The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) named Jason Gutting its new Construction Field Services (CFS) Division coordinator this week. Read More »

Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co. Ltd. has closed on its purchase of Swissport, one of the world's biggest aviation ground handling and cargo-service companies, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities said late last week. Read More »

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) decreased speed limits for several highways in the Philadelphia area on Monday amid winter storm conditions. Read More »

The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) recently said the SR 141/I-95 interchange upgrade project is scheduled to start on Monday, Feb. 29. Read More »

The recently submitted fiscal 2017 budget for transportation projects includes a significant amount of funds that will benefit the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA’s) new Red-Purple Modernization (RPM) Program, officials said. Read More »

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) said late last week that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has awarded $3 million in railroad-safety grants to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT). Read More »

The Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) requested public feedback late last week on a plan to acquire right-of-way land for an I-35/I-80/I-235 interchange project at Four Mile Creek Greenbelt in Polk County. Read More »

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) released the schedule for its first Executive Leadership Forum during its Technology and Maintenance Council’s (TMC) Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibition Monday, Feb. 29, in Nashville at the Omni Nashville Hotel. Read More »

Crews with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) recently said they will close U.S. 60 between Phoenix and Globe, east of Superior, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. local time for blasting work as part of a project to add a passing lane and widen shoulders. Read More »

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit said late last week that it plans to replace the electronic strip maps on subway cars on the No. 2 and No. 5 Lines to supply more accurate and easily accessible information for riders. Read More »

The Idaho Transportation Board released the agenda late last week for its Thursday meeting, during which it will discuss a fiscal 2017 appropriations request, alternative transportation projects and winter operational systems. Read More »

The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee announced this week that it has approved a bill that would establish a third-party corporation that would work with the national air traffic control system. Read More »

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) recently published its U.S. rail traffic report for the week ended Feb. 6. Read More »

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), recently released the Freight Transportation Services Index (FTSI) for December 2015, which fell for the second straight month. Read More »

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) provided more details this week about the open houses it will be hosting concerning the Puget Sound Gateway project. Read More »

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently unveiled the proposed fiscal 2017 DOT budget, which includes investments for adding safer, cleaner transportation options for many U.S. communities. Read More »

The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said this week that it is offering “Green Bonds” to the public next Wednesday and Thursday in an effort to help the environment. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, recently released a statement on legislation to reform the Air Traffic Control (ATC) agency. Read More »

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and Johnson County officials recently met with contractor representatives to discuss the county’s sponsorship of a bridge-replacement project in Greenwood. Read More »

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) recently scheduled a traffic-management project in Park Rapids for 2018. Read More »