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Drivers still leaving cars in park
High gas prices prompted Americans to drive fewer miles for the eighth consecutive month, the government reported Wednesday. Drivers logged 12.2 billion fewer miles in June compared with June 2007, a 4.7% decline, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. Gasoline prices...
Tags: car, Government, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, Texas A&M University, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-08-14
Contractor fired from Oregon Department of Transportation bridge
Citing shoddy workmanship, ongoing contract violations and a failure to complete work on time, the Oregon Department of Transportation has announced it will fire Ross Bros. & Co. as general contractor on the agency's $38 million Shady Bridge project near Roseburg. Ross Bros. officials were notified last...
Tags: MARKETING, Oregon, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-06-26
Oregon Department of Transportation recognized for Interstate-5
The Oregon Department of Transportation has been awarded the 2008 Globe award by the American Road & Transportation Builders Association. The award recognized ODOT's excellence in environmental protection and mitigation on the 11 Interstate-5 bridges between Eugene and Roseburg, as part of the OTIA III State Bridge Delivery...
Tags: MARKETING, Oregon, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-06-12
URS Awarded Engineering Design Contract by Indiana Department of Transportation
Contract Valued at Up To $46.5 Million to URS SAN FRANCISCO -- URS Corporation (NYSE: URS) today announced that the Company's URS Division has been awarded a contract by the Indiana Department of Transportation INDOT to provide engineering design for the $567 million, 465/69 Northeast Corridor project in Indianapolis....
Tags: Company, MARKETING, Strategy, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation, URS Corp.
Research articles 2008-06-11
Speed-hump victory: community organizing
ON THE CAMPAIGN trail, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have spoken of their backgrounds in community organizing. Clinton refers to formative experiences knocking on doors in south Texas when she ran the state Democratic Party's 1972 voter registration drive. Barack Obama worked as a community organizer for two years...
Tags: Brooklyn, church, MARKETING, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-05-20
Wisconsin Department of Transportation lags behind peers in setting
Editor's note: The following story kicks off an occasional series inspired by the April 2 gas-line explosion in Oconomowoc and the discovery that the Wisconsin Department of Transportation does not check safety records when hiring contractors. Quad/Graphics Inc. won't hire contractors with below-average safety records. Joe...
Tags: agency, Benefits, director, MARKETING, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-05-14
Wisconsin Department of Transportation clings to interstate
The state did not modify the most controversial portions of its Interstate 94 reconstruction project, despite receiving more negative than positive feedback. The final environmental impact statement the state released last week doesn't respond to the substance of the opposition's arguments, said Dennis Grzezinski, an environmental attorney working...
Tags: MARKETING, Milwaukee, Quality, U.S. Department of Transportation, Wisconsin
Research articles 2008-04-09
TrafficLand Announces National Expansion to Traffic Camera Network Coverage
Internet-based services help public, first responders and media address growing public mobility challenges FAIRFAX, Va. -- TrafficLand[R], the largest, authorized aggregator of live traffic video announced today a nationwide, multi-city expansion to the coverage area of its live traffic video services. The expansion adds 781 state and local Department...
Tags: camera, INTERNET, MARKETING, network, NETWORKING, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-04-07
PennDOT Reminds Citizens They Can Register Online to Become Organ Donors
To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS Contact: Craig Yetter Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, +1-717-705-1092 HARRISBURG, Pa., April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- April is National Donate Life Month, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reminds drivers license or identification card holders they can register online to become organ donors via its driver and...
Tags: INTERNET, MARKETING, Pennsylvania, renewal, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-04-02
CEO of MTA outlines strategies for growth, efficiencies for savings
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which accounts for two-thirds of all rail riders in the nation, has made a dramatic comeback since the I970s and 1980s, when it was known for graffiti-covered subway cars and delay-plagued commuter trains. But serving more than 8 million public transit customers efficiently each day requires...
