The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has moved its press release hosting page, AASHTO News, from https://aashtonews.wpengine.com to a new web address: https://transportation.org/pressreleases. All AASHTO News items – from event notifications, executive leadership announcements, and transportation policy commentary, can now be found at the new https://transportation.org/pressreleases web address. Please update your records, […]
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Wisconsin DOT Secretary Craig Thompson Elected AASHTO VP
Maggie Kasperski, AASHTO Communications and Marketing Director 01/06/2023 0 COMMENTSWASHINGTON— The board of directors of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials unanimously elected Craig Thompson – secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation – as its 2022-2023 vice president on Thursday, Jan. 5. Thompson replaces former AASHTO Vice President and director of the Michigan Department of Transportation Paul Ajegba. Ajegba retired […]
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Maggie Kasperski, AASHTO Communications and Marketing Director 10/22/2022 0 COMMENTSJulie Lorenz, Kansas DOT secretary, among Honorees ORLANDO — The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials presented awards to Julie Lorenz, secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation, along with 10 other individuals, teams, and state department of transportation programs for outstanding achievement this week during its 2022 annual meeting. “These annual […]
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Maggie Kasperski, AASHTO Communications and Marketing Director 10/29/2021 0 COMMENTSFormer AASHTO President & Utah DOT Executive Director Carlos Braceras among Honorees SAN DIEGO — This week, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials presented awards during its annual meeting to Carlos Braceras – 2018-2019 AASHTO President and Utah Department of Transportation executive director – former AASHTO Executive Director Bud Wright, and seven […]
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ITS America, AASHTO Take Legal Action to Retain 5.9 GHz Band for V2X Technologies
facesoftransportation 06/02/2021 0 COMMENTSWASHINGTON – The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) today filed an appeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) November 2020 order regarding unlicensed devices in the 5.9 GHz spectrum band. ITS America and AASHTO took this action to ensure Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technologies […]
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