The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) launched a new round of “Super Kind” Metro Manners videos, an online and print etiquette campaign to continue raising awareness about proper transit etiquette onboard Metro buses and trains. Read More »

Transportation representatives from Caltrans and the San Diego Association of Governments, as well as state and local elected officials and other regional leaders gathered for a press conference to educate the public about the current and future highway and transit projects in the San Diego region that were made possible with funds from Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. Read More »

The Trump Administration may be bad for the policy agenda of environmental activism groups but good for those groups' fundraising, as some of them have signaled their intention to ramp up protests to a number of the administration's energy policy proposals. Read More »

Because the process of hydraulic fracturing is said to create more energy and less pollution in the U.S., the federal government should not want to ban it, retired U.S. Army Capt. James McCormick, program director of Vets4Energy, said. Read More »

When Mark Padien left the U.S. Army in 2006, he found the transition to transportation construction to be a natural fit for his leadership experience. Read More »

Gryphon Sensors, Liteye Systems Inc. and Sensofusion reached an agreement recently with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to research methods that would help identify unauthorized unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as drones. Read More »

A self-described Army Brat who moved around a lot growing up, Air Force veteran Teri Poulton and her three teenage children have planted roots in Houston, Texas, where she serves as the Director of Veteran outreach for BP, Inc. Read More »

The Department of Transportation (USDOT) said recently that $750,000 in emergency relief has been awarded to California to repair roads that have been damaged by recent heavy rainstorms. Read More »

Keeping drivers safe is the purpose of the San Francisco Municipal Traffic Authority’s (SFMTA) Traffic Calming Program, which works in tandem with the city’s Vision Zero, a program aimed at eliminating traffic-related deaths on San Francisco’s streets. Read More »

The California Department of Transportation (Caltans) recently asked for approval from the Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee (TBPOC) for a final three-year plan to complete demolition work on the Old Bay Bridge. Read More »

March is Women's History Month, and Amber Jones made some history of her own when she recently became the third woman to ever be certified as a cable grip for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's (SFMTA) cable-car fleet. Read More »

The California State Transportation Innovation Council (STIC), a joint initiative by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), was officially launched this week. Read More »

Forty-nine road and bridge projects across California will receive a financial boost after the California Transportation Commission (CTC) earmarked $170 million in funding for these projects. Read More »

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other federal agencies involved in managing unmanned aircraft operations have added more partners to the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Executive Committee (UAS EXCOM). Read More »

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) said late last week that it has chosen four firms to supply account-management services to the volunteers involved in the California Road Charge Pilot program, which is set to begin this summer. Read More »

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) Board of Directors, which is responsible for managing all of the surface transportation in San Francisco, recently approved a new towing contract. Read More »

Gov. Doug Ducey recently named two new members to the Arizona State Transportation Board. Read More »

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) asked the general public this week to provide feedback about California Transportation Plan 2040 (CTP 2040), a statewide long-term transportation plan. Read More »

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) said this week that it is launching the next California State Rail Plan, which is designed to offer a new framework for the state's rail network. Read More »

Caltrans said this week that it has finished nine projects as part of its Lean 6-Sigma program to streamline the California transportation agency and reduce wasteful operations to improve the agency’s services and save taxpayer money. Read More »