Tags: transportation
LaHood lauds Senate for transit safety bill
- June 30, 2010
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood yesterday commended the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee for reporting out the Obama Administration’s transit safety bill, the first transit-specific safety ...
ARTBA: Mobilize to make highway, transit bill a ‘priority’
- June 24, 2010
Dr. Pete Ruane, president and CEO of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), called the transportation industry to action today in a grassroots speech delivered via video on ...
FHWA chooses CH2M Hill in sustainable highway project
- June 14, 2010
CH2M HILL, an industry leader in sustainability services for transportation, water, energy, and climate change, was recently selected by the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to lead ...
MHC Kenworth – Kansas City named 2009 Kenworth Dealer of Year
- June 9, 2010
MHC Kenworth in Kansas City, Mo., was named 2009 Kenworth Dealer of the Year for the United States and Canada at the annual Kenworth Dealer Meeting held ...
2010 ARTBA P3 in Transportation Conference announces full program
- June 9, 2010
For 21 years, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association has held the premier conference on P3s. This year’s conference (full program below) will feature two educational ...
ARTBA to Obama: National rail plan needs dedicated funding, competitive bidding
- June 9, 2010
A strategic rail plan being prepared by the U.S. Department of Transportation should propose dedicated financing mechanisms outside of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) to support high ...
TRIP: Arkansas roads, bridges face increasing deterioration
- June 7, 2010
More than one-third of Arkansas’ major roads are deteriorated, 23 percent of the state’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete, urban traffic congestion is mounting and ...
ARTBA chief blasts inaction on highway, transit bill
- June 7, 2010
If Congress and the President do not act later this year or in early 2011 on passage of a new, multi-year highway and transit authorization bill, hundreds ...
$3.54 billion capital transportation program proposed for New Jersey DOT, NJ Transit
- May 27, 2010
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) announced a proposed Transportation capital program for NJDOT and NJ TRANSIT in the amount of $3.54 billion for the fiscal ...
Volvo Trucks backs Obama on environmental endeavors
- May 21, 2010
Denny Slagle, president and CEO of Volvo Trucks North America, participated in an event at the White House today during which President Obama signed a presidential memorandum ...
INDOT awards first of several contracts
- May 21, 2010
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has announced the first of many contracts designed to address roadway and traffic concerns for the closed S.R. 912 (Cline Avenue).
Walsh ...
California Transportation Commission allocates $668 million to 79 transportation projects
- May 20, 2010
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $668 million to 79 transportation projects statewide. The funding includes $152 million for nine projects from Proposition 1B, a $19.9 ...
Top highway official kicks off events to improve minority contracting for transportation projects; dates of additional events announced
- May 18, 2010
Federal Highway Administrator (FHWA) Victor Mendez met today with members of the business community in Denver at a workshop to improve small businesses’ ability to compete for ...
ARTBA: Senate climate bill ’shorts’ transportation sector
- May 14, 2010
A majority of the revenue generated from a new transportation user fee included in a climate bill proposed in the U.S. Senate would be diverted to non-transportation ...
TRIP report ID’s Oregon’s 50 worst highway, multi-modal ‘chokepoints’
- May 13, 2010
The I-5 Columbia River Crossing tops the list of Oregon’s worst transportation chokepoints, along with the I-5/I-84/I-405 Interchange, the OR 212/224 Corridor, the I-205/I-5 Interchange and the ...
Caltrans: 111 public transit, air quality projects get $63.3 million in funding
- May 13, 2010
Caltrans today announced it has awarded $63.3 million to fund 111 public transit and air quality projects across California to upgrade transit service and purchase eco-friendly buses. ...
Mary Peters, LaHood’s predecessor, confirmed for public-private partnership conference
- May 12, 2010
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters has just been confirmed as a general session speaker at the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA's) 22nd Annual ...
Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center honored for leadership
- May 4, 2010
Plans for the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) were awarded the 2010 Compass Blueprint Recognition Award for Sustained Leadership.
The Southern California Association of Governments will hold ...
LaHood confirmed for ARTBA public-private partnership conference July 22-23
- April 29, 2010
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has confirmed to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) that he will deliver the keynote address at the association’s ...
Orange County Transportation Authority names new deputy CEO
- April 12, 2010
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) has named Darrell Johnson, a transportation industry veteran and longtime supporter of public transit, as the agency's new deputy CEO.
Darrell Johnson, ...
EPA, DOT set federal standards on fuel economy, greenhouse gas emissions for cars, light trucks
- April 7, 2010
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have jointly established new federal rules that set the first-ever national greenhouse gas emissions ...
The Department of Labor: 45,000 jobs added in the first 3 months of 2010
- April 5, 2010
Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in March, and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on April 2.
Temporary help ...
Laser scanning of New York Route 17 upgrade gets nod from American Council of Engineering Companies
- April 1, 2010
The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of New York has honored one of Erdman Anthony's projects as among the best in the northeast region.
The firm’s entry, ...
Bureau of Transportation Statistics: Surface trade up 19.5%
- March 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 ...
ARTBA Foundation taking nominations for ‘Globe Awards’
- March 29, 2010
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) is now accepting nominations for the 2010 “Globe Awards.” This annual competition honors U.S. transportation construction ...
Biden announces 10,000 stimulus-funded transportation projects underway in all 50 states
- March 19, 2010
Vice President Joe Biden today announced that 10,000 transportation projects are now under way in all 50 states and the District of Columbia thanks to the American ...
$17.6 billion ‘jobs bill’ passes Senate, transfers $19.5 billion into Highway Trust Fund
- March 17, 2010
St. Patrick's Day must be lucky for than the Irish. Looks like the transportation industry is in luck until at least the end of the year.
The Senate ...
Senate votes to move ahead with ‘jobs bill’; final vote March 17
- March 16, 2010
The U.S. Senate voted 61 to 30 on March 15 to end debate on the amended version of the “jobs bill” H.R. 2847 and proceed to a ...
$450 billion omnibus spending bill passed; core highway program receives $41.07
- December 16, 2009
Included in the $450 billion omnibus spending bill passed by the House on Dec. 10, a $67.9 billion Transportation-HUD spending bill lead the six-bill package.
The House voted ...
Orange flags warn Congress of job losses ahead
- November 11, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the wake of last week’s dismal government unemployment data, two leading construction equipment industry trade groups are warning Congress that that the economy ...
January 2009
- January 1, 2009
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