From pittsburghlive.com: PennDOT halts construction projects until transportation funding increases
From brownsvilleherald.com: Private financing and revenue bonds could build toll road in Texas

According to "Connecting Rural and Urban America," a new report released at news conferences held in Little Rock, Ark., and Wichita, Kan., more investment is needed in America's rural transportation system to keep agriculture, new energy products, and freight moving; improve access for the travel, recreation, and tourism industries; connect new and emerging cities; and to ensure reliable access to key defense installations.

From deseretnews.com: New construction technology uses GPS in road projects
From usatoday.com: Denver airport breaks ground on rail line to downtown

Axion International Holdings, Inc., producer of the world’s strongest recycled, composite plastic industrial building products, announced that a paper entitled “World’s First Thermoplastic Railroad Bridges” will be presented on Aug. 31 at this year’s American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) conference in Orlando, Fla.

From bostonherald.com: Experts sound alarm on crumbling T spans
From joc.com: Former highway official calls for transportation funding plan

In all, 28 projects, comprising six bridges and 22 buildings throughout North America, were named winners in the 2010 PCI Design Awards competition sponsored by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute.

The University at Buffalo introduces a new, graduate-level course worth three credit hours called “Emerging Technologies in Bridge Engineering” (CIE-580).

The Illinois Tollway has identified issues with its violation enforcement system that resulted in a two-year backlog of unsent toll violation notices for many Indiana customers.