Big developments and big setbacks marked transportation construction in 2015, a year in which two journalists traveled across America in a rusty 1949 Hudson to see how infrastructure projects are getting done.
The expansion of transportation infrastructure continues to be the common denominator across regions experiencing robust growth and urbanization as well as those seeking to stimulate or diversify their economic profile.
The advent of autonomous vehicles (AVs), ride-sharing services, and other culture and technology trends portends transformative changes to the U.S. transportation system.
Tuesday, Nov. 3, proved to be a good day at the polls for infrastructure funding, with voters in eight states endorsing a variety of ballot measures aimed at generating new revenue for transportation and related projects.
Officials in Williston, N.D., are pressing ahead with plans for a new $254-million airport to replace Sloulin International Airport, which experienced a tenfold increase in traffic between 2008 and 2014, partially due to the oil-shale boom in the region.
