U.S. Department of Transportation Hurricane Maria Recovery Efforts in Puerto Rico
The U.S. Department of Transportation is committed to helping Hurricane Maria recovery efforts in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and all affected regions. As communication with local authorities improves throughout Puerto Rico, the Department will have more information available to provide the critical assistance to begin rebuilding damaged infrastructure. Please see below for more details on current relief efforts in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria as of Se...
World First Augmented Reality Transport Intelligence Visualisation Demonstrated in Queensland
Utilising new Augmented Reality (AR) features released by Apple in iOS 11, Queensland based GPS tracking and transport intelligence company, GPSengine, has released and demonstrated the next generation in real-time data visualisation for vehicle asset tracking. Speaking at the Australian Intelligent Transport Systems Summit in Brisbane on Wednesday, CEO of GPSengine Jeremy McLean unveiled his vision of the future of data and Internet of Things (IoT) visualisation for vehicle, traffic, and ass...
Eight States Sue USDOT for Suspending GHG Emissions From Performance Measures
Eight states filed suit Sept. 20 against the U.S. Department of Transportation, news services reported, over the Trump administration's suspension of a greenhouse gas performance measure for the federal-aid highway system, which was in a regulation scheduled to take effect soon after President Trump took office. Courthouse News said California led the suit, which was joined by the California Air Resources Board and the states of Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, Vermont and Wa...
Maryland Seeks Largest North American P3 to Sharply Boost Capacity on Major Highways
Touting his proposals as "massive" and "transformative," Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he wants to use North America's largest public-private partnership efforts in a $9 billion "traffic relief plan" to add toll lanes and traffic capacity on three heavily used highways that connect with Washington, D.C., and Virginia. The plan would use a P3 portion to add four new lanes to the entire Maryland portion of the Interstate 495 Capital Beltway, plus to I-270 between Virginia and Frederick, Md....
ARTBA Announces 2017 Division Award Winners
(WASHINGTON) - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Sept. 21 recognized transportation design and construction industry leaders with division awards. The association announced the following honorees: Nello L. Teer, Jr.: Bob Burleson, president, Florida Transportation Builders’ Association, Tallahassee, Fla. Created in 1988 as a tribute to contractor and Past ARTBA Chairman (1959-61) Nello L. Teer, Jr., this award honors a member who has made outstanding co...
AECOM Executive Vice President Matt Cummings Elected 2017-2018 ARTBA Chairman
(WASHINGTON)— Matthew (Matt) G. Cummings, a Philadelphia-based executive vice president with global infrastructure company AECOM, has been elected 2017-2018 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) chairman. The association made the announcement Sept. 19. Cummings’ career in the transportation construction industry spans 30 years, including 23 years at AECOM. A registered professional engineer in multiple states, he currently leads the firm’s $2 billion transportation busi...
FTA Launches Cooperative Equipment Purchase Pilot for Nonprofit Transit Providers
The Federal Transit Administration is taking "expressions of interest" through Oct. 23 for a voluntary pilot program in which small nonprofit transit providers would cooperatively buy buses, vans or other types of rolling stock, as a way to try to reduce per-unit costs. The agency expressly noted that this could help providers of rural transit services and those in small towns, and could allow the nonprofits to cooperate in the purchases across state borders. "The program is designed to ad...
RIDOT Completes Project Two Months Early, $300K Under Budget
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation joined with state and local officials to celebrate completion in South Kingstown of its High Street and Kingstown Road Improvements project, which came in about two months ahead of schedule and $300,000 under budget. It is another in a trend of state DOTs trying to accelerate projects to bring their benefits to users more quickly and cut costs. "I'd like to congratulate our project management team for their diligent work that allowed us to fini...
State DOTs Support Florida as FDOT Crews Work to Reopen Irma-Closed Roads
As Hurricane Irma was bearing down on Florida with high winds, heavy rains and an unusually wide path of likely destruction, Florida Department of Transportation Secretary Mike Dew reached out Sept. 9 to a network of other state DOT chiefs to see what help they might be able to offer when his crews would be trying to dig out. The result: A full 16 state DOTs said they could send teams and equipment to help inspect bridges, cut away downed trees blocking roadways and remove debris swept in by...
FHWA Decision on Highway Safety Equipment Cost Recovery Will Improve Safety & Promote Innovation, ARTBA Says
(WASHINGTON)— A Sept. 8 Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) decision will improve safety for workers and motorists, and encourage competition and innovation in both the public and private sectors by allowing funding for new classes of construction and safety equipment, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said. The agency issued a guidance memorandum that details how states can recoup the cost of acquiring highway safety equipment as a direct charge on federal-a...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
