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FHWA Awards $15.1 Million for Alternative Funding Pilot Projects
Delaware Memorial Bridge on 1-95 (Elvert Barnes Photography)
The Federal Highway Administration awarded $15.1 million in Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives grants July 9.
July 9, 2020FHWA Announces Funding Opportunity for Technology Grants
A past award went to the Port of Virginia for a truck reservation system. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg News)
The Federal Highway Administration recently announced the availability of $60 million in grant funding for groups working on projects that involve transportation technologies.
July 7, 2020FHWA Grant Supports Automated Truck Corridor on Interstate 70
The portion of Interstate 70 that runs between Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio, for about 175 miles is the focus of the project. (cosmonaut/Getty Images)
A team of partners including the Indiana and Ohio departments of transportation has been awarded a federal grant of $4.4 million in support of an automated truck corridor.
June 17, 2020Food Trucks Hit Snags in Securing Permits for Rest Stops
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A plan by federal regulators to allow food trucks at rest areas has hit some speed bumps.
April 22, 2020FHWA Permits Food Trucks at Rest Areas During Coronavirus Crisis
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The Federal Highway Administration on April 3 issued a notice to state departments of transportation that the agency will allow food trucks to operate and sell food at federally funded interstate highway rest areas to support commercial truck drivers during the coronavirus emergency.
April 3, 2020FHWA Distributes $653 Million for Emergency Infrastructure Repairs
Hurricane Maria damage in Puerto Rico. The U.S. territory also received $139 million in emergency relief funds from FHWA in February 2019 for Irma- and Maria-related repair work. (Getty Images)
The Federal Highway Administration is awarding $653.2 million in emergency relief funds to assist states and territories that have experienced infrastructure damage.
February 28, 2020Legislation Proposes Naming USDOT’s Headquarters After William T. Coleman Jr.
The USDOT building at 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE in Washington. (U.S. Department of Transportation)
Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate proposes naming the U.S. Department of Transportation’s headquarters after William T. Coleman Jr., secretary of transportation during the Ford administration.
January 31, 2020Campaign to Address Transportation Management and Operations Workforce Development
Congestion on Interstate 64 in Louisville, Ky. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
The National Operations Center of Excellence launched a workforce development campaign geared toward professionals in the transportation systems management and operations field.
January 27, 2020FHWA Grant Will Support Autonomous Crash Truck in North Dakota
Currently, NDDOT uses a truck that has an attenuator mounted onto it and is operated by a human driver. (American Traffic Safety Services Association)
The North Dakota Department of Transportation will use a recently awarded federal grant to deploy an autonomous attenuator truck.
January 24, 2020FHWA to Release Updated Jason’s Law Truck Parking Survey
Jeff Purdy, a transportation specialist with the Federal Highway Administration Freight Management and Operations office, said truck parking is a "very key safety issue." (Eleanor Lamb/Transport Topics)
WASHINGTON — Results of a comprehensive national federal survey of truck parking availability will be made public in the next few months, according to a Jan. 15 presentation at the Transportation Research Board annual meeting.
January 15, 2020