South Carolina can move forward with plans to build I-73 now that the U.S. Department of Transportation has approved environmental documents for the project, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters announce
Read More →Two national transportation organizations have come out in support of a report published this week by The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission. Both the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO
Read More →The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to deny a request by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to toll Interstate 80. The association sent a letter Wednesda
Read More →Just in time for the Thanksgiving travel holiday, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has opened its new Salem Traffic Management Center. The 19,400-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will serve
Read More →Interstate-10 in Louisiana between Lafayette and Baton Rouge will be closed another 12 to 15 days while crews battle a natural gas well fire near Ramah, state Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) officials said Monday
Read More →Revenue from tolls and public-private ventures may account for 50 percent of new expressways built in the United States over the next 10 years, AASHTO Executive Director John Horsley said recently. And while it is "vital t
Read More →A bill approved by the House Transportation Committee this week would provide $2 billion to deal with the issue of structurally deficient bridges - far less than Rep. James Oberstar's original proposa
Read More →Infrastructure, emissions incentives, hours of service, NAFTA and Mexico are the hot issues for 2008.
Read More →Stephen E. Sandherr, chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) has joined U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) in introducing Build America Bonds legislatio
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