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There’s an app for that: Mobile apps improving rural roads

Rural roads are more than just scenic routes. In fact, unpaved roads make up 58 percent of the state’s total road mileage, according to the 2015 Illinois Highways and Street Mileage Statistics.

A real jam: ICT-IDOT improving your commute one stoplight at a time

Workweek traffic often feels like a rat race. Horns beeping, road-rage drivers, you name it. We’re all just trying to make it through the stoplight to punch in on time.

A clear path home: IDOT’s potential all-pavement marking improvements bring ‘good news’ for motorists

Driving at night is one thing. Driving in the dark when it’s raining cats and dogs is another. Once you lose the ability to see the centerline markings, it can get downright dangerous.

Bold Plans for the Future: Lyft, Uber Explore Autonomous Vehicles

In the era of ride-hailing, service providers often find themselves in contention with one another waiting to see who comes out victorious. Perhaps the most highly contended ride-hailer brawl is the one between Lyft and Uber.

Setting the Standard: State-of-the-Practice Load Factors Expected to Extend Some Illinois Bridges’ Lifecycles, Save Cost

We drive over them without a second thought. Yet, last January the American Road & Transportation Builders released its 2017 report labelling 2,303 Illinois bridges structurally deficient using figures from the Federal Highway Administration.

News and Events

  • The Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative invites you to submit problem statements describing proposed research in the field
  • Fourth International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics 
  • 11th International Conference on Managing Pavement Assets
  • 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers International Airfield and Highway Pavements Conference
  • Accelerated Pavement Testing 6th International Conference

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