Oklahoma Moves Up in Highway Bridge Conditions Ranking September 17, 2021 Oklahoma moved from No. 9 in the nation to No. 7 among states with the lowest percentages of structurally deficient...
It’s Time to Rewrite The Rules That Make U.S. Roads So Deadly: Viewpoint March 31, 2021 By Sara Bronin A 25-year-old Yale Law student. A crossing guard. A 78-year-old woman. A high-school teacher. These are but four of the...
North Carolina to Receive $51M in Federal Aid for Storm-Ravaged Roads, Bridges September 13, 2019 North Carolina will get some much-needed money to help with mounting repair costs the state has incurred in response to...
Federal Flood Repair Projects in West Virginia Behind Schedule May 1, 2019 Hundreds of federally funded flood disaster assistance projects in West Virginia are behind schedule. The Intelligencer reports it’s been more...
Guardrail Manufacturer Sued Over South Carolina, Tennessee Accidents February 5, 2018 By Meg Kinnard A guardrail manufacturer created a product whose design flaws led to one woman’s death and another’s permanent disfigurement, according to...
Tennessee to Replace Guardrails Involved in Fatal Crashes April 19, 2017 Tennessee is preparing to replace numerous guardrail parts after the state determined that a certain model of end piece didn’t...
Vermont to Study Environmental Risks of Proposed Rail Tunnel December 19, 2016 By Wilson Ring Vermont transportation officials have decided to pursue a more detailed environmental study of a proposed $40 million rail tunnel project...
Deadly Oklahoma Rail Crossing Flagged for Improvements in 2011 August 12, 2016 Records indicate that the railroad crossing where a woman and her three sons died Sunday in eastern Oklahoma had been...
Trinity Says Virginia Orders More Tests for Highway Guardrails August 31, 2015 By Patrick G. Lee Trinity Industries Inc.’s guardrail system will undergo additional crash testing by Virginia, raising new questions about a device on roadways...
Judge Fines Texas Guardrail Maker $663M over Design Changes June 11, 2015 By David Koenig and Jamie Stengle A federal judge ordered a Texas company to pay $663 million in damages for failing to tell the government about...