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    America's Transportation Awards - People's Choice Voting Open!

    The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AAA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are proud to annouce the finalists in the 2016 America’s Transportation Awards competition. Twelve projects from 10 state departments of transportation are now competing for the national Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award. VOTE TODAY!

    America's Transportation Awards - People's Choice Voting Open!

    The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AAA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are proud to annouce the finalists in the 2016 America’s Transportation Awards competition. Twelve projects from 10 state departments of transportation are now competing for the national Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award. VOTE TODAY!

  • AASHTO Innovation Initiative

    AASHTO Innovation Initiative

    Formerly the AASHTO Technology Implementation Group, AII advances innovation from the grassroots up: by agencies, for agencies, peer-to-peer. The program actively seeks out proven advancements in transportation technology, investing time and money to accelerate their adoption by agencies nationwide.

    AASHTO Innovation Initiative

    Formerly the AASHTO Technology Implementation Group, AII advances innovation from the grassroots up: by agencies, for agencies, peer-to-peer. The program actively seeks out proven advancements in transportation technology, investing time and money to accelerate their adoption by agencies nationwide.

  • Transportation TV

    Transportation TV

    Transportation TV has been created to support AASHTO’s national social media and public outreach and education effort. The goal of this nationwide effort is to inspire a national dialogue about America’s transportation needs today and into the future and the importance of passing a new Highway and Transit reauthorization bill designed to meet those needs. The news and information shared through Transportation TV will reflects America’s story,...

    Transportation TV

    Transportation TV has been created to support AASHTO’s national social media and public outreach and education effort. The goal of this nationwide effort is to inspire a national dialogue about America’s transportation needs today and into the future and the importance of passing a new Highway and Transit reauthorization bill designed to meet those needs. The news and information shared through Transportation TV will reflects America’s story,...

  • AASHTOWare Safety Analyst

    AASHTOWare Safety Analyst

    AASHTOWare Safety Analyst facilitates cost-effective, site-specific highway safety improvements and integrates the analytic approaches recommended in the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) into a single package, providing a program to guide the decision-making process, prioritize improvements and help your agency get the greatest possible safety benefit from each dollar it spends.​

    AASHTOWare Safety Analyst

    AASHTOWare Safety Analyst facilitates cost-effective, site-specific highway safety improvements and integrates the analytic approaches recommended in the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) into a single package, providing a program to guide the decision-making process, prioritize improvements and help your agency get the greatest possible safety benefit from each dollar it spends.​

  • AASHTO Highway Safety Manual

    AASHTO Highway Safety Manual

    Welcome to the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) web site – the source for information on quantifying and evaluating highway safety performance using the Highway Safety Manual.

    AASHTO Highway Safety Manual

    Welcome to the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) web site – the source for information on quantifying and evaluating highway safety performance using the Highway Safety Manual.

AASHTO JOURNAL

TRANSPORTATION TV

Top Stories

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

BREAKING: USDOT Now Taking Applications for $850M in 2017 Fastlane Grants

​U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced Oct. 28 that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Build America Bureau is soliciting project applications through Dec. 15 for up to $850 million in a fiscal 2017 round of what the USDOT calls Fastlane grants.

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October 28, 2016

INVESTMENT DECISIONS

Voters to Decide Billions in Ballot Issues as Reports See Infrastructure Spending Flatten

The November elections will see voters deciding more than $250 billion in transportation investment ballot measures, at a time when reports say states and the national economy are weighed down by slack infrastructure spending.

October 28, 2016

MANAGING PERFORMANCE

FHWA Final Rule Sets Standards, Deadlines for States’ Asset Management Plans

State departments of transportation will have to submit initial "asset management plans" to the Federal Highway Administration by April 30, 2018, under a final regulation the FHWA issued Oct. 24.

October 28, 2016

States

AGENCY TRANSITION

Brownback Names Carlson KDOT Secretary; Headed Agency as Interim CEO Since July

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback tapped Richard Carlson to be permanent secretary of the state Department of Transportation and director of the Kansas Turnpike Authority, after Carlson has been heading KDOT as interim secretary since July 15.

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October 28, 2016

HIGHWAY SAFETY

Arizona Designs ‘Futuristic’ System to Detect I-10 Dust Threats, Warn Drivers

Engineers at the Arizona Department of Transportation are beginning design work this month to deploy dust-threat warning systems along a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 10 near Picacho where dust storms often develop suddenly.

October 28, 2016

NATURAL DISASTER

FHWA Provides Wisconsin $1.6M to Help Repair Flood-Damaged Roads, Bridges

The Federal Highway Administration said it has made $1.615 million available from its emergency relief account to help begin repairs to Wisconsin roads and bridges damaged by recent flooding.

October 28, 2016

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

FDOT Provides $1M to Support Development of Tampa Autonomous Circulator Service

The Florida Department of Transportation is teaming up with Tampa's transit agency to help develop an autonomous vehicle circulator service that would use a roadway that is already restricted to low-speed transit buses and emergency vehicles.

October 28, 2016

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT

VDOT to Convert HOV-2 Lanes on I-64 at Norfolk to Express Toll Lanes During 2017

​Virginia's Commonwealth Transportation Board voted to authorize the state Department of Transportation to change eight miles of Interstate 64 high occupancy vehicle reversible lanes at Norfolk into rush-hour high occupancy toll or express lanes next year.

