Construction Planning > Sustainable transportation | Roads and Bridges

Defining Safety and Resilience for the Future

01 Apr 2024 08:49:00 GMT

How transportation owners can safeguard infrastructure in the face of climate change's reality and win

Where the Microplastics Meet the Road

01 Apr 2024 08:31:00 GMT

How the highway industry can find a solution to this pollution problem

Former CalSTA secretary David S. Kim joins WSP USA

18 Apr 2022 16:24:42 GMT

Kim will work to guide policy-making and incoming federal funding with U.S. transportation executives

University of Missouri testing mixing plastic waste in asphalt pavements

05 Apr 2022 17:40:10 GMT

This article published as "More Resilient, More Sustainable" in April 2022 issue

Portland Cement Association shares the Roadmap to Carbon Neutrality

05 Apr 2022 17:14:20 GMT

This article published as "Rehabilitating Infrastructure, Reducing Emissions" in April 2022 issue

Caltrans awards funding for local sustainable transportation projects

05 Apr 2022 16:03:18 GMT

The agency awarded $34.7 million to projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve state highways

Network of multimodal trails connects communities in Delaware

28 Mar 2022 19:57:21 GMT

DelDOT building a system of trails to give pedestrians and cyclists a safer, more connected route

FTA awards bus, transit facility modernization grants to 70 projects

16 Mar 2022 14:58:09 GMT

Funding authorized under the Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities Program

NAPA Quality in Construction Awards 2021

03 Mar 2022 20:52:28 GMT

Developing an innovative in-pavement charging solution for electric vehicles in Indiana

03 Mar 2022 18:44:43 GMT

This feature published as "Charging Made Easy" in March 2022 issue

U.S. DOT, Energy Department announce $5B for national EV charging network

11 Feb 2022 19:06:13 GMT

Each state required to submit EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan to new Joint Office of Energy and Transportation

Michigan awards contract to build wireless electric vehicle road charging system

04 Feb 2022 16:37:06 GMT

State selected Electreon to build an electric road system in Detroit

NAPA unveils Climate Action Plan for asphalt pavement industry

31 Jan 2022 17:57:43 GMT

Association calling on asphalt industry to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050

Caltrans approves use of low-carbon cement to reduce carbon footprint in transportation

26 Jan 2022 17:40:44 GMT

Department to advance use of portland limestone cement (PLC) in order to generate less carbon dioxide

U.S. DOT seeks public input on draft five-year DOT Strategic Framework

08 Dec 2021 16:44:35 GMT

Public given opportunity to help shape department’s goals and priorities for the nation’s transportation system

New Mexico DOT opens I-25 University Avenue Project

06 Dec 2021 18:40:44 GMT

The $34 million project is designed to improve safety and traffic flow at one of the city's busiest traffic interchanges

U.S. DOT announces $1B in RAISE infrastructure grants to 90 projects

19 Nov 2021 18:33:50 GMT

Program selection criteria includes safety, environmental sustainability, and state of good repair

Biden signs Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law

15 Nov 2021 20:54:13 GMT

The House of Representatives passed the legislation on Nov. 5, while the Senate voted in favor of the bill on Aug. 10

Louisiana to receive $6B from Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

10 Nov 2021 16:50:32 GMT

The U.S. House of Representatives just passed the bipartisan infrastructure bill last week

Better traffic signals save time ... and can help save the planet

25 Oct 2021 18:08:29 GMT

Traffic signal optimization is more than just changing signal cycles to move a few cars

Senate committee releases funding bill for U.S. Department of Transportation

25 Oct 2021 15:59:11 GMT

The bill provides U.S. DOT with $90.5 billion in total budgetary resources

L.A. Metro running all zero-emission electric buses on Orange Line

14 Oct 2021 22:03:34 GMT

Metro first began converting its bus fleet to electric buses in July 2020

U.S. DOT releases climate adaptation and resilience plan

08 Oct 2021 16:58:43 GMT

Plan focuses on ensuring that federally supported transportation infrastructure considers climate change impacts

Is this sustainable?

27 Aug 2021 15:08:10 GMT

Seeing trends in climate change action and sustainability goals

Transit agency in Harris County, Texas adopts sustainability goals

26 Aug 2021 22:37:56 GMT

Vision includes the adoption of a 100% zero-emission bus replacement goal by 2030