This Week at NCDOT: Reporting Potholes and Sober Driving by RALEIGH – The following are highlights from this week at the N.C. Department of Transportation. The stories below are also featured in NCDOT Now, the department’s weekly newscast. Reporting Potholes While snow and ice from the recent winter storms has melted, one of the side … Read more
By Peter Corbett / ADOT Communications Most visits to rest areas are brief, but Davina Six’s stay at ADOT’s Painted Cliffs Rest Area, on Interstate 40 in Lupton, has lasted more than a decade. It’s where she lives, works and plays. Six is a second-generation Painted Cliffs caretaker who lives with her family in a home at the rest … Read more
NCDOT Seeking New Partners for 2018 Watch for Me NC Program by RALEIGH – North Carolina communities interested in participating in the 2018 Watch for Me NC program may now submit applications to the N.C. Department of Transportation. The nationally-recognized program focuses on bicycle and pedestrian safety, education and enforcement. The 2018 campaign is supported … Read more
AMES, Iowa – Feb. 1, 2018 – The Iowa Department of Transportation will hold a public information meeting Tuesday, Feb. 13, to discuss the proposed improvements of U.S. 69 in Ankeny from Interstate 80 north to just south of Southwest Springfield Drive/Southeast 33rd Street in Polk County. All interested persons are invited to attend this … Read more
February 1, 2018 ~ February 2018 is Hit and Run Awareness Month ~ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) and its division of the Florida Highway Patrol are recognizing Hit and Run Awareness Month this February and reminding all motorists to Stay at the Scene when involved in … Read more
HDOT update on Honoapiilani Highway Realignment and Improvements at Keawe Street, January 31, 2018 Posted on Jan 31, 2018 in Highways News, Main, News KAHULUI – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) provides the following updates on the Lahaina Bypass Phase 1B-2, the Honoapiilani Highway Improvements – Keawe Street to Kapunakea Street, and the associated … Read more
By Caroline Carpenter / ADOT Communications “Hamilton,” one of the most successful Broadway musicals ever, opened at ASU Gammage last night. The show made a splash on Broadway and on ADOT’s social media sites. In case you missed it, Hamilton-themed freeway message boards were a hit with our followers. Thanks to all of your tweets, “Hamilton” … Read more
Sign replacement project underway at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Posted on Jan 31, 2018 in Airports News, Main, News Lane closures will be in effect to complete the work HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) Airports Division’s sign replacement project at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) that began last … Read more
By Doug Pacey / ADOT Communications When it comes to posting traffic safety messages on overhead signs, we often look for opportunities to craft messages related to pop culture or local events. So, when the biggest Broadway musical in decades arrives in Arizona, we were not throwing away our shot at the opportunity to engage motorists … Read more
<a href="https://www.azdot.gov/images/default-source/azdot-blog/guardrail_1.jpg?sfvrsn=0"><img src="https://www.azdot.gov/images/default-source/azdot-blog/guardrail_1.jpg?sfvrsn=0" data-displaymode="Original" alt="Guardrail_1" title="Guardrail_1" data-openoriginalimageonclick="true" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;"></a><strong>By John Dougherty /<br><em>ADOT Communications</em></strong><br><br>Occasionally things that are old look beaten up and unattractive. Sometimes they can look weathered with an interesting patina only found on well-aged items. That’s exactly what we found with this guardrail on the old Canyon Diablo bridge near Two Guns … Read more