Taking its cue from federal legislation that recommended managing transportation intermodally, Iowa's Department of Transportation merged its departments and set up teams of staffers to work on proj- ects for all modes of transportation.

As state transportation departments nationwide race to put up enough noise walls to quell the complaints of highway-side residents, Minnesota officials are entertaining a novel idea: tear some walls down.

When Virginia recently opened 1.7 miles of highway in the southwestern part of the state, it killed several birds with one piece of asphalt.

States go to great lengths to reunite unclaimed property with its rightful--sometimes unappreciative--owner.

To the people of Belgium, Manneken Pis is a whimsical fountain statue portraying a little boy urinating. To the people of Ohio, however, Manneken Pis is a brand of Belgian beer that can no longer be sold in- state.