Ready To Build: Susquehanna River Bridge
The Ready To Build campaign showcases five critical investments - including the Susquehanna River Rail Bridge - that are vital to the realization of a renewed, modern passenger rail system. Connecting Perryville and Havre de Grace, MD, the century-old Susquehanna River Rail Bridge is the longest moveable bridge on the NEC and major bottleneck. The two-track bridge will be replaced by two new high-level bridges with a total of four tracks, allowing for speeds up to 160 mph and eliminating the nee...
David Zachry Named ARTBA Foundation Vice Chairman
(WASHINGTON) - David S. Zachry, chief executive officer of San Antonio, Texas-based Zachry Corporation, has been named vice chairman of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) Board of Trustees. The announcement came during a Board of Directors meeting in late September. Zachry, the 2015-17 ARTBA chairman, has served on the TDF board for the last two years. He’s previously been elected by his peers to other ARTBA volunteer le...
Ahead of Tropical Storm Nate, Kepler51 Announces Complimentary Hurricane Reports for Transportation
Austin, TX - Kepler51 Analytics announced today that it will make available, at no cost, daily hurricane reports with commentary on the potential disruption to the road network and commercial vehicle industry. As a Public Benefit Corporation, the company has a charter to promote safer roads, and is therefore providing this free service to help all road users and transportation companies to mitigate risk. The Hurricane Disruption Reports are issued twice per day providing information on the anti...
White House Meets with Lawmakers on Infrastructure Plan
President Trump’s legislative affairs team met with a small group of House lawmakers at the White House on Thursday morning to discuss the administration’s plan for rebuilding U.S. infrastructure. Two Democrats and three Republicans attended the meeting, including two members who sit on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. The panel is expected to be a key player in Trump’s $1 trillion rebuilding proposal, which has yet to be released. The administration is also hosting an infr...
WSDOT Adds Two Daily Amtrak Cascades Roundtrips Starting Dec.18
OLYMPIA – Just in time for the holidays, WSDOT is starting two additional Amtrak Cascades daily roundtrips between Seattle and Portland. Beginning Monday, Dec. 18, extra morning and evening trains will run in both directions – for a total of 12 trains every day. “People can get where they’re going sooner, with more schedule choices and better reliability,” said Ron Pate, WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division director. This permanent change to the Amtrak Cascades schedule means travel time...
$8M in Funding Available for Transportation Alternatives Program Involving Walking, Biking
The Idaho Transportation Department is looking for walking or biking projects to be funded by nearly $8 million available through the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). TAP uses federal funds to provide a variety of alternative transportation projects that advance ITD’s strategic goals of safety, mobility, and economic opportunity. Programs and projects such as on- and off-road pedestrian and bicycle facilities, infrastructure projects that improve access to public transportation and...
ARTBA Develops Guide to Help Highway Construction & Material Firm Owners Comply with New Silica Standard
(WASHINGTON) - Failure to comply with a new Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) rule regarding crystalline silica exposure in construction could result in significant fines and penalties for industry firms. That’s why the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has developed a new compliance assistance document, “What Highway Construction & Material Firm Owners Need to Know About the New OSHA Crystalline Silica Standard.” The “plain-English” publication con...
NCHRP: Supporting Transportation Agency Leaders
TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has developed a brochure for CEOs of state departments of transportation (DOTs) to help familiarize them with the range of research-based, practical benefits provided to states through NCHRP. The brochure explores the types of products released by NCHRP to help states with developing cost-efficient, safer, or more reliable practices or procedures....
U.S. Highway Traffic Hits Another Record High in July, Adding to System Demand
Motor vehicle travel on all U.S. roads rose again in July to continue a streak of setting ever-higher record volume levels with every new monthly report. The Federal Highway Administration in its latest "Traffic Volume Trends" report said motorists drove 2.2 billion more vehicle miles in July than in the same month last year, for a 0.8 percent gain over July 2016. And for the first seven months of 2017 the FHWA said vehicle miles traveled increased by 1.5 percent, after setting an all-time...
In Response to Lawsuit, Highway Administration Reinstates Transportation Clean Air Rule
WASHINGTON – In a big win for climate and clean air, the Federal Highway Administration today responded to a lawsuit brought by environmental groups by reinstating a federal requirement that state and local planners track and curb carbon pollution from cars and trucks on the national highways, which is a major contributor to climate change. On July 31st, the Natural Resources Defense Council, U.S. PIRG, and the Southern Environmental Law Center on behalf of Clean Air Carolina, sued the Federa...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
