Sign up today at: transportationalliance.com for our 132nd Annual Membership Meeting and Construction Forecast event at The Park Event Center in Waite Park, MN.
From electrification and technology innovation to funding updates and sustainability policy, this year’s program delivers insights you can’t get anywhere else - and…
Our Transportation Alliance Washington, D.C. Fly-In is coming up and we're excited to be bringing over 80 transportation professionals from around the state to meet our Congressional members September 16-18th.
Just as Congress needs to act to keep the federal government open and discussions are happening regarding surface transportation reauthorization, our members will be meeting with Minnesota members and staff about the…
Executive Director Margaret Donahoe traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in the 12th Annual National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates hosted by the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center.
Learn more about action in Washington, D. C.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6Gwffuk3fo
The workshop brings together transportation leaders from across the country to discuss policy and funding…
The Minnesota Legislature wrapped up its work for the 2025 Session on June 9th with a one-day special session. The Transportation Budget bill was among the bills needing to be passed. The bill includes a number of Transportation Alliance priorities:
This year’s theme, “People, Purpose, Presence,” highlights three cornerstone ideals that motivate public works professionals to serve in their communities every day. Meeting the needs of people is what gives public works its sense of purpose. Many times, public works professionals will never meet those whose lives have been impacted because when things are going right, no one knows that public works is there. Yet,…
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced the Department has approved another 180 infrastructure grants to get America building again. The latest grants, which total more than $3.2 billion, are part of the unprecedented backlog of more than 3,200 projects the previous administration announced.
The…
National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is an annual spring campaign held at the start of construction season to encourage safe driving through highway work zones. The key message is for drivers to use extra caution in work zones. NWZAW is April 21-25, hosted by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). Learn all about the 2025 theme and poster, find the…
Travelers should prepare to slow down for construction work zones as road projects begin to ramp up across the state, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced today. The agency has nearly 180 road construction projects this season that will help maintain and improve Minnesota’s roads, bridges and transportation infrastructure; improve safety and mobility; and support jobs that will be worked on statewide.
The 2025…
President Biden signed the omnibus $1.7 trillion federal funding package into law.
The final Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 appropriations bill, meeting authorized spending levels for federal road, bridge and public transportation programs and providing supplemental investment…