National News
- Will Florida’s New Approach to Urban Streets Reduce Its Traffic Carnage?
FDOT has formalized the idea that in urban areas, roads should be designed differently than in rural places…
October 3, 2017 | STREETSBLOG USA - Infrastructure could follow tax reform on Congress’ agenda
Elaine Chao said Congress would likely not take up the issue of infrastructure until it was finished with tax reform…
October 2, 2017 | Construction DIVE - Trump backs off vow that private sector should help pay for infrastructure package
President Trump told lawmakers Tuesday that he was abandoning…
September 26, 2017 | The Washington Post - How infrastructure can improve mass evacuations
It takes a combination of practical and technology-driven measures to maximize…
September 26, 2017 | Construction DIVE - FHWA Reinstates Clean Air Rule for Transportation
The FHWA responded to a lawsuit brought last summer…
September 25, 2017 | STREETSBLOG - Survey Finds That Americans Favor More Taxes If Transportation Improves
8 of 10 Americans Would Pay More Taxes For Better Roads…
September 19, 2017 | PLANETIZEN - 10 Teams Selected as Winners of Hyperloop One Global Challenge
10 systems located in 5 different countries were selected by…
September 15, 2017 | arch daily - Senators wrestle with including trucks in driverless car bill
Trucking is one of the primary industries that is expected to be…
September 13, 2017 | THE HILL - State DOTs Receive $3.1B in ‘Bonus’ Highway Funds
Texas, California, Florida, Pennsylvania and New York get largest shares…
September 13, 2017 | ENR - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao cites bipartisanship, private investment possibilities of South Shore projects
The administration also has recommended to Congress that it phase out the Capital Improvement Grant programs…
August 29, 2017 | nwi.com - Motorists keep record pace on U.S. roads in June: DOT
Motorists drove 1.2 percent more miles on U.S. roads and highways in June than…
August 29, 2017 | REUTERS - State DOTs Head to White House for Meeting on Infrastructure
The White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs has scheduled an Aug. 30 event with state and local officials…
August 29, 2017 | ForConstructionPROS.com - Roadkill: the secret ingredient in improving autonomous-vehicle technology?
Making people safer from the dangers of roadkill might just be one of the least discussed elements in the advent of…
August 23, 2017 | Mobility Lab - Trump’s Path to Boosting Infrastructure Full of Potholes
Trump has yet to release a plan despite his campaign pledge to create jobs by…
August 22, 2017 | US News - Trump infrastructure push rolls back environmental rules
It revokes an Obama-era executive order aimed at reducing exposure to flooding, sea level rise and…
August 15, 2017 | REUTERS - CH2M pilots mileage-based fees program for I-95 Corridor Coalition
The I-95 Corridor Coalition is set to test the design, implementation and acceptance of user-based alternative…
August 9, 2017 | Traffic Technology Today - USDOT announces $79M round of INFRA project awards
The projects represent a cross section of freight, rail and port construction projects of national importance ranging from…
August 8, 2017 | Construction DIVE - Public Works Funding Falls as Infrastructure Deteriorates
Such spending equaled 1.4 percent of the nation’s economic output in the second quarter of 2017, the lowest level…
August 8, 2017 | The New York Times - Congress and Auto Industry Move to Ban Cities From Regulating Self-Driving Cars
Automakers and tech companies are pushing a bill through Congress that would handcuff…
August 2, 2017 | STREETSBLOG USA - Feds writing rule to encourage private sector investment in public transit
The DOT’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on Monday that would…
July 31, 2017 | THE HILL
State News
- North Florida TPO asking drivers to fill out new transportation survey, offering prizes
The effort is to hear from people who are out on the roads everyday…
October 13, 2017 | NEWS 104.5 - Crosswalk to commemorate the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting being installed
The crosswalk will be located on West Esther Street off South Orange Avenue and…
October 10, 2017 | FOX 35 - The Wave streetcar system gets crucial boost in federal funding
The Wave could soon move from a concept that’s lived on paper for more than 14 years…
October 9, 2017 | SunSentinel - Central Florida gets $12M grant to test self-driving cars, new tech
The technology will be tested in Creative Village…
October 5, 2017 | Orlando Business Journal - FDOT unveils plans for new 8-lane Howard Frankland Bridge
A new bridge, that includes four lanes for general use and four express lanes…
October 3, 2017 | FOX 13 - Miami-Dade commissioners endorse expanding Metrorail to the north and south
Commissioners voted to recommend pumping more property taxes into…
September 27, 2017 | The Florida Oracle - No toll lanes north of downtown Tampa in three of four interstate proposals
Express lanes may not be coming to downtown Tampa…
September 25, 2017 | Tampa Bay Times - Despite Rising Seas and Bigger Storms, Florida’s Land Rush Endures
MIAMI — Florida was built on the seductive delusion that a swamp is a fine place for paradise…
September 18, 2017 | The New York Times - FHWA Gives Florida DOT $25 Million for Irma Relief
The funding comes from FHWA’s emergency relief program…
September 18, 2017 | Transport Topics - Officials: I-75 will remain open
The FDOT says flood waters have been receding on the Santa Fe River…
September 14, 2017 | WCTV TV - Why Florida Ran Out of Gas
Why Florida Ran Out of Gas…
September 13, 2017 | CITY LAB - ‘Still standing’: Florida Keys flyover shows far less damage than expected
A federal search and rescue team making its first flight over the Florida Keys…
September 12, 2017 | USA Today - Hillsborough County partnership with Waze is helping drivers get to work on time
The county is one of the first counties in Florida to team up with the traffic app….
September 4, 2017 | abc ACTION NEWS - Tri-Rail expansion along Miami coast is halted for now over who would run the train
Brightline, a for-profit company, told Miami-Dade it might want to operate the commuter line itself…
August 30, 2017 | Miami Herald - Miami-Dade to get 300 smart traffic signals quickly
Smart traffic signals that self-adapt to traffic flow will be installed in Miami-Dade by…
August 29, 2017 | Miami Today - Those new poles on I-95 are working, Florida says – and lane divers know
The new markers are sturdier and meant to survive up to…
August 22, 2017 | Miami Herald - Uber Launches First U.S. Inter-City Partnership in Central Florida
Regular Uber fares within the boundaries of Altamonte Springs, Lake Mary, Longwood, Maitland, and Sanford will be…
August 21, 2017 | 90.7 WMFE - Self-driving cars may get boost from $90 million test track being built near Orlando
Florida’s best hope to develop self-driving vehicles might lie with an iconic-looking campus and…
August 19, 2017 | Orlando Sentinel - FDOT using new driving simulator to help curb distracted, impaired driving
The simulator allows students to experience the first-hand dangers and consequences of…
August 17, 2017 | News4JAX - Cars on Crosstown will soon communicate with each other
Imagine if a car up the road could automatically warn your vehicle of…
August 15, 2017 | 10 NEWS
