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How NCDOT Is Building A Recycling Culture

In 1999, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) decreased landfill waste by nearly 4,000 tons (3,628 metric tons) through recycling and waste-reduction activities.

Vermont Rest Area Uses Green Wastewater Treatment System

When the sewage treatment system failed at Vermont's busiest interstate highway rest area, "up from the ground came a bubblin'" something that was crude and smelly, but it wasn't oil. State officials had a serious problem that had to be corrected quickly.

An Australian Road Review

In November 1999, I was a keynote speaker at an Australian national conference on transport corridor management. Speaking at the conference gave me the opportunity to take a 2,500-kilometer road trip while I was in Australia.

Advantages of The Split Intersection

This article is adapted from a paper presented by the authors at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in January 2000 in Washington, D.C.

One Mile in Five: Debunking The Myth

Editor's Note: In the following article, we let the Federal Highway Administration's "unofficial historian" get something off his chest. He needed to vent.

National Transportation Week, May 14-20

"Transportation is the tie that binds us," said Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater during a March 8 rally of representatives from more than 30 organizations.