By David Rookhuyzen / ADOT Communications The thrills of aerobatic piloting skills are on full display in these photos taken at the Festival of Flight, an airshow held at the Phoenix Deer Valley Municipal Airport in April 1978. The show was sponsored by community service organization the Arizona Jaycees. It featured, among other things, a visit … Read more
Idaho Transportation Department Director Brian Ness was recently named to the Executive Committee of the 2018 Transportation Research Board (TRB). The TRB is a unit of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, and serves as an independent adviser to the President of the United States, the Congress, and federal and state agencies on … Read more
MASON CITY, Iowa – April 26, 2018 – Work continues on the Iowa 3 reconstruction project in Waverly. Replacement of the railroad crossing on Iowa 3 near 12th Street NW will require closing roadway to traffic beginning Monday morning, April 30, until Friday, May 18, weather permitting, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Mason … Read more
AMES, Iowa – April 26, 2018 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing Tuesday, May 8, between 5 and 7 p.m. at the Charles Briggs Civic Center, 317 N. Water St., in Wapello. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the proposed improvements of U.S. 61 in Louisa County from … Read more
By Doug Nintzel / ADOT Communications With last year’s installation of the pilot Interstate 17 wrong-way vehicle detection and warning system in Phoenix, the Arizona Department of Transportation has looked ahead to sharing information about the project with other states also responding to challenges involving often-impaired wrong-way drivers. An opportunity to do that happened this month when … Read more
Westbound H-1 Freeway Airport offramp (Exit 16) closed for sign replacement project at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Posted on Apr 25, 2018 in Airports News, Main, News HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Airports Division advises Oahu motorists that the Airport offramp (Exit 16) from the westbound H-1 Freeway will be … Read more
April 25, 2018 ~ Community support for law enforcement is critical ~ Tallahassee, Fla. – Yesterday evening, Trooper Vanessa Franceschi was conducting a traffic stop on Florida’s Turnpike in Miami-Dade County when a motorist intentionally struck her patrol car. The suspect fled through traffic, and without hesitation, Trooper Franceschi heroically pursued and skillfully conducted a … Read more
CHARITON, Iowa – April 25, 2018 – Northbound traffic on Interstate 35 in Decatur County will be shifted to a head-to-head pattern in the southbound lanes beginning at 7 a.m. Friday, May 4, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Chariton construction office. The traffic pattern change is necessary to allow for grading and paving … Read more
By John Halikowski / ADOT Director “Buckle Up, Buttercup” is the year’s winner in the Arizona Department of Transportation’s Safety Message Contest. The runner-up messages were “Road Rage Gives You Wrinkles” and “Camping in the Left Lane Attracts Bears.” All three safety messages appeared on overhead signs statewide this past weekend. I want to thank … Read more
Department of Revenue Rolls Out Web-Based Renewal Requirements Application by Missouri Department of Revenue