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The Materials Standards are updated three times ..... Read More Buy Now Standard Specifications for Transportation Materials and Methods of Sampling and Testing, and AASHTO Provisional Standards, 40th Edition, 2020, 10-User PDF Download The AASHTO Materials Standards contain specifications, test methods, and provisional standards commonly used in the construction of highway facilities. The Materials Standards are updated three times ..... Read More Buy Now Close AASHTOWare AASHTOWare Check out the updated features on the new AASHTOWare.org website. Read More AASHTOWare May 2018 Highlights Here are the AASHTOWare May 2018 Program Highlights in time for AASHTO’s spring meeting. Read More AASHTOWare Data Analytics Project Solicitation AASHTO has released a project proposal for the development of AASHTOWare Project Data Analytics. Learn more about this new addition to the AASHTOWare Project Software Series. 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Council members include all 52 AASHTO participating transportation departments. If you are a new member of the Council, please refer to this Reference Guide for more information about the committee. For more information on AASHTO passenger rail or freight activities, please contact Shayne Gill at 202-624-3630. Hot Topics U.S. Department of Transportation Announces More Than $22 Million in Grants to Restore and Enhance Intercity Passenger Rail Network FY19 Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program Project Selections To download the document: Click Here FRA TRESPASSER & GRADE CROSSING FATALITY PREVENTION SUMMIT The FRA hosted the Trespasser & Grade Crossing Fatality Prevention Summit on October 29, 2018. The video/audio of all speaker presentations and remarks along with presentations are posted for each session here . AASHTO Freight Rail Study Support Services , 2nd edition, is now available. The report examines changes to the economy and rail industry since the release of the 2002 Freight Bottom Line Report . It focuses on the industries most impacted by publicly funded improvements to rail infrastructure, as well as the appropriateness of public/private partnerships to advance nationally significant rail network projects. The report is available here . Connecticut DOT launches new Hartford Line Service Past Events 2017 AASHTO Spring Meeting Roundtable on Freight and Passenger Rail Presentations 2016 AASHTO Annual Meeting Roundtable on Freight and Passenger Rail Presentations Commissioner Joseph Giulietti, Connecticut DOT Giulietti began his transportation career with Connecticut’s Metro-North commuter railroad in 1983, departing in 1998 to head up the Tri-Rail system in southern Florida, before retur...