Amsterdam and TomTom Join Forces to Create a Smarter City
AMSTERDAM - TomTom (TOM2) and the City of Amsterdam will collaborate on the development of traffic and travel concepts to improve traffic flow and parking in the Dutch capital. Together with the city of Amsterdam, TomTom will investigate new ways to measure traffic flow, understand parking behavior and enable city planners and inhabitants to make smarter traffic decisions. Using the insights from TomTom’s Traffic data, the city government will now be able to make better decisions about access...
Three-Country North American Transportation Statistics Database Updated
New three-country data was added this week to the North American Transportation Statistics (NATS) Online Database in the 12th annual website update. A product of the North American Transportation Statistics Interchange, the NATS Online Database contains comparable transportation-related data available from the United States, Canada, and Mexico in a one-stop online resource. The database covers the following subject areas: demographics, transportation, the economy, transportation safety, transpo...
Sliding Girder Installer in Northern Idaho Saves State $161,000, Reduces bridge Closures by Months
COEUR d'ALENE - Foreman Gene Anderson and his three-man District 1 Bridge & Building crew leveraged creation of a sliding girder installer to complete repairs to the 56-year-old Interstate 90 Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge in just three weeks this spring, saving about $161,000 and shaving three months off the closure. The work was recognized with a department Excellence in Transportation award Nov. 17 in the Maintenance & Operations category, and the sliding girder innovation was also named one o...
Woolpert Contracted to Rehabilitate and Protect Covered Bridges
MONROE COUNTY, Ohio — Woolpert was hired by Monroe County to rehabilitate two historic covered bridges, and has been assisting the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) with a project to help preserve and protect historic covered bridges throughout Ohio. Rehabilitation of the first of the two Monroe County projects, the Foraker Covered Bridge, was completed in late October. The bridge was built in 1886 over the Little Muskingum River on Plainvi...
Growing Economy, Lower Gas Prices Increase Both Transit and Highway Usage
OLYMPIA – More travelers hit the road on state highways last year, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation’s multimodal 2016 Corridor Capacity Report. Signs of a growing economy are reflected as the collective number of vehicle miles traveled on state highways reached a new high in 2015, with 33.3 billion – an increase of 5.3 percent from 2013 to 2015. Similarly, passenger vehicle registrations in the state increased 8.3 percent while the number of licensed drivers incr...
Oklahoma Interstates and Highways Designated as Alternative Fuel Corridors
Drivers on Oklahoma interstates will soon see signs of the state’s effort to improve alternative fueling infrastructure. On Nov. 3, the Federal Highway Administration designated I-35, I-40 and I-44 in Oklahoma as alternative fuel corridors, a special designation aimed at improving the mobility of passenger and commercial vehicles that run on alternative fuels. This new designation means special highway signage indicating the nearest alternative fueling station will eventually be placed along the...
Rapid Reconstruction Method Used to Replace Rhode Island Bridge 475-East Shore Expressway & Bridge 476 - McCormick Quarry Bridge
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (November 2016) – By using precast concrete bridge foundation elements, supplied by Oldcastle Precast-Rehoboth, MA, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, in the span of just 80 hours, replaced the deteriorating East Shore Expressway Bridge 475, in East Providence, Rhode Island. The bridge replacement is part of a two-bridge project that will cost $16.7 million including a $663,000 budget contingency. The project is on budget and on schedule and will reach final...
Montana Department of Transportation Wins Inaugural AXIAM Award
Austin, TX – At the AgileAssets 2016 International Users Conference in Austin, Texas, Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) claimed first place honors for the new AXIAM Award, which is given to a public or private agency for demonstrating excellence in infrastructure asset management. The 2016 prize was awarded to MDT for their new safety information management system (SIMS) that was implemented to support Montana’s strategic safety program. The system is based on the AgileAssets®...
Q Bridge Project Wins Top National Award
BOSTON – The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), AAA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce today announced that the Connecticut Department of Transportation has earned the Grand Prize and the Florida Department of Transportation was voted the People’s Choice Award winner in the 2016 America’s Transportation Awards competition. Now in its ninth year, the competition attracted a record 84 project nominees from 39 state transportation departments plus the Dist...
AASHTO Board Elects Maine's David Bernhardt President and Tennessee’s John Schroer VP
BOSTON - The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ Board of Directors today elected Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt, P.E., as the association’s president. Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner John Schroer was elected vice president. "It’s an honor and a privilege to be selected to serve in this important national role,” said AASHTO President Bernhardt. “I’ve spent my entire professional career in transportation, risi...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
