News Transportation Construction Continues in Most States; Industry Taking Steps to Ensure Worker Safety as Business Impacts Felt, National Survey Finds Respondents Urge Congress to Pass Multiyear Highway and Transit Funding Bill to Aid U.S. Economic Recovery (WASHINGTON)—Many of the businesses and public agencies that design, build [...]
News New Grassroots and Advertising Campaign Urges Congressional Action on Transportation Infrastructure(WASHINGTON)—The U.S. transportation construction industry has launched a grassroots and advocacy advertising campaign on multiple fronts to increase pressure on Congress and the Trump administration to act in 2020 on a permanent Highway Trust Fund (HTF) revenue [...]
News ARTBA Foundation Seeks Nominations for the 2020 Transportation Development Hall of Fame Class (WASHINGTON)—The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Transportation Development Hall of Fame. Launched in 2010, the Hall “honors individuals or families from the public [...]
News ARTBA Foundation Seeks Nominations for Annual Industry Leader Development Program Deadline: April 1 (WASHINGTON)—The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) is accepting nominations for its 2020 Industry Leader Development Program (ILDP), the 25th annual class of the first-of-its-kind introduction to federal and [...]
News Results Could Generate Almost $10 billion in Revenue (WASHINGTON)— Voters in 19 states Nov. 5 sent a decisive message of support for transportation investment, approving almost 90 percent of 305 state and local transportation ballot measures. In total, the 270 approved initiatives are [...]
ARTBA and its members successfully urged the repeal of a 103-year-old federal procurement rule, opening the way for new technologies and innovation.
News (WASHINGTON)—Variable-rate taxes on motor fuels, registration fees for electric vehicles and road usage charges are among several options North Carolina officials should consider in raising new revenue to fund the state’s growing transportation infrastructure needs, according to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Transportation Investment [...]
Utilization of the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse hits all-time high.
Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship program marks 20th anniversary.