Planning Developments from the Past Week
Georgia Ports Authority Not Stopping at State Line The Georgia Ports Authority may develop facilities in neighboring states, outgoing chief Curtis Foltz said Wednesday. Oregon Governor Urges New...
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Utah Likely to Stick with Gas Tax as Other States Test By-the-Mile Highway Funding Oregon volunteers are testing a plan to replace its 31.1 cents per gallon state gasoline tax with a new system...
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Florida DOT Wants Lake-Sumter MPO Problems Addressed Immediately Operational deficiencies and mismanagement of grants within the Lake-Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization warrant immediate...
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Pennsylvania DOT Announces New Bike Route Mapping Tool to Assist Riders The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), the...
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TRIP, Maryland DOT’s Pete Rahn Report on Road Congestion Challenges, Efforts to Reduce It Maryland Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn joined with the TRIP traffic research group to both...
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Michigan DOT Works with Legislators on Bills to Expand Use of Driverless Cars Beyond Testing The U.S. auto industry’s home state of Michigan is preparing for the advent of self-driving cars by pushing...
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ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION Florida Transportation Summit to Push ‘Walkability’ Just as medicine is moving away from its traditional focus on symptom alleviation and toward a whole-person model of...
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Delaware Makes Coastal Highway More Pedestrian Friendly Delaware Gov. Jack Markell and other state officials celebrated the completion of the $7.2 million project on Monday. Oklahoma DOT Seeks to Sell...
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Pennsylvania’s Picturesque Route 6 Plans for Bikes (and Pedestrians) More than four million people travel Pennsylvania’s picturesque Route 6 every year. Mega I-75 Project in Michigan Spurs New...
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East Coast States Want to Tax Drivers’ Travel, Not Their Gas A group of East Coast states wants to help overhaul the way America pays for its decaying roads, and it’s starting with Monopoly money....
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South Dakota DOT Hits Road – and Internet – with 2017 Plan for SD Highways State Department of Transportation leaders will crisscross South Dakota during the next few weeks to get public comments on...
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Virginia Receives Top Honors for Smart Scale Transportation Prioritization Process Governor Terry McAuliffe today announced that Smart Scale, Virginia’s data-driven prioritization process to fund the...
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Kansas DOT Shaping Statewide Rail Plan Between the added connection with Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer line and the Kansas Logistics Park’s designation as one of only four Burlington Northern Santa Fe...
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Iowa DOT Finalizes State’s First Freight Plan State transportation officials hope Iowa’s first freight plan will provide the guidelines necessary to manage a growing industry of airplanes, trains and...
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Massachusetts DOT Appoints Director of Newly Created Sustainable Mobility The Massachusetts Department of Transportation appointed its director for the newly created position of director of sustainable...
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North Carolina DOT Reports Record Response to 10-Year Transportation Plan The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) says it received “record” response to its call for public participation...
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Texas DOT Plans for $70 Billion to Fund Transportation Projects Over Next 10 Years The Texas Transportation Commission today approved the 2017 Unified Transportation Program (UTP) with $70 billion...
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Wisconsin DOT Rules Out No-Pave Option for La Crosse Transportation Study State transportation officials say La Crosse’s future transportation needs cannot be met without new pavement but insist they...
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Texas Governor Participates in New Freight Moving System Developed by Texas A&M Transportation Institute Governor Abbott’s first visit to College Station in about a year was to be part of the...
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Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Honored for Applying Big Data to Combat Extreme Weather Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has been named a 2016 Computerworld Data+ Editors’ Choice Award winner for its...
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