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Tennessee DOT Promoting Delta Region via New Partnership

By September 1, 2022

The Tennessee Department of Transportation is expanding its traditional role in the Mississippi River Delta Region from building and maintaining roads to include fighting litter, supporting tourism and promoting economic…

Road leading to city in Colorado

Colorado DOT Issues Transportation Demand Grants

By February 24, 2022

The Colorado Department of Transportation recently awarded $492,000 in grants to communities and organizations statewide in support of “transportation demand management” strategies that help relieve traffic congestion and lower greenhouse…

Parking spaces alongside sidewalk and greenspace

Caltrans Adds ‘Complete Street’ Rule to Project Requirements

By January 6, 2022

The California Department of Transportation recently unveiled a new “complete streets” policy for all new transportation projects it funds or oversees in order to provide “safe and accessible options” for…

Construction worker laying asphalt

SCDOT Adopts ‘Complete Streets’ Policy for State Highway System

By ahardingFebruary 17, 2021

The South Carolina Department of Transportation adopted on February 4 what it calls a “wide-ranging” Complete Streets policy for the state-owned highway system. [Photo courtesy of the South Carolina Department…

Pete Buttigieg

Buttigieg Highlights Climate, Active Transportation at Senate Hearing

By ahardingJanuary 27, 2021

Pete Buttigieg – former 2020 Democratic candidate for president and mayor of South Bend, Indiana – highlighted the importance of climate policy and active transportation needs within the Biden-Harris administration’s…

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AASHTO to Examine Election Impact on Transportation at Annual Meeting

By ahardingOctober 28, 2020

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Annual Meeting – held via a virtual format November 9-13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic – will focus on the potential ways the…

Team meets on video call.

WSDOT Reports Significant Time Savings by Issuing Combined EIS, Record of Decision

By ahardingMarch 14, 2013

Provisions of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21) that allow environmental impact statements and record of decision documents to be combined for transportation projects have achieved…

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