John Hennessy III,
P.E.
AMERICANS FOR TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY COALITION (ATM) Originally posted in FasterBetterSafer Part One of a Two-Part Series When Americans celebrated the holidays, many of their homes and businesses were filled with gifts, paper goods, food and gadgets delivered by an extensive UPS fleet negotiating the nation’s weathered transportation network. During the 2019 peak holiday season, which […]
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Reason Foundation’s Annual Highway Report has tracked the performance of the 50 state-owned highway systems from 1984 to 2016. The 24th Annual Highway Report ranks the performance of state highway systems in 2016, with congestion and bridge condition data from 2017. Each state’s overall rating is determined by rankings in 13 categories, including highway expenditures per mile, Interstate and primary road pavement conditions, urbanized area congestion, bridge conditions and fatality rates. The study is based on spending and performance data state highway agencies submitted to the federal government. This study also reviews changes in highway performance over the past year.
View this complete post...Transportation infrastructure will stimulate the U.S. economy significantly over the next few years. Hundreds of large projects have been announced; so many in fact, it should be possible for almost every type of contracting firm to find attractive opportunities. Regional transit leaders in Ann Arbor, Michigan, recently released a $10 billion transit plan. Upcoming opportunities […]
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In part one of the Caltrans Safety Summit Video Series, Public Information Officer Alisa Becerra highlights how Caltrans continues to make safety its top priority with three new work zone safety initiatives.
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Freeway construction was a disaster for city neighborhoods in the 20th Century. Many neighborhoods were divided in two—their main streets demolished and businesses closed, disproportionately in minority communities.
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It is time for Congress to implement a national road user charge (RUC) system to pay for the nation’s surface transportation system. As the congressionally mandated National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Commission stated in its final report to Congress, the ideal funding “framework should cause users and direct beneficiaries to bear the full cost of using the transportation system to the greatest extent possible.”
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Four ACEC member firms take the lead in creating pioneering transportation networks: Burns Engineering, Philadelphia; Apex Design Denver; HDR Omaha, Nebraska; Creighton Manning Engineering, Albany
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In this most recent ATM video, a discussion on why infrastructure investment must be a priority for our elected leaders and why Congress must act sooner rather than later.
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UDOT teamed up with DWR, Arizona Fish & Game, and local hunters to build underpasses outside of Kanab, Utah to protect drivers and the prized Paunsaugunt deer herd. To learn more about the project and its success check out the video.
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A year after a number of high-profile automated vehicle incidents, American attitudes toward fully self-driving cars have not rebounded. AAA’s annual automated vehicle survey found that 71 percent of people are afraid to ride in fully self-driving vehicles – indicating that overall sentiment has not yet returned to what it was prior to these incidents occurring (63 percent). AAA believes the key to helping consumers feel more comfortable with fully self-driving vehicles will be bridging the gap between the perception of automated vehicle technology and the reality of how it actually works in today’s cars.
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