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Showing posts with label highways. Show all posts
Showing posts with label highways. Show all posts
Friday, January 13, 2023

Electric school buses going rural; Missouri plans fall rollout

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Row of electric buses (Photo by Bill O'Leary, The Washington Post) Electric vehicles don't have a high profile in rural Missouri, bu...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Photo essay: A bypassed town tries to keep going

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The big road in Crab Orchard, Kentucky, is US 150, which began as the northwest leg of the Wilderness Road blazed by Daniel Boone and others...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2022

States giving rural road work a boost with new federal aid

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US 50 near Delta, Colo., below Grand Mesa, after rehabilitation (Colorado Department of Transportation photo) Some states are using last yea...
Monday, March 21, 2022

Deadly Texas crash with 13-year-old driver draws attention to rural custom of allowing young teens behind the wheel

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Texas state troopers survey the wreckage from a fatal March 16 crash in west Texas caused by a 13-year-old driver. ( Associated Press photo...
Monday, March 14, 2022

State of Wyoming has an new app to claim roadkill

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Jaden Bales provided this picture showing the outline of a mule deer doe that was struck by a friend's car on US 287 near Lander, Wyo. H...
Tuesday, March 08, 2022

Rural America faces challenges in adopting electric vehicles

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Electric vehicles are increasingly popular, but it may be a while before they're feasible in rural America. It depends a great deal on w...
Tuesday, November 09, 2021

Infrastructure bill has much for rural America

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One square equals $1 billion. ( Washington Post chart; click to enlarge) The $1.2 trillion infrastructure package Congress passed on Friday ...
Friday, August 20, 2021

Infrastructure bill's roads focus is on rehabilitation, but more than 1/3 of states' capital spending on roads is for new ones

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Washington Post chart While Congress moves an infrastructure bill, many states are still focused on building new roads or expanding existing...
Wednesday, August 04, 2021

Infrastructure bill has funds for Appalachian highways, wildlife corridors, rural weather-resilience grants, more

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The Rural Blog has already listed some of the rural-interest features in the bipartisan infrastructure package, but here are some more, as...
Thursday, July 29, 2021

What's in the bipartisan infrastructure bill? How's it funded?

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What's in the bipartisan infrastructure bill pending in the Senate? The Wall Street Journal reports : "According to the White House...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Senators reach apparent deal on infrastructure package

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"Senate Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday appeared to clinch a deal that would invest roughly $1 trillion into the nation’s infras...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Senate's bipartisan $300 billion infrastructure proposal includes new rural surface transportation grant program

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"Lawmakers on a Senate committee that deals with infrastructure on Saturday released a bipartisan, $303.5 billion draft proposal to rea...
Monday, December 07, 2020

Less highway traffic in pandemic may have boosted rural car-wreck mortality rate by encouraging speeding

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There were fewer traffic fatalities in 2020's second quarter than in 2019's, but that's because fewer vehicles were on the road ...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Idaho Statesman investigation reveals some private contractors cheated the state on tests of road repairs

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Here's a great example of watchdog journalism: The Idaho Statesman recently published an investigation revealing that private contract...
Friday, November 22, 2019

Study: mobile apps could better measure rural road damage, help decide where repair money goes

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Rural roads are a vital resource, but many states have decreased funding for rural road upkeep, so it’s important to find cost-effective, re...
Tuesday, October 08, 2019

Wisconsin may join states that teach commercial truck drivers how to keep an eye out for human trafficking

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A bill in the Wisconsin state Senate would give more long-haul truck drivers the tools to help fight human trafficking. A similar bill was ...
Monday, August 19, 2019

North Dakota Highway Patrol and a sheriff's department in the state get federal permission to fly drones over people

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The Federal Aviation Administration has granted the North Dakota Highway Patrol and the Burleigh County Sheriff's Department in N...
Thursday, August 01, 2019

Administration poised to relax truck driver safety rules; critics say deadly truck crashes up 40% since 2009

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The Trump administration is expected to relax trucking safety rules that many drivers see as too restrictive, but safety advocates disagree...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019

State officials urge senators to consider needs of rural areas in highway and infrastructure funding

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The head of the Wyoming Department of Transportation  urged Congress this month to take account of rural roads and what they mean for the c...
Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Thousands of U.S. bridges need repair; look up local data

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About 178 million vehicles daily cross more than 47,000 U.S. bridges urgently in need of repair, according to the 2019 Bridge Report compi...