U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has created a team at the U.S. Department of Transportation to coordinate the DOT's role in President Obama's economic recovery program
Read More →As Congress considers an economic stimulus bill that includes spending on infrastructure, two groups are touting the ability of infrastructure construction to create jobs faster than many may expect
Read More →The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and The Road Information Program (a national transportation research group), released a report entitled "America's Top Five Transportation Headaches - and Their Remedies.
Read More →The U.S. Department of Transportation signed an agreement with the Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia departments of transportation to relieve congestion and improve mobility on a key stretch of Interstate 95
Read More →The controversial Trans-Texas Corridor is dead, but officials say they will still develop transportation projects that "move Texas forward.
Read More →A proposed toll increase in Maryland would spare passenger cars an increase but would charge trucks and other multi-axle vehicles more
Read More →The Highway Trust Fund, the federal government's primary source for financing highway, bridge and transit projects, took in $3 billion fewer in Fiscal Year 2008 as Americans drove 90 billion miles less over 11 months of the same fiscal year
Read More →The Ohio Turnpike Commission this week proposed new toll rates that will change how trucks and tractor-trailers are charged and will give a big break for E-ZPass users
Read More →During winter freeway closures between Pendleton and La Grande, the Oregon Department of Transportation will be directing eastbound trucks to park along the right shoulder of Interstate 84 near the Exit 216 Interchange
Read More →The collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis was caused a design flaw that led to the bridge not being able to take the weight of concentrated construction loads on the bridge, exacerbated by inadequate inspection procedures
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