The Arizona Department of Transportation continues its Building a Freeway series with more ways to build a bridge. This video and blog (http://adotblog.blogspot.com/) explains dirt fill soffits. Thanks so much. – aashtovideo on YouTube
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Arizona DOT: Building a Freeway – Dirt Fill Soffit and Waste Slab
Thursday, April 12th, 2012Talking Infrastructure at the 5th Annual Transportation and Infrastructure Convention
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Steven CF Anderson, Managing Director of InfrastructureUSA was a participant at the 5th Annual Transportation and Infrastructure Convention, held from March 7th to March 9th in Washington, DC.
Steve also spoke with John Horsley, Executive Director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officals (AASHTO), Bill Johnson, Director for the Port of Miami, and Mortimer Downey, former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, currently Senior Advisor, Parsons Brinckerhoff.
View this complete post...Keeping Baby Boomers Mobile: Preserving the Mobility and Safety of Older Americans
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
AASHTO & TRIP
With the first wave of the Baby Boom Generation turning 65 in 2011, the number of older Americans and their share of the population will begin to grow significantly in the coming years. And as this generation continues to age and grow, it will demand a level of mobility and an active lifestyle that far outpaces any of America’s previous generations.
Collins-McCaskill Bipartisan Jobs Bill Summary
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011Summary of Plan to Rebuild Nation’s Infrastructure Transportation Funds Funding to Support Transportation Infrastructure. The Collins-McCaskill Bipartisan Jobs Bill would authorize a one-time $10 billion appropriation to capitalize an existing DOT program that help states provide loans, loan guarantees, and other for ms of non-grant assistance which leverage private dollars. States would be required to […]
View this complete post...Transportation Governance and Finance: A 50-State Review of State Legislatures and Departments of Transportation
Friday, June 3rd, 2011
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES & AASHTO CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN PROJECT FINANCE
From 2010 to 2011, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) partnered to produce an unprecedented, 50-state review of transportation governance and finance, based largely on in-depth, original survey research. The project focused on transportation finance and on the roles of, and relationships between, those state government entities that are most active in transportation issues: state legislatures and, under the authority of governors, state departments of transportation (DOTs)…The report provides an overview of state transportation governance and finance as well as detailed profiles and other information for each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
The New Language of Mobility: Talking Transportation in a Post-Recession World
Thursday, March 10th, 2011AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS
When we began this research, we expected a rough road.
It would be hard to overstate the national mood against large government programs or new taxes right now, for any reason.
But we found there is a new way to talk about transportation that, if done correctly, can not only generate support for revenue increases, it can get people excited about them.
View this complete post...THE FORUM ON FUNDING AND FINANCING SOLUTIONS FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION IN THE COMING DECADE
Friday, February 4th, 2011
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS
CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN PROJECT FINANCE
The recurring potential for severe cutbacks in Federal funding for state highway and transit programs combined with the significantly reduced purchasing power of motor fuels taxes is creating a near-term crisis for investment in our nation’s transportation assets.
AASHTO Report: States Ramping Up Action on Passenger Rail
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS
From Moline, Illinois, to Brunswick, Maine, the revival of passenger rail is sparking significant economic development just when it is desperately needed. American manufacturing is stepping up to make sure rail infrastructure projects are built with American-made products, which, in turn, support an entire supply chain of American companies and their employees, maximizing the economic benefit of these infrastructure investments.
Texas DOT Using Innovative Financing to Build During Lean Times
Monday, December 20th, 2010“Our state has been a leader in this area,” Texas Department of Transportation Executive Director Amadeo Saenz recently told AASHTO’s Transportation TV. “These partnerships between states and a private companies are allowing TxDOT to build several major projects that otherwise would not be built. By moving these projects forward, we can eliminate traffic congestion, give our citizens shorter commutes, and create jobs.”
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