Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, Labor Secretary Tom Perez and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker recently collaborated on a transportation.gov blog post detailing the importance of U.S. ports – and the jobs they generate. Read More »

Applications vying for a slice of roughly $14 million in project funds are being accepted through Friday by the Kansas Department of Transportation for its fall 2015 Transportation Alternatives (TA) Program. KDOT administers the TA Program, which provides funding for a variety of alternative transportation projects. TA Program project awards will be announced in the spring. Read More »

Project ideas eligible for federal funding as part of 2015 Transportation Alternatives Program. Read More »

The Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) was recently honored with four separate awards recognizing its work to market public transportation, improve regional transit and practice distinguished leadership. Read More »

Last winter’s mild conditions were a key factor that allowed the Kansas Department of Transportation to recently contribute $8 million to the state’s budget. Of KDOT’s $250 million fiscal year 2015 operations budget, the agency spent approximately $239 million Read More »

The Kansas Department of Transportation recently announced that it will contribute $8 million from its savings to state budget reductions. Last year, KDOT had a budget amounting to $250 million for its operations but spent just $239 million. Read More »

The Kansas Department of Transportation and the Kansas Turnpike Authority transload facility site analysis team have chosen seven finalists for a proposed Kansas transload shipping center site. The finalists were chosen from 111 proposals. 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 »

David Hall of Birmingham, Alabama-based Baker Donelson has received the Transportation Lawyers Association's (TLA) 2015 Distinguished Service Award. Read More »

Bids approved for state highway construction and maintenance projects. Read More »

Watco Companies and its subsidiary, Watco Transportation Services (WTS), announced Monday the acquisition of two railroads in Texas. Read More »

Two school transportation industry veterans and a longtime educator have accepted positions on the Transportation Sector Consultants Inc.'s advisory board. Read More »

Funds will go toward developing centralized data collection system. Read More »

The Kansas Department of Transportation said Monday that it has approved several bids for state highway construction and maintenance projects throughout the state. Read More »