ARTBA - Thu March 07, 2019
State Transportation Funding Legislation Ramping Up in 2019
Legislators in 37 states have introduced 185 bills aimed at boosting transportation investment in the first two months of 2019, a new analysis finds. This number is higher than the amount of legislation the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (ARTBA-TIAC) tracked over the same time period last year and is projected to grow as additional measures are introduced throughout the year....
ARTBA - Thu February 28, 2019
'Waters of the U.S.' Reg Rewrite to Reduce Transportation Project Delays
Man-made, roadside ditches provide critical surface drainage that protects the traveling public and should be exempt from federal wetland regulations, American Road & Transportation Builder Association (ARTBA) Vice Chairman David Harwood told a Feb....
AGC, AED and ARTBA - Wed February 06, 2019
Industry Groups Respond to President Trump's State of the Union
Various industry groups have issued responses to President Trump's remarks in his recent State of the Union address. Here is what they had to say:The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E....
ARTBA - Mon February 04, 2019
Students Take Top Honors in Annual Video Contest on Transportation Infrastructure
High school students from Arizona and Nebraska, a graduate student from Texas Southern University in Houston and a post-graduate student at Regis University in Boston are the 2018 winners of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) 8th Annual "Student Transportation Video Contest." They will each receive a $500 cash prize....
ARTBA - Mon January 28, 2019
Top WSP USA, Duit Construction Executives Tapped to Lead ARTBA's Highway & Transit Reauthorization Task Force
American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chairman Bob Alger, president and CEO of The Lane Construction Corporation, Jan. 28 announced the creation of a member-led "FAST Act Reauthorization Task Force." The group is charged with developing the association's legislative blueprint for the next reauthorization of the nation's federal highway and public transit programs, due in 2020....
ARTBA - Wed January 16, 2019
Repeal of Proprietary Products Rule Will Promote Innovation, Provide States More Flexibility, ARTBA Says
The repeal of a 103-year old federal procurement rule would remove a major regulatory roadblock and "spur investment in and deployment of new technologies that promise to help advance safety, alleviate traffic congestion and improve our nation's highways," the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) told the U.S....
ARTBA - Tue January 15, 2019
North Dakota State University Professor Denver Tolliver Honored with ARTBA's Research & Education Award
Denver Tolliver, the director of the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI) at North Dakota State University, is the 2018 recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) S.S....
ARTBA - Tue January 08, 2019
Schneidawind Named ARTBA Vice President of Public Affairs
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has tapped John Schneidawind as its new vice president of public affairs, effective Jan. 3. A former business writer at USA Today, Schneidawind has decades of diverse communications experience in the private sector and with national associations....
Volvo - Thu January 03, 2019
Better Roads: The American Dream
Politicians around the world take great pleasure in disagreeing with each other, but in the United States there is one topic lawmakers on all sides can find common ground — that the country's highways network is in urgent need of repair and improvement....
ARTBA - Fri December 28, 2018
TxDOT Adopts ARTBA Safety Program
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has made a major commitment toward improving safety in and around the state's roadway construction work zones. The agency has become the first in the nation to help hundreds of its employees earn the "Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals" (SCTPP) credential endorsed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)....
