Today is the first day of National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW). In all 50 states and the District of Columbia, state departments of transportation and others are marking the week, hoping to raise the awareness of drivers as the spring road construction season begins.
Over the past 100 years, roadway construction zone signage has become increasingly uniform. This is important, because in 2022 drivers of both cars and trucks pass through many local and state jurisdictions during their...
“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.” This year, NWZAW will be held next week – April 11-15 – and will be hosted by the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). Although the Federal Highway Administration, American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and each of the state...
In a recent FreightWaves Classics article, the story of Dr. June McCarroll was recounted. According to a historic marker, “She personally painted the first known stripe in California on Indio Boulevard, then part of U.S. Route 99, during 1917.”
In the same article it was reported that the first documented use of a painted centerline was recorded on Trenton’s River Road in Wayne County, Michigan in 1911. Edward N. Hines, chairman of the Wayne County Board of Roads, was the first person who...
International Women’s Day, a global celebration of the economic, political and social achievements of women, began on March 8, 1911. Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society and has been observed annually in March in the United States since 1987.
To help celebrate Women’s History Month, FreightWaves Classics will continue to profile a number of women who made contributions to transportation during the month of March.
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This fireside chat recap is from Day 3 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. Day 3 focuses on CPG/food shippers.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Infrastructure investment and last-mile delivery
DETAILS: President Joe Biden unveiled a $1.3 trillion, 10-year infrastructure plan last year that will be the blueprint for an infrastructure package that the freight transportation industry is hoping Congress will pass later this year. Biden’s blueprint holds investment opportunities for last-mile freight...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-recap:-biden-blueprint-for-last-mile-delivery
Minnesota wants to streamline its commercial driver’s license (CDL) skills testing process, and federal regulators are reconsidering the state’s initial exemption request, which was denied in 2017.
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety (MDPS) in 2016 asked that it be allowed to combine the vehicle control skills and on-road driving parts of the CDL skills test. It also asked to be exempted from using the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) 2005 Test Model Score...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/minnesota-asks-for-cdl-skills-testing-relief
