Fleet Advantage Unveils Latest Truck Lifecycle Data Index Showing How Replacement Cost Savings Have Increased Year-Over-Year
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Fleet Advantage, a leading innovator in truck fleet business analytics, equipment financing, and lifecycle cost management announced today its latest 2018 Truck Lifecycle Data Index (TLDI) comparing all-in operating costs of early-model Class-8 trucks to 2019 model-year replacements. The TLDI serves to provide a snapshot of the cost savings involved, based on actual fleet truck utilization data, when replacing older trucks with newer, more efficient vehicles. With diesel...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao Announces $225 Million in Funding for Boston Green Line Extension
SOMERVILLE, Mass. – U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao was joined by FTA Acting Administrator K. Jane Williams, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Congressman Michael Capuano, Congresswoman Katherine Clark, and state and local officials today to announce the release of a $225 million federal grant agreement for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line Extension (GLX) light rail project. The grant represents the second installment of fun...
Baron Releases Solution for Departments of Transportation
Huntsville, AL – Baron, the worldwide provider of critical weather intelligence, has released a new product offering specifically designed for Department of Transportation services across the U.S. The solution will provide a single comprehensive source for the display and monitoring of current and forecasted weather conditions. Components of the product include a network operations display, mobile app, custom location alerting and the ability to integrate a state’s RWIS (Road Weather Sensor) dat...
McCain Inc. Celebrates Contract with Los Angeles DOT for Largest ATC Cabinet Deployment in History
VISTA, California, June 27, 2018 – McCain Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the SWARCO Group and a leader in the supply of advanced intelligent transportation solutions for safety and mobility, won a one-year contract with a renewal option for four additional years with the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) to replace existing traffic control cabinets with new, Advanced Transportation Controller (ATC) cabinets. Over the duration of the agreement, McCain expects to deliver...
Hawaii DOT Expects Kuhio Highway Repairs to top $80M
The Hawaii Department of Transportation issued an emergency contract on June 19 for additional flood repair work on the Kuhio Highway Emergency aimed at stabilizing the slope above the highway, which is also known as Route 560, between Waikoko and Wainiha and various downslope sites as well. The agency also issued a separate contract to update the carrying capacity of Waikoko, Waipa, and Waioli bridges – known collectively as the "3W bridges" – to help expedite the Kuhio Highway recovery effo...
USDOT Would See Significant Change via OMB Proposal
As part of the 132-page reorganization plan proposed by the Office of Management and Budget to reorganize the federal government's structure, the Department of Transportation would undergo a series of changes that would see duties added as well as deleted from its portfolio. First, Army C...
Trump Administration Reveals Plan to Reorganize Federal Agencies
A 132-page reorganization plan for key federal agencies released by the Office of Management and Budget on June 21 calls for, among other things, shifting the civil works program Army Corps of Engineers out of the Department of Defense and splitting it between the U.S. Department of Transpor...
Transportation Research Record: Early Access Papers Addressing Construction
TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board has released 12 early access papers addressing construction, including: Leveraging Intelligent Compaction and Thermal Profiling Technologies to Improve Asphalt Pavement Construction Quality: A Case Study (link) Managing Public Communication Strategies in Accelerated Highway Construction Projects (link) Traffic Flow Modeling of Diverse Work Zone Activities (link) Influence of Thermal Sweep on Girder S...
Camera Views of Puna Routes Available; Additional Alternate Evacuation Routes for Lower Puna Planned
HILO – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) announces the availability of thermal and visual camera views of the cracks at mile markers 14.4 and 14.6 on Keaau-Pahoa Road (Highway 130) and a camera view of Highway 11 at the entrance to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The camera views may be accessed at http://ops.punatraffic.com and are made available to assist emergency management and lower Puna residents with decision making during the continuing volcanic activity from Kilauea Volcano...
$6.5M Apache Trail Road-Improvement Project Should be Done by End of Summer
A road improvement project along 17 miles of State Route 88 east of Phoenix is expected to be completed by the end of summer, state officials say. The Arizona Department of Transportation said on its website that the $6.5 million project focuses on roads starting “3 miles east of Apache Junction and ending 7 miles east of Tortilla Flat (milepost 203 to 220),” within the Tonto National Forest. SR 88, also known as Apache Trail, is a scenic, winding road that leads to Canyon Lake and other recre...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
