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FHWA Announces Funding Opportunity for Technology Grants

The Federal Highway Administration recently announced the availability of $60 million in grant funding for groups working on projects that involve transportation technologies.

July 7, 2020
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FHWA Grant Supports Automated Truck Corridor on Interstate 70

A team of partners including the Indiana and Ohio departments of transportation has been awarded a federal grant of $4.4 million in support of an automated truck corridor.

June 17, 2020
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Food Trucks Hit Snags in Securing Permits for Rest Stops

A plan by federal regulators to allow food trucks at rest areas has hit some speed bumps.

April 22, 2020
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FHWA Permits Food Trucks at Rest Areas During Coronavirus Crisis

The Federal Highway Administration on April 3 issued a notice to state departments of transportation that the agency will allow food trucks to operate and sell food at federally funded interstate highway rest areas to support commercial truck drivers during the coronavirus emergency.

April 3, 2020
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FHWA Distributes $653 Million for Emergency Infrastructure Repairs

The Federal Highway Administration is awarding $653.2 million in emergency relief funds to assist states and territories that have experienced infrastructure damage.

February 28, 2020
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Legislation Proposes Naming USDOT’s Headquarters After William T. Coleman Jr.

Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate proposes naming the U.S. Department of Transportation’s headquarters after William T. Coleman Jr., secretary of transportation during the Ford administration.

January 31, 2020
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Campaign to Address Transportation Management and Operations Workforce Development

The National Operations Center of Excellence launched a workforce development campaign geared toward professionals in the transportation systems management and operations field.

January 27, 2020
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FHWA Grant Will Support Autonomous Crash Truck in North Dakota

The North Dakota Department of Transportation will use a recently awarded federal grant to deploy an autonomous attenuator truck.

January 24, 2020
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FHWA to Release Updated Jason’s Law Truck Parking Survey

WASHINGTON — Results of a comprehensive national federal survey of truck parking availability will be made public in the next few months, according to a Jan. 15 presentation at the Transportation Research Board annual meeting.

January 15, 2020
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FHWA Says New Highway Project Rule Encourages Use of Innovative Materials

The Federal Highway Administration has issued a final rule that it said will provide greater flexibility for states to use proprietary or patented materials in federal-aid highway projects.

September 26, 2019

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