The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) released results on a survey on safety technology relating to vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) management.Technology that falls into this category often involves audio and visual alerts and in-vehicle technology. Read More »

A test vehicle equipped with new drunk-driving prevention technology was unveiled yesterday to members of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Congress and auto industry representatives. Read More »

Following an urging from Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and the death of a New York resident at an often-malfunctioning rail crossing, the Federal Railroad Association will be investigating crossing gates in the Rochester area, Schumer said Thursday. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) questioned U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Wednesday about the impact that shipping energy products, such as crude oil, by rail could have on the transport of other commodities, such as farm products. Read More »

A new rule from the U.S. Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will require all heavy vehicles –  those with a gross weight of 26,000 pounds or more – to have electronic steering control (ESC) technology. Read More »

Trucking Moves America Forward, the educational initiative that aims to enlighten the public about the importance of the industry, will receive $50,000 from the Tennessee Trucking Foundation to continue building stronger industry relations with the public. Read More »

In comments posted on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) website on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx said there is an overwhelming demand for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants. Read More »

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) recently partnered with U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan Jarvis, and U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell in urging Congress to pass a long-term transportation and infrastructure bill. Read More »

Alaska will receive $2 million in emergency relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration to help repair the flood-damaged Dalton Highway, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Friday. The funding will be welcome news to the people and businesses around Fairbanks that rely on the impaired highway for transportation. Read More »

Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee said they will mark up a long-term highway bill June 24 and are working with other committees to prepare the safety and transit portions of the reauthorization measure. Read More »

Federal money will go toward refinancing three locomotives. Read More »

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) added another angry voice on Wednesday to the chorus of industry interests decrying the Environmental Protection Agency's Waters of the U.S. Rule, which aims to protect key watersheds in the U.S. and outlines which rivers, streams, lakes and marshes fall under the jurisdiction of the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers. Read More »

The North Spokane Corridor (NSC), a multi-billion-dollar project to extend a highway north, around Spokane, Washington, is at a stand-still, half-built, and U.S. Department of Transportation officials blame Congress. The 10.5-mile section of road is meant to connect the US-395 highway with Interstate 90, providing an alternate route through north Spokane and relieving traffic in the area. Read More »

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said Wednesday that it will hold its second annual National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates on July 15 in Washington, D.C. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has made $5 million in relief funding available to repair damaged roads in Texas from flooding in the area, Secretary Anthony Foxx announced on Wednesday. Read More »

Shelley Martin and Lori Irish Bauman will represent southwest and southeast Portland. Read More »

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on Tuesday that he's pleased with the announcement that inward-facing cameras would be installed on Amtrak trains in the Northeast Corridor and said such cameras should be installed nationwide. Read More »

Data Communications (Data Comm), a NextGen technology that helps coordinate the busy airspace in the New York City area, especially in bad weather, will help air travelers and businesses as they travel this summer. With the warmer summer months comes vacation travel for families and businesses. Also with summer weather come thunderstorms that are disruptive to flight plans and itineraries. Read More »

Bud Wright, executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), issued a statement over the weekend after Congress passed a two-month extension that would sustain the Highway Trust Fund through July. Read More »

Agencies agree to five-year extension of research partnership. Read More »