3/16/2012

Highways
Exit in sight for I-84 GARVEE projects
As the GARVEE program on Interstate 84 in the Treasure Valley corridor wraps up this week, the impact on the transportation system will be evident to motorists for decades to come. Approximately $365 million of improvements on I-84 were funded by GARVEE.
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Highway funding
National report emphasizes need for new investment
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today (March 16) announced that a new report on the state of America’s transportation infrastructure, 2010 Status of the Nation’s Highways, Bridges and Transit: Conditions and Performance, points to a sizeable gap between current spending and projected levels of investment needed to maintain the nation’s highway and transit systems.
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ASCE report card
Civil engineering group issues gloomy report
Growing demand. Lean budgets. Aging infrastructure. Three converging storm fronts. One ominous cloud. The Southern Idaho Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers presented it annual report card on Idaho’s infrastructure during a public news conference Thursday at the state capitol.
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ASCE report
AVIATION: C
Idaho’s aviation sector plays an important role in Idaho’s economy, from passenger travel and freight shipments, to recreation.
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ASCE report
BRIDGES: D-minus
Most bridges are designed and constructed on the assumption of a lifespan of 40 to 60 years. Nearly one-third of the bridges on Idaho’s state system (574) have reached the half-century mark and another 522 will turn 50 years of age within the next decade.
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ASCE report
LOCAL HIGHWAYS: D-minus
Local highways provide a critical transportation link between the places we live, work, and play and also provide connections to state highways. Cities, counties and highway districts provide the necessary structure to enable the appropriate measures to keep this critical link functioning efficiently and effectively.
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ASCE report
RAIL: D-minus
Idaho’s economy, particularly in rural areas, relies heavily on the rail freight system to facilitate movement of the state’s agricultural, mineral, lumber and wood, chemical and other natural resources and manufactured products to local, national and international markets.
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ASCE report
STATE HIGHWAYS: D-minus
The Idaho Transportation Department strives to reduce deficient pavement, increase preventative maintenance and give motorists a safer and smoother ride. He term “deficient” is used to indicate that pavement has fallen below a certain threshold and requires structural remedy.
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ASCE report
TRANSIT: D
It is the purpose of the ASCE report card to examine and grade key components of Idaho’s public transit. The report uses the most recent data available from 2010 and evaluates fixed routes and demand response services of Idaho’s public transit systems.
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ITD culture & diversity
Brown-bag lunch to focus on returning Idaho military
Learn first-hand what it’s like for military veterans to come home from active duty during ITD’s next brown-bag lunch program rescheduled for March 29 at noon in the Darrel V Manning Auditorium/boardroom. Representatives from the Idaho Department of Labor’s (DOL) Veteran’s Services group will discuss what it’s like to be in the military and the challenges that returning veterans and their families face when deployments end.
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Transportation bill
AASHTO director commends Senate
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Executive Director John Horsley today issued a statement upon the passage by the Senate of S. 1813.
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Highway safety
Encore (3-9-12): Highway Safety Summit planned May 8 in Boise
Highway safety and transportation professionals are encouraged to attend the annual Highway Safety Summit to learn of ways ITD and its partners can continue the road Toward Zero deaths on our highways. The all-day summit is scheduled for Tuesday, May 8, at the Owyhee Plaza in Boise. More information will be provided later, but those planning to attend should mark their calendars.
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Highway planning
Encore (3-9-12): Design-build pilot project targeted for Idaho 44
A new, more efficient project-delivery system called Design-Build will be used by ITD for the first time in the state on an intersection-improvement pilot project at North Linder Road and State Street (Idaho 44) near Eagle High School.
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Highway safety
Encore (3-9-12): New safety messages to focus on transforming behavior
More than 30 people representing federal, state and local groups across Idaho participated in a new communications strategy, "Positive Community Norms," that ITD is developing to reduce fatal car crashes.
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Highway safety
Encore (3-9-12): Effort targets impaired drivers
Ensuring safe travel on Idaho’s highways is a prime reason for high-visibility education and enforcement campaigns that target impaired driving, such as one planned statewide beginning Monday and continuing through March 18.
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Highway safety
Encore (3-9-12): Stay Alive at 25 – and all other ages
If your past weekend was anything like mine, then you know that spring is on the way, and with it comes warmer weather and the many outdoor activities we all enjoy from living in Idaho. Also on the horizon is the end of school, and that means young people (both in age and spirit) will be driving more.
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Icon Credit Union
Encore (3-9-12): Nominations accepted for Icon board
The entire credit union benefits when members participate. All members are equal owners of the credit union. Icon Credit Union’s annual meeting is an occasion for management and elected officials to report to you, the owners.
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