U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently emphasized that President Obama's fiscal 2017 budget plan includes funds for completing or constructing transportation projects in 18 states. Read More »

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), recently concluded that fatigue and high-risk carrier negligence are responsible for a fatal crash in January 2014 near Naperville, Illinois. Read More »

Pete Ruane, president and CEO of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), recently released a statement on President Obama's fiscal 2017 transportation budget plan. Read More »

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently updated its procedures for flying unmanned aircrafts, or drones, in the area between 15 and 30 miles of Washington, D.C. Read More »

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), recently released U.S. air-fare data for the third quarter of 2015. Read More »

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently published new safety recommendations that would require lithium batteries to be physically separate from flammable hazardous materials when they are brought onto aircraft as cargo. Read More »

Officials at the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) re-striped the roadway on SR 89 today at Perkinsville Road in Chino Valley ahead of construction of a new roundabout. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently started a Smart City Challenge, which has received applications from 77 cities throughout the U.S. Read More »

Officials at the Iowa Department of Transportation, as well as the Iowa State Patrol, have opened Interstate 35, both the north and southbound lanes, between Ames, Clear Lake and Mason City. Read More »

Officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) recently invited the general public to attend a meeting about planned bridge-replacement projects in McKean County, part of the Rapid Bridge Replacement Project. Read More »

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said recently that the commuter rail on the New Haven Line has reached an all-time high, topping 40.3 million passenger trips last year, based on Metro-North Railroad data. Read More »

The construction industry hired 18,000 new workers in January, reaching the highest employment levels since 2008, based on a data analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. Read More »

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) Transportation Development Foundation recognize transportation organizations that have created outstanding strategic philanthropic programs to improve communities through its Helping Hand Awards. Read More »

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a branch of the Department of Transportation (USDOT), estimates that there was a 9.3 percent spike in U.S. roadway deaths in the first nine months of 2015, to 26,000 Read More »

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) can conduct inspections on the Dent suspension bridge over Dworshak Reservoir on the North Fork of the Clearwater River, near Orofino, Idaho, after environmental officials recently installed nesting platforms for ospreys, which are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Read More »

Crews with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) finished the first phase of road-sign foundation work on SR 99/Aurora Avenue North an entire week ahead of schedule, reopening the median lanes in both directions late last week. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), chairman of the Aviation Subcommittee, introduced the Aviation Innovation, Reform and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act. Read More »

The Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) will host an open house to present its proposal for improvements that are needed on U.S. 61 in Des Moines and Louisa counties. Read More »

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently released a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) concerning the new Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) rail-station project. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL) joined the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week. Read More »