Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue June 27, 2023
ADOT, Ames Earn America's Transportation Awards Honors
An Arizona Department of Transportation project that replaced the U.S. 60 Pinto Creek Bridge between the East Valley and Globe has received a regional honor. The 2023 America's Transportation Awards named the venture Best Use of Technology and Innovation, Medium Project, for the Western region....
WSDOT - Tue December 13, 2022
Washington State Transportation Plan Earns Top National Award
Washington state's Active Transportation Plan has been named the winner of the People's Choice Award in the national 2022 America's Transportation Awards. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AAA and the U.S....
AASHTO - Mon August 08, 2022
ATA Announces Its 2022 Mid America Region Winners
Eight state department of transportation projects in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio won regional awards in the 2022 America's Transportation Awards competition. The contest honored projects benefiting their respective communities in several ways, such as improving bike and pedestrian facilities and safety along the shores of Lake Superior, finding a way to keep necessary and lifesaving goods moving seamlessly during emergencies and disasters, and making all travelers safer through innovative signal technologies....
Idaho Transportation Department - Tue November 16, 2021
Trifecta: Idaho Transportation Department Wins Three National Awards From AASHTO
The Idaho Transportation Department won three national awards in the AASHTO President's Transportation Awards, announced on Oct. 29 at the group's annual meeting in San Diego, Calif. "Over the past 12 years, the culture has shifted at ITD to a workplace where employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate, and make decisions as close as possible to where the work is being done," said ITD Director Brian Ness....
ODOT - Tue October 19, 2021
Snow Zone Safety Improvement Project Wins AASHTO Honor
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) eastern Oregon team has made some significant safety improvements along Interstate 84 over the past 18 months, and those efforts have garnered a national award from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials....
CEG - Tue October 05, 2021
The $415M I-15 Technology Corridor Project Has Earned UDOT Award Honors
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently announced the Top 12 finalists in the 2021 America's Transportation Awards competition. Work on I-15 — known as the Technology Corridor —Lehi Main to SR 92, has earned the Utah of Department of Transportation the selection of Quality of Life/Community Development in the competition....
AASHTO - Wed September 22, 2021
Seven Western Departments of Transportation Win Awards
Seven state departments of transportation in Arizona, California, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas and Utah earned regional recognition in the 2021 America's Transportation Awards competition for projects providing safer access to kids walking to school, removing a highway to reconnect a community and creating a better way to inform motorists about weather events to save lives, among others....
AASHTO - Wed September 15, 2021
Six State DOTs Win Regional Transportation Project Awards
State departments of transportation in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio and Wisconsin earned regional recognition in the America's Transportation Awards competition for eight projects that quickly restored safe access to a fire-damaged bridge; used drones to increase staff safety while also improving travel efficiency; and expanded a picturesque pedestrian and bike path to improve community connections, among others....
UDOT - Wed September 08, 2021
AASHTO Approves More Than 550 Mi. of Trails in Utah
National transportation officials recently approved more than 550 mil. of bike routes in Utah to the United States Bicycle Routes System (USBRS). These newly designated routes enhance safety and ease for biking in Utah....
UDOT - Tue December 29, 2020
Governor-Elect Reappoints UDOT Executive Director
Utah Governor-Elect Spencer R. Cox reappointed Carlos Braceras today as the executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT). For the past seven years, Braceras has been responsible for UDOT's more than 1,700 employees and the design, construction and maintenance of Utah's 6,000-mile system of roads and highways....
