Following last week's release of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s proposed regulations for Hazardous Liquids, PHMSA summed up important points for consumers in its continuing effort to maintain public safety and awareness. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking will be available for public comment until Jan. 8, 2016. Read More »

The United States reported $93 billion in North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) freight in July 2015, as all modes excluding air carried less than in July 2014, according to TransBorder Freight Data released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The overall annual value of all U.S.-NAFTA freight flows decreased 8 percent. Read More »

Reps. Dan Lipinski, Robert Dold, Paul Cook, Tom Emmer, Steve Israel and Frank Pallone want to meet with Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to discuss protecting rights of U.S. airlines and their workers from unfair competition. “As the public comment period is now officially closed, it is time for your agency to swiftly address these trade violations,” the members wrote. Read More »

The Federal Transit Administration has proposed a law requiring public transportation agencies to monitor and manage their capital assets to achieve and maintain a state of good repair. The proposed rule would define the term “state of good repair,” and require public transportation agencies to develop Transit Asset Management Plans, and set corresponding performance targets. Read More »

WSDOT reported Monday from Olympia that a vast majority of bridges in the state, calculated by deck area, are in fair condition or better. With over 49 million square feet total, including approximately 700,000 square feet more than half a decade ago, the WSDOT compared the measurement as an area equivalent to a two-lane highway extending between Seattle and Spokane. Read More »

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has cited safety and cost concerns in their opposition to a proposed local hiring mandate for a Syracuse, New York construction project. The ARTBA's president said the biggest issue with hiring locally is that unskilled and untrained local workers lack the safety training of experienced employees. Read More »

Amid international debate on climate change, Canada’s Ottawa, Ontario-based Chamber of Marine Commerce is urging stakeholders and governments to carefully weigh the environmental advantages of shipping vs. over-the-road transport methods. Read More »

With $200,000 allocated in grants from the Federal Highway Administration, New York City, New York and Pensacola, Florida will participate in a U.S. Department of Transportation pilot program designed to study traffic gridlock solutions. The cities will test delivery and pickup of goods during off-peak times in order to relieve traffic standstills on busy city streets. Read More »

The Federal Transit Administration announced Friday that it has allocated $22.5 million for U.S. transit agencies to procure and put into service cleaner, greener, more energy-efficient transit buses. Under the Low or No Emission Vehicle Deployment Program (LoNo), new vehicles are required to meet higher energy-efficiency standards in an effort to skirt pollutants. Read More »

The Washington State Department of Transportation opened 17 miles of express toll lanes on Interstate 405 between Bellevue and Lynnwood on Sunday, marking a notable day for commuters given new options. WSDOT urges drivers to keep an eye out for changing patterns on the route. Changes include new carpool rules, account and pass settings adjustments, and modified lane markings. Read More »

The Texas Transportation Commission, which governs the Texas Department of Transportation, designated approximately $265,000 for improvements at West Texas’ Alpine-Casparis Municipal Airport. The grant will fund the engineering design for new asphalt, two taxiways and rehabilitation of a runway while helping maintain the multimillion-dollar air transportation facility business. Read More »

While the equipment industry has seen ups and downs this year - exports declining slightly in the first quarter while imports continued to rise, smaller horsepower tractor sales hitting a 10 year high and indications in August that the market was returning - attendees at the 2015 AED/CDK Global Executive Forum in Schaumburg, Illinois, saw reasons for hope. Read More »

Officials in Arizona and the Sun Corridor received a wake-up call on infrastructure at a Beyond Traffic forum, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton said in posting on the U.S. Department of Transportation's website. “I encourage everyone to read the Beyond Traffic framework that looks ahead to 2045 and outlines the infrastructure challenges that the Southwest and other megaregions are facing,” Stanton said. Read More »

Many experts agree that the U.S. needs to upgrade its transportation infrastructure that's in disrepair and even replace roads and bridges that are hopelessly decrepit. Outdated infrastructure results in waiting in traffic or for buses and trains. The U.S. is striving to meet the needs of its residents, as in the next 30 years there will be 70 million more people in the U.S. Read More »

The Arizona Department of Transportation earned an award for expanding its driver's license services to authorized third-party businesses in the state. The department received the award at the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators International Conference. In addition, the MVD received recognition for providing more options to attain ID cards or driver's licenses. Read More »

Officials with the Michigan Department of Transportation have announced that an innovative warning system will be installed at the intersection at U.S. Highway 131/Intertown Road south of Petoskey.This is the first place where MDOT has used this technology, which will give drivers warnings to help avoid collisions. This location was chosen because of its short sight distance. Read More »

The Association of American Railroads recently released the latest report about rail traffic within the U.S. for the week ending Sept. 19. The sum of U.S. weekly rail traffic amounted to 566,734 carloads and intermodal units. This is a decrease of 2.5 percent compared to the same week of 2014. The sum carloads for the same week amounted to 285,320 carloads. Read More »

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) recently launched an effort to better manage the state’s roads with few resources, as several areas in the state already have started to experience winter weather. Read More »

Contractors with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) officially opened the new State Road 57 bridge over the White River this week in Newberry, a town in Greene County. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Transportation said this week that it has made $2 million  immediately available to fix bridges and roads damaged by wildfires in several northern California. Read More »