American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

08/25/2026

Twelve state department of transportation projects in Alabama Department of Transportation , Florida Department of Transportation, Georgia Department of Transportation, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), North Carolina Department of Transportation, SCDOT, myTDOT, Virginia Department of Transportation and West Virginia Department of Transportation have won top regional honors in the 2026 America’s Transportation Awards competition. From expanding transportation options in rural communities through microtransit to deploying cutting-edge innovations like advanced air mobility and vehicle-to-everything technology, these projects are making communities safer, more connected, and improving quality of life.

GREENVILLE, S.C.— Twelve state department of transportation projects in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia have won top regional honors in the 2026 America’s Transportation Awards competition. From expanding transportation ...

08/25/2026

Today in Transportation History, 1893: A Steam Yacht Sets a New Water Speed Record While Racing in New York Harbor.

The yacht Feiseen established a new speed record for steam-powered, propeller-driven vessels during a race against the fast-paced passenger steamboat Monmouth in New York Harbor. Originally measuring 78 feet and nine inches (24 meters) in length, Feiseen was launched that past spring at City Island in the town of Pelham, New York. (This area of Pelham is now part of the Bronx.)

Read more: https://transportationhistory.org/2026/08/25/1893-a-steam-yacht-sets-a-new-water-speed-record-while-racing-in-new-york-harbor/

08/25/2026

Watch: Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Rock Ridge Transportation Improvements won the America’s Transportation Award for Safety, Medium Project Category in MAASTO region.

Learn more about this project: https://americastransportationawards.org/2026/08/10/minnesota-department-of-transportations-rock-ridge-transportation-improvements/

08/25/2026

Watch: Illinois Department of Transportation’s Improving Safety, CREATEing Opportunity: The Forest Hill Flyover won the America’s Transportation Award for Safety, Large Project Category in MAASTO region.

Learn more about this project: https://americastransportationawards.org/2026/08/10/illinois-department-of-transportations-improving-safety-createing-opportunity-the-forest-hill-flyover/

08/24/2026

Watch: Missouri Department of Transportation’s Missouri Route 13, U.S. Route 160 and Missouri Route 248 Roundabout Construction in Stone County won the America’s Transportation Award for Safety, Small Project Category in MAASTO region.

Learn more about this project: https://americastransportationawards.org/2026/08/10/missouri-department-of-transportations-missouri-route-13-u-s-route-160-and-missouri-route-248-roundabout-construction-in-stone-county/

08/24/2026

Today in Transportation History, 2020: Operations Begin for an Aerial Tramway in the Skies Above India.

In the state of Assam in northeastern India, a newly installed aerial tramway system in the greater Guwahati region was formally inaugurated. Guwahati Ropeway crosses the Brahmaputra River and serves as a link between the neighborhood and commercial center of Panbazar in the city of Guwahati on the river’s southern bank; and the village of Rajadwar in the town of North Guwahati on the northern bank. The specific endpoints for this twin-track airborne means of transit are the Kachari Ghat Terminal in Panbazar and the Rajadwar Terminal.

Read more: https://transportationhistory.org/2026/08/24/2020-operations-begin-for-an-aerial-tramway-in-the-skies-above-india/

08/24/2026

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08/21/2026

Watch: Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s I-894, 84th to 35th Street won the America’s Transportation Award for Best Use of Technology & Innovation, Medium Project Category in MAASTO region.

Learn more about this project: https://americastransportationawards.org/2026/08/10/wisconsin-department-of-transportations-i-894-84th-to-35th-street/

08/21/2026

Today in Transportation History, The Third Regional Meeting Centered Around Plans for a U.S. Numbered Highway System Transpires in Chicago.

The third of the 1925 regional meetings of the Joint Board on Interstate Highways was held in a place that had been famously characterized by poet Carl Sanburg (1878-1967) as the City of Big Shoulders. This regional meeting, as with those both past and future, would largely involve having attendees figure out and decide upon those routes that should form the U.S. Numbered Highway System.

Read more: https://transportationhistory.org/2026/08/21/the-third-regional-meeting-centered-around-plans-for-a-u-s-numbered-highway-system-transpires-in-chicago/

08/21/2026

This week's AASHTO Journal is now available.

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