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NewsMarch 8, 2009

Construction on Borman Highway

The final phase of the changes to I-80/94 (the Frank Borman Expressway) on the Indiana/Illinois border is now under way, meaning lanes and various ramps are restricted through November 2009 during road reconstruction

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NewsMarch 4, 2009

Trucking Research Group Rates Bottlenecks

A new analysis of 30 freight bottlenecks assesses the severity of 30 freight bottlenecks within the U.S. interstate system, using unique analysis methods and data to produce a severity ranking for each location

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NewsMarch 3, 2009

Trucking Research Group Rates Bottlenecks

A new analysis of 30 freight bottlenecks assesses the severity of 30 freight bottlenecks within the U.S. interstate system, using unique analysis methods and data to produce a severity ranking for each location

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NewsMarch 3, 2009

Government Releases First ARRA Funds for Highways

President Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, released $26.6 billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act this week to states and local transportation authorities to repair and build highways, roads and bridges.

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NewsFebruary 20, 2009

ATA Advocates National Focus to Improve Freight Mobility

Congress should shift the Federal Surface Transportation Program's mission to focus on freight mobility as a national goal, Randall J. Clifford, Chairman of Ventura Transfer Co. of Long Beach, Calif., said during a congressional field hearing in Los Angeles Friday

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NewsFebruary 20, 2009

Missouri DOT to Close Interstate 44 For 18 Hours Saturday

Part of I-44 in Springfield, Mo, will be closed for about 18 hours Saturday, Feb., 21, for the demolition of the northbound Glenstone Avenue bridge

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NewsFebruary 19, 2009

Highway Miles Traveled Continues to Fall

America's trend of declining driving continued into its second year with 3.8 billion fewer vehicle-miles traveled, or 1.6 percent less, in December 2008 compared to the same month a year earlier, the Federal Highway Administration reported Thursday

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NewsFebruary 11, 2009

Hill Staffers Predict Struggle to Pass Highway Bill

The outlook for reauthorization of the federal highway program was described in somber terms this week at a gathering of senior legislative staff members from the key transportation committees in Congress

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NewsFebruary 11, 2009

DOT Secretary Meets With State Transportation Leaders

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood met with leaders of state departments of transportation Wednesday in preparation for final passage of the economic recovery bill

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NewsFebruary 5, 2009

Maryland Approves Truck Toll Increase

The Maryland Transportation Authority has approved a plan to raise truck tolls its seven toll facilities, a 50 percent increase for vehicles with three or more axles, despite objections from the state trucking association

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