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Critical questions for transportation agencies posed in joint meeting AASHTO Council on Hwys/Sts and Active Transportation.
Critical Qs for every other public entity, really.
#AASHTO #AASHTOAM
Photo of JFK special message to Congress on transportation. Full text in previous 2 posts. #AASHTO #AASHTOAM
~1/3 of CA traffic deaths are people using active transpo. Sec. Policy on Road Safety dot.ca.gov/programs/saf... and other safety program info.
#transportation #RoadSafety #VisionZero #AASHTO #AASHTOAM
Omashakin came in, directed that they have active transpo set-aside in CA 4-year maintenance plan. Ended up w/$100M, separate from the active transpo program.
#AASHTO #AASHTOAM #transportation
CA active transportation program funding $500M/year. Legislature created this program in state law (SB99 under Gov. Jerry Brown); launched 2014. $1.7B in funding since it began.
#AASHTO #AASHTOAM #CompleteStreets
AASHTO annual meeting Council on Active Transportation. Toks Omashakin, former chair of the CAT and now head of CalSTA, sharing his thoughts. "We're in the mobility business--not the infrastructure business. When we change that prism, priority becomes people first."
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State DOTs Make Preparations for Winter Operations #AASHTO #SitePrep #SnowEquipment #USDepartmentofTransportation
State DOTs Investing in Additional Truck Parking #AASHTO #trucking #Trucks #Construction
🚦 On this day in 1975 🚦 The FHWA, led by W.J. Wilkes, reaffirmed AASHTO’s stance that highway design speeds and standards should not be lowered—even with the 55 m.p.h. national speed limit in place—ensuring long-term safety and durability. 🛣️✨ #OnThisDay #FHWA #AASHTO
Mid-American DOTs Take Top Honors in National Transportation Contest #AASHTO #Awards #Illinois #Kansas #Michigan
The "Historical Perspective on the #AASHTO Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities and the Impact of the Vehicular Cycling Movement" by @schlthss.bsky.social @rebeccasanders.bsky.social & Jennifer Toole is an all time best paper @trb.org journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... #Fridayfacts
Western DOTs Shine at America's Transportation Awards #AASHTO #Awards #California
Do better, #AASHTO.
Iowa Transportation Commission OKs Iowa DOT's $4.3B Transportation Plan #AASHTO #Infrastructure #Iowa #IowaDepartmentofTransportation
Illinois DOT Wraps $65M I-255 Project in St. Claire County Six Weeks Early #AASHTO #Bridges #HighwayConstruction #Illinois
This video is sponsored by #AASHTO, because real Americans drive and walking is for communists. 🚷 🙄
Acrow Provides Permanent Replacement for Rural N.M. Bridge That Collapsed #AASHTO #Bridges #construction #NewMexico #Construction
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#BikeInfrastructure #UrbanPlanning #VisionZero #StreetDesign #NACTO #AASHTO #MUTCD
New Research Highlights Strategies to Expand Truck Parking at Public Rest Areas #USA #Washington,_D.C. #Truck_Parking_Expansion #ATRI #AASHTO
South Coast Rail Line Opens in Mass.; Feds Warn Three State Bridges at Risk of Collapse #AASHTO #Boston #Bridges #Massachusetts
#SeanDuffy #USDOTdirector calls for more “travel infrastructure” to improve airline safety? #AASHTO He should talk to #PresidentMusk who is Canceling contracts (but his own) and slashing the number of Fed staff! Perfect example of 47 admin chaos-right hand not knowing what left hand is doing!
New Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials: "Build more, faster, better, and prettier, with less money." #dot #aashto #seanduffy #bil
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🚆 Our chairman, Dave Strohmaier, is in Washington, DC, fighting for passenger rail! While there, he attended AASHTO’s Committee on Rail Transportation (CORT), ensuring rail remains a national priority.
#PassengerRail #RailExpansion #BigSkyRail #AASHTO
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#AASHTO should work professionally with new Dir of DOT, but they don’t have to bend a knee to him like #AMAZON #GOOGLE. #META have done sucking up to 47 !!!’
PennDOT's I-95/Cottman Avenue Emergency Response project and WVDOT's Wellsburg Bridge project won top honors at the 2024 America's Transportation Awards. PennDOT swiftly reopened a key highway corridor after a fire, while WVDOT's bridge reconnected… #AASHTO #Awards #Infrastructure #Pennsylvania
I don't know that my work or words have directly made a difference, but I've been lucky to have some big platforms the last couple years to really push on transportation agency safety culture, so it was heartening to see that be a topic among the biggest speakers the #AASHTO meeting. #VisionZero
Several projects were recently honored by American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) at the 2024 America's Transportation Awards for quality in construction in numerous categories. Among the award winners, two… #AASHTO #Arizona #ArizonaDOT #Awards #FourCorners
Ten projects from state departments of transportation in California, Arizona, Utah, Washington State, Nebraska, South Dakota, Oregon, North Dakota and Texas took home top prizes in the 2024 America's Transportation Awards competition. These… #AASHTO #Awards #transportation #West #Construction
Safe roadways one step closer to being legalized in the US. Hello, #AASHTO? dc.streetsblog.org/2013/09/09/fhwa-to-trans...