Tags: agency, MARKETING, SECURITY, strategy, train, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-02-18
Teamsters Launch Major Campaign to Fire U.S. Transportation Secretary
To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS Contact: Leslie Miller, lmiller@teamster.org, or Galen Munroe, gmunroe@teamster.org, both of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6911 Fire Mary Peters for Unlawfully Opening Border to Dangerous Trucks from Mexico WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Teamsters is launching a nationwide grassroots campaign tomorrow to fire Transportation Secretary...
Tags: Arizona, MARKETING, Mexico, radio, secretary, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-02-06
La. Department of Transportation and Development says road
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development said drivers should be aware of major road work that could affect Carnival travel from Friday through Tuesday. In the New Orleans area, all lanes of Interstates 10, 310, 510 and 610 will remain open during the Mardi Gras holiday. ...
Tags: closure, INTERNET, MARKETING, SOFTWARE, Strategy, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-01-30
Scheme raises costs
Let's be clear: No one cares more deeply about the problem of delays in our nation's aviation system than the airlines do. Delays make doing business more difficult and cost our customers and companies billions of dollars every year. The solution to those delays is clear....
Tags: FINANCE, Government, Manufacturing, MARKETING, Pricing, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-01-29
Pennsylvania State Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 8 Conducts Successful Final Acceptance Test of VidSys' VidShield for New, All-Digital Transportation Management Center
VidSys , the leading provider of Physical Security Situation Management, today announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation District 8-0 (PennDOT 8-0) has officially implemented the VidShield 4.0 to serve as the central video management platform for the state's new, all digital Transportation Management Center...
Tags: MARKETING, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation, video
Research articles 2008-01-15
Sen. Dorgan Says DOT Ignores Law Intended to Block Mexican Truck Plan
Opponents of the Department of Transportation's Mexican trucking program continued to assail DOT's continuing the pilot project, as a senator accused the agency of flouting the law and interest groups took the fight back to court. The latest barrage began Jan. 3 when Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) warned Transportation secretary...
Tags: DOT, MARKETING, Transportation, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-01-14
Missouri Closes I-64 for Construction Project
The Missouri Department of Transportation shut down Interstate 64 on Jan. 2 and began the largest construction project in the agency's history, officials said. An extensive analysis led to die decision to close all lanes of I-64 for two years, instead of leaving one lane open and stretching the effort...
Tags: Government, MARKETING, Missouri, Transportation, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2008-01-14
Trucks Restricted on Utah's Interstate 80
The Utah Department of Transportation said it is restricting truck traffic on portions of Interstate 80 near Salt Lake City during its ongoing construction project."For safety purposes and the narrow lane widths, truck traffic is restricted on 1-80 between State Street and 1300 East," UDOT said on its 1-80 project...
Tags: MARKETING, U.S. Department of Transportation, Utah
Research articles 2007-12-24
DELAWARE: Road Report
BRIEFSDOVER - It's still not clear how the state will fund construction of the proposed U.S. Route 301 bypass near Middletown, but the Delaware Department of Transportation has sent federal officials its final environmental impact statement.DelDOT said it wants to start construction on the $600 million highway by 2010 and...
Tags: construction, FINANCE, Investment, MARKETING, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2007-12-24
MISSOURI: Interstate Shutdown
TOWN AND COUNTRY - On the day after New Year's Day, the Missouri Department of Transportation will close a five-mile portion of Interstate 64 for a year. In 2009, it will close another five miles.It's not an earthquake or flood, but the agency is treating the shutdown of a section...
Tags: MARKETING, Missouri, shutdown, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2007-12-24
OOIDA, ATA Seek to Block I-80 Tolls
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association sent a letter last week to the U.S. Department of Transportation asking the agency to deny the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's request to toll Interstate 80.The letter was signed jointly by American Trucking Associations, the American Highway Users Alliance and the Northeast Association of State Transportation...
Tags: ATA, MARKETING, Strategy, toll, U.S. Department of Transportation
Research articles 2007-12-17
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