The Associated General Contractors of America (AGCA) honored Tempe, Arizona-based Sundt Construction Inc. this week as the nation’s safest construction company for 2015 as part of its Willis Towers Watson Construction Safety Excellence Awards. Read More »

The month of February saw the seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index, which is compiled by the American Trucking Associations (ATA), increase by 7.2 percent after January showed a revised 0.3 percent drop. Read More »

Seattle celebrated the opening of the $1.95 billion University Link route, an extension of the Sound Transit agency's Link light-rail service. Read More »

Seattle is taking advantage of the services provided by Uber to create a partnership that aims to significantly reduce the number of drunk-driving accidents. Read More »

The California State Transportation Innovation Council (STIC), a joint initiative by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), was officially launched this week. Read More »

Drivers should watch for traffic detours and lane closings as the first phase of a major road road work begins on a project that will culminate in the construction of a new roundabout interchange on U.S. 31 at Indiana State Road 28 in Tipton County, Indiana. Read More »

The Lincoln Memorial Bridge near the Indiana-Illinois state line had been scheduled for maintenance and upgrade work soon, but because of laws protecting the endangered Indiana Bat, the bridge will not close for work until sometime after Oct. 3. Read More »

March is Women's History Month, and Amber Jones made some history of her own when she recently became the third woman to ever be certified as a cable grip for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's (SFMTA) cable-car fleet. Read More »

Drivers on Colorado's U.S. Highway 34, between Loveland and Estes Park, will need to watch for work crews after the July 4 holiday. Read More »

A record number of commercial airline passengers traveled into and out of the U.S. in 2015, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) said recently. Read More »

Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit (MTA NYC) late last week made John O'Grady the new permanent senior vice president of capital program management, a position O’Grady has held on an interim basis since Fred Smith retired last year. Read More »

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has condemned a recent final rule released by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) concerning exposure to crystalline silica. Read More »

Projects aimed at improving Washington’s roadways and bridges are in progress or in the planning stages all over the state. Read More »

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CODOT) said Fillmore Street in Colorado Springs is closed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. and I-25 is closed from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly this week through Thursday morning so that crews can demolish and remove a bridge in the Interstate’s median, which will cause debris to be spread over roadways. Read More »

Idaho Transportation Department projects to extend the lives of four of north-central Idaho’s bridges begins Monday. Read More »

The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) will hold a public meeting on Thursday, April 7, on its plans to improve U.S. 71 from the Buena Vista County line north to Clay County Road B-53. Read More »

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker recently collaborated on a transportation.gov blog post detailing the importance of U.S. ports – and the jobs they generate. Read More »

State transportation departments nationwide have been implementing drones in their efforts to enhance safety, reduce traffic back-ups and save taxpayers money. Read More »

The Associated General Contractors of America said recently that between February 2015 and February 2016, 43 states and Washington, D.C., saw new construction jobs created. Read More »

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) said recently that passing lanes will be added to sections of U.S. 95 running across the state. Read More »