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New IDEAs for Highway Systems: Annual Progress Report - January 2015
AASHTO’s Wright: States Need More Federal Help Maintaining, Improving Transportation
Via AASHTO Journal
Bud Wright, executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, says Congress can "build muscle for the American economy" by bolstering the Highway Trust Fund so states can whittle down the infrastructure backlog.
Energy Department Offering More than $55 million for Vehicle Design Innovation
Link to article from thehill.com
The Energy Department is offering more than $55 million to companies, universities and laboratories to develop and deploy fuel efficiency vehicle technology.
The grants are meant to increase the efficiency of the country’s vehicle fleet, reducing petroleum use and help attain the Obama administration’s goal of making electric vehicles’ pricing on par with traditional vehicles by 2022.
SHRP 2 2014: Our Year in Review
TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a summary of the program's major 2014 accomplishments in its four focus areas of capacity, renewal, safety, and reliability.
FHWA: Transportation and Climate Change Newsletter: Fall 2014
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Planning, Environment, and Realty has released the latest issue of its newsletter designed to keep transportation stakeholders up-to-date on various issues related to transportation and climate change.
Transportation Secretary Foxx Announces Plan to Add Two Automatic Emergency Braking Systems to Recommended Vehicle Advanced Technology Features
WASHINGTON – Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to add two cutting-edge automatic emergency braking systems to the recommended advanced safety features included under its New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) – the latest step in a half-century of safety innovations that have saved more than 600,000 lives, according to new research NHTSA released today.
TRB Coverage on TTV: State CEOs’ Concerns on Trust Fund, Sec. Foxx and More
AASHTO's Transportation TV will be featuring some highlights from exclusive video it obtained at the Transportation Research Board's Jan. 11-15 annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Our Path to the Future Requires 21st Century Transportation
The economic news from President Obama's State of the Union address [Tuesday night] is good: "Our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999."
Compromise Possibly on Horizon for Infrastructure Funding
Link to article from thehill.com
Republicans are indicating after President Obama’s State of the Union address that they are open to compromising with the president on increasing U.S. transportation funding, although neither side has offered specifics on how they would pay for new construction projects.
Obama Asks Congress to Modernize U.S. Infrastructure
Via usnews.com
