Fallen interstate sign shows importance of asset management

Melissa Savage
Melissa Savage|March 15, 2012

A few weeks ago, in Northern Virginia, a 30 foot highway sign fell onto I-66 and landed on a passing pickup truck.  Fortunately, no one was hurt, but it drew media attention and caused motorists in the area to wonder about the safety of other signs and the transportation network [...]

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Analytics helping transportation officials get the job done in tight financial times

Melissa Savage
Melissa Savage|February 9, 2012

The American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials recently released a top 10 list of transportation issues that will be “talked, written or tweeted and legislated about” in 2012.   As expected, funding constraints and Congressional action on reauthorization appear on the list but the group also notes that natural disaster [...]

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Crumbling U.S. infrastructure not just about roads, but economic survival

Melissa Savage
Melissa Savage|September 20, 2011

In 2009, SAFETEA-LU—the legislation that outlines federal transportation funding for the states—expired. Since then, members of Congress have been kicking the can down the road, passing funding extensions instead of passing legislation.  The major impact of this failure to act is that the U.S. continues to slip further and further [...]

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Happy birthday, US Interstates. Now what?

Melissa Savage
Melissa Savage|August 23, 2011

The highway system traversing the United States quietly hit a milestone last month with the 55th anniversary of the Federal Aid Highway Act. In 1956 President Eisenhower had a vision for our nation’s infrastructure; he knew that building an interstate highway system was vital, and expressed that “Together, the united [...]

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