HDR's David Ungemah Explains the Benefits of Road Pricing
Road pricing offers numerous benefits for states as they grapple with decreasing gas tax revenue and rising congestion. Strategies such as managed lanes, tolling or congestion pricing can improve traffic flow, reduce emissions and provide an alternative revenue source for transportation agencies. David Ungemah has spent three decades providing road pricing solutions on projects across North America. In the latest from HDR’s Experts Talk interview series, he explains how transportation agencie...
SCDOT Video Highlights Bridge Inspection Work
The latest “Day in the Life” video issued by the South Carolina Department of Transportation focuses on the work of its bridge inspection teams.
Biden-Harris Administration Awards $110 Million in Grants to Improve Safety on America’s Roadways by Preventing Deadly Wildlife-Vehicle Crashes
Investments will help reduce wildlife vehicle collisions that result in thousands of serious human injuries, hundreds of fatalities and more than $10 billion in medical costs, property damage, and more WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced $110 million in grants for 19 wildlife crossing projects in 17 states, including four Indian Tribes. The funding is made possible by a new program in President Biden’s Bipartisan Infr...
Video: AASHTO Showcases New “Transportation Operations Manual”
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) released a video showcasing the first edition of its “Transportation Operations Manual” – a new guidebook for transportation systems management and operations or TSMO efforts approved for publication by the AASHTO board of directors. To order a copy of this publication or for more information about AASHTO publications, visit the AASHTO Store online at store.transportation.org. [Image by AASHTO]
Driving Innovative Solutions for Advancing Use of ‘Plastic’ Roads
Driving innovative solutions for advancing use of ‘plastic’ roads from Mizzou News on Vimeo.University of Missouri researchers are on the leading-edge of developing sustainable plastic waste road pavement mixtures.
NSBA Congratulates PennDOT, High Steel for I-95 Reopening Five Months After Truck Fire
CHICAGO - Philadelphia drivers along a stretch of Interstate 95 are once again traveling on permanent lanes, thanks to extraordinary collaboration between the Pennsylvania government and local partners like High Steel Structures. The first section of six permanent lanes opened November 6. Authorities expect to complete the other six and reopen the northbound interchange next year. That section of I-95 closed less than five months ago after a June 11 tanker truck crash and subsequent fire d...
Placing Efficiency and Quality
The Muscatine County Highway Department completed 15 miles of shouldering in two weeks using the FH-R. Previously, a project of that magnitude would have taken two-plus months. Images courtesy of the Muscatine County Highway Department Muscatine County Highway Department in Iowa reflects on the benefits of Road Widener’s FH-R There are a few things that come to mind when thinking about summer in the Midwest: warmer weather, weekends at the lake, camping trips — and roadwork. In fact,...
Federal Highway Administration, National Park Service Celebrate Completion of Roadway Safety Improvements Along Natchez Trace Parkway
Photo credit: National Park Service. 40-mile project benefits visitors, communities in Alabama and Mississippi TUPELO, Miss. – This week officials from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and National Park Service (NPS) celebrated the completion of a 40-mile roadway rehabilitation and safety improvements project along the Natchez Trace Parkway in Alabama and Mississippi. The Parkway is one of the nation’s most visited national park with 6 million annual visitors who enjoy the s...
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $3 Million in ‘Quick Release’ Emergency Relief Funding to Rebuild I-95 in Philadelphia
Tanker truck fire causes partial collapse of key north-south connector WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the immediate availability of $3 million in “quick release” Emergency Relief (ER) funds for use as a down payment by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to offset costs of repair work on a section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia that collapsed as the result of a gasoline tanker truck fire. Mo...
NCC Group advises on UK Government’s Manual for Smart Streets
NCC Group is proud to have collaborated with the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Transport Technology Forum (TTF) on the development of the Manual for Smart Streets (MfSS), a newly launched guide for local authorities and other key stakeholders in road infrastructure. Darren Capes, ITS Policy Lead and TTF Manager, Traffic and Technology Division, Department for Transport commented “NCC Group's Transport Practice have been instrumental in supporting the Department for Transport with the...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
