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Posts Tagged ‘Department of Transportation’

On the edge of Central Oregon’s highest bridge with ODOT

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Over, under, around and through the Barber Bridge…one of Oregon’s highest. See how our inspectors keep motorists safe.
-OregonDOT on YouTube

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WA DOT: Road Widening

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

In 2011, WSDOT will widen more than four miles of SR 522 to four lanes from just west of the Snohomish River Bridge to 179th Avenue SE in Monroe. We will also build four new bridges, including a new bridge across the Snohomish River, add median barrier to separate oncoming traffic, build a roundabout at […]

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Missouri DOT’s MoDOT Minute: Potholes & Amtrak

Friday, March 18th, 2011

With warmer weather comes the melting and refreezing that is the main cause of those potholes we see popping up on our roadways. MoDOT crews routinely scout for potholes and make temporary repairs to the pavement…As fuel prices continue to rise, so do the number of passengers on the Missouri River Runner. In fact, a heightened demand for seats recently caused Amtrak to add two additional cars on the St. Louis to Kansas City run. Since June, the Missouri River Runner has seen a jump in passengers of nearly 16 percent.

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Utah: Proctor Lane Bridge Move

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

The second segment of the new Proctor Lane bridge is moved into place.
-UtahDOT on YouTube

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TRAFFIC VOLUME TRENDS

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Urban Highways

Based on preliminary reports from the State Highway Agencies, travel during December 2010 on all roads and streets in the nation changed by +0.6 percent (1.4 billion vehicle miles) resulting in estimated travel for the month at 243.4** billion vehicle-miles.

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From the National Journal Transportation Blog, Week of Feb 28…

Monday, February 28th, 2011

All three governors who rejected the federal HSR grants — Govs. Walker, Kasich and Scott — told Sec. LaHood that their states could badly use that money for more urgent needs of fixing roads, bridges and transit systems and, in the case of Gov. Scott, rebuilding Florida’s ports in anticipation of the Panama Canal expansion. Yet Sec. LaHood turned a deaf ear to those requests, insisting that the stimulus money must be spent on high-speed rail — even though money spent on other modes could have been just as effective in creating jobs.

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Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2012

Monday, February 14th, 2011

WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
After two of the most difficult years in generations for our Nation’s economy, we are at the end of the first phase of the journey, back from the devastating recession. We no longer face the collapse of our financial system or the start of a second Great Depression. Swift and decisive action has turned the tide, and the Nation’s economy is recovering.

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A Brief Timeline of HSR Funding

Thursday, December 30th, 2010
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April, 2009: The Obama Administration’s vision for high-speed rail (VIDEO) April, 2009: Department of Transportation’s strategic plan for high-speed rail Jan, 2010:  ARRA grants $8 Billion for HSR development October, 2010: Department of Transportation announces additional $2.4 for HSR November, 2010: State governments in Ohio & Wisconsin refuse HSR funds December, 2010: Department of Transportation […]

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Federal Surface Transportation Reauthorization Talks at a Standstill

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

NEW YORK BUILDING CONGRESS
The key federal funding source for highways, bridges and mass transit capital funding expires at the end of the month with no likelihood of a long-term reauthorization. At this point, it seems most likely that Congress will extend existing legislation for one to two years, with funding formulas holding at 2005 levels. As a result, New York State transportation agencies that planned on increased funding in the coming years with a new transportation bill, now face even deeper capital budget deficits, which will further jeopardize critical improvement and expansion projects.

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Integrated Transit Systems on the East Coast

Thursday, December 9th, 2010
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“As I’ve written about many times before, innovative transportation planning can help improve communities and increase opportunities for residents and businesses. Two newly completed projects will help the people of Rhode Island experience these benefits firsthand…Taken together, these projects add up to an integrated transportation system that offers travelers in Rhode Island and the Boston metropolitan area a seamless way to move from trains to buses to planes to cars…And it was made possible because of smart investments at the federal, state, and local level.”
-Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, via Fast Lane

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