2019
Traffic Safety Industry Division celebrates 40th anniversary.
2018
National Work Zone Management Conference held in Herndon, Va.
2018
Safety Certification for Transportation Project ProfessionalsTM program earns international accreditation from the American National Standards Institute.
2017
Transportation Construction Safety Center launched (www.artbasafetycenter.org).
2019
"Project 2019 Reauthorization Task Force” developed the legislative blueprint for the next federal highway and public transit bill, due in 2020.
Federal Highway Administration Backtracks on Obama-Era “Greenhouse Gas” Tracking Measure
(WASHINGTON)—The Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) May 19 decision to suspend a controversial Obama Administration proposal requiring the tracking of “greenhouse gas” (GHG) emissions from transportation improvements will help save taxpayer dollars and prevent those projects from additional unnecessary delays, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) says. The proposal was part of larger performance [...]
Statement Relating to Senate Passage of the DRIVE Act
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The following is a statement from Transportation Construction Coalition Co-chairs Pete Ruane, president & CEO of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, and Stephen Sandherr, chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America regarding the Senate's approval of a multi-year highway/transit bill: "On behalf of the 31 national associations and construction [...]
House Passes Three-Month Highway & Transit Program Extension
As expected, the House of Representatives July 29 easily passed 385-34 a three-month extension of the federal surface transportation programs that would keep funds flowing to the states through October 29.
Senate Six-Year Bill Work Continues Despite Another Extension
Senate GOP leaders announced they would accept the three-month surface transportation program extension proposal released by House Republicans. This development in no way should be interpreted as the Senate backing away from its six-year surface transportation reauthorization bill.