forging ahead with its support for water route alternatives as a way to ease ...

AEM: U.S. economy grows slower pace than expected, urgent need for job creation

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Aug 31, 2010

News that the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than expected in the second quarter of 2010 should sound an alarm to Congress, says Dennis Slater, president of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Slater says "there is an urgent ...

Raising the ante for airport terrrorists

John Latta - Aug 03, 2010

America now has a new weapon in the fight against terrorists who might target our airports. Poker. The art and science of poker playing has led better security at Pittsburgh International Airport. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette a couple of cool ...

U.S. DOT donates crash test dummies to Smithsonian

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jul 19, 2010

The U.S. Department of Transportation is donating a number of “Vince and Larry” crash-test dummy costumes and related auto safety items to the Smithsonian Institution. These objects now become part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American ...

Cat exec: Creating jobs top priority with new highway bill

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jul 15, 2010

Fostering long-term economic growth and creating American jobs should be the top priorities in the passage of a new, multi-year federal highway and transit investment bill, Caterpillar Inc., Worldwide Product Manager Larry Tate told attendees at a July 14 hearing ...