Articles Tagged: Iowa Department of Transportation

Law enforcement officials, advocates and grieving families of Iowans killed by distracted drivers packed a Senate committee room Wednesday to again implore lawmakers to ban motorists' handheld use of mobile devices behind the wheel.

According to a press release from the Iowa DNR, the semi driver was headed east on the interstate and pulled over after noticing the tires were smoking.

Also in the Capitol Notebook: A campaign is launched for hands-free driving law.

A coding error resulted in the misallocation of more than $27.5 million in court fees over 4 budget years, according to the Iowa Judicial Branch

In a year since it was unveiled on app stores, Iowa Mobile ID has been used by more than 38,000 Iowans, according to the Department of Transportation

The city of Cedar Rapids has submitted an appeal to the Iowa Department of Transportation to approve the use of two automated traffic enforcement cameras that were rejected last month.

Also, Iowa AG demands company stop suspected scam robocalls

Iowa law enforcement officials urge drivers to avoid distracted driving and exercise caution in construction zones

How do the Iowa Department of Transportation and the city of Cedar Rapids handle animal carcasses on Iowa’s roads? And how can you report them?

The left-turn lanes on Blairs Ferry Road NE onto Interstate 380 will be closed for the next three months as the bridge over the interstate is redone.

The city of Cedar Rapids is planning for $10 million in improvements to streets connecting to where the Iowa DOT will reconstruct the Wright Brothers Boulevard and I-380 interchange.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and state agency leaders provided updates on government efforts to assist Iowans whose homes have been damaged by or last to natural disasters over the past few months.

Getting behind the wheel of a huge orange truck for the first time can be intimidating, the retired doctors says. And just like surgery, complicated machines take a great deal of skill to operate effectively.

A new state law requires Iowa local governments to obtain a permit to continue using automated traffic enforcement cameras beyond Oct. 1

Crash happened as lane was closed in Pottawattamie County.