October 28, 2016

WATER TRANSPORTATION

Wisconsin Governor Okays $2M Emergency Grant for Repairs to Ferry Landing

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker approved a $2 million emergency grant for repairs to a ferry landing at the Manitowoc dock that was damaged last winter.

October 28, 2016

Nation

EQUIPMENT FUNDING

Judge Approves $14.7B VW Deal That Steers Billions to States for Emission Projects

A federal judge approved the $14.7 billion Volkswagen settlement with federal and California authorities over its diesel emissions cheating scandal, clearing the way for the automaker to put billions of dollars into emission reduction programs that state agencies and other transportation equipment ...

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October 28, 2016

PROGRAM INNOVATION

FHWA Offers Pilot to Directly Send Federal Highway Funds to a Few Local Agencies

​The Federal Highway Administration announced it is creating an experimental, five-year pilot program to let up to five local public agencies, or LPAs, directly receive federal-aid highway funding that would normally be routed through state departments of transportation.

October 28, 2016

WATERBORNE FREIGHT

Senators Ask Foxx to Begin Major Study of Project Needs for Great Lakes Navigation

Nine Great Lakes-area U.S. senators urged U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to launch "a system-wide analysis to identify maritime transportation bottlenecks and barriers," as a first step toward making new investments in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway transportation system.

October 28, 2016

ELECTRONIC SECURITY

Proposed NHTSA Auto Guidance Targets Cyber Threats to Vehicle Technology

​The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it is "taking a proactive safety approach to protect vehicles from malicious cyber-attacks and unauthorized access" by releasing proposed guidance for improving motor vehicle cybersecurity.

October 28, 2016

SPECIAL SAFETY MEASURES

Amtrak Bans Note 7 Phone on Rail System; FMCSA Issues Advisory for Trucks, Buses

The Amtrak passenger rail system has now joined the aviation network in banning travelers from carrying the fire-plagued Samsung Galaxy Note 7 cellphone, while the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a safety advisory about having the devices on trucks and buses.

October 28, 2016

TRANSPORTATION TV

View from the Hill –AASHTO Executive Dir. Bud Wright On Making Transportation A Top Priority

​In this presentation of View from the Hill, Bud Wright executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials offers his perspective on what the two major presidential candidates are saying about transportation...

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October 17, 2016

NEWS RELEASES

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September 09, 2016

STATE DOT NEWS

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November 01, 2016

DAILY TRANSPORTATION UPDATES

FUNDING

Gas Tax Hike a 'Non-Issue' in Iowa Legislative Races

New Jersey's Gas Tax Hike Takes Effect Today

Pro-Transportation Bond Group in Austin Maintains Heavy Dollar Advantage

STATE DOT NEWS

Ohio DOT Adding Signs, Cameras and Sensor on I-90 to Warn Drivers of Snow Squalls

Mississippi Transportation Commissioner: Project to Expand Highway Capacity Will End by 2019

Virginia Secretary of Transportation Reacts to Elizabeth River Crossings Improvement Plan

In Michigan, Highway Sign Is at Center of Unusual Trademark Dispute

ROADWAYS & VEHICLES

Iowa Highlighting Beauty, History with New Byways

Massachusetts Governor: Toll Booth Demolition to Be Mostly Finished by the Holidays

INFRASTRUCTURE

Washington State DOT Maintenance is Backed Up

On One Thing the Candidates Agree: Infrastructure Needs Work

New I-10 Bridge in Mobile Being Considered to Help Traffic

SAFETY

Sharp Rise in Alabama Traffic Fatalities Linked to Speed, Alcohol, Distracted Driving

Buffalo-Niagara Falls Rail Line Cited for Critical Problems

FREIGHT

California Hazmat Tax on Railroads Blocked

UPS to STB: Forced Access Forces Us Off the Rails

West Coast Ports: Better Supply Chain Information Could Improve USDOT's Freight Efforts

PASSENGER RAIL

FRA Unveils Three Potential Routes for Atlanta-Chattanooga High-Speed Rail Line

Vermont Looking at Impacts as It Charts Passenger Rail Growth

TRANSIT

SEPTA Strike Begins

MBTA Eyes Partnership with Bridj to Provide Late-Night Transit Service

New Service Provides Free Rides to and from Transit in St. Louis Area

Plans Formally Announced for Pawtucket-Central Falls, Rhode Island Train Station

AVIATION

FAA Forecasts Five-Year Decline in Airport Construction

Feds Pushed to Protect Airline Passengers from Sexual Assault

Optimizing the Use of Aircraft Deicing and Anti-Icing Fluids

Impacts on Practice: ACRP Ambassadors: Sharing Research Peer-to-Peer

Guidebook for Preparing and Using Airport Design Day Flight Schedules

SECURITY

Inspector General Recommends Better Oversight of Airport Badges

PEDESTRIANS/BICYCLES

Missing Bike Trail Link Connects DC and Maryland

Early Data: Grand Rapids' Largest-Ever Bicycle Safety Initiative a Success

Provincetown Embraces Bicycle Culture

Wyoming Cycling Study Aims to Bolster Tourism, Public Health

INTERMODAL

LA's Traffic Battle Plan: More Rail, But Also Uber, Bicycles, Cars and a Lot More Dense Development

OTHER

Traffic Becomes an Issue in Washington Governor's Race

US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

FTA Celebrates Transportation Improvements in Busy Las Vegas Corridor

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD

Guidelines for Optimizing the Risk and Cost of Materials QA Programs

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November 01, 2016

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