The Department of Transportation (DOT) recently released the results of its collaboration with the Center for Open Data Enterprise in order to have an Open Data Roundtable in March 2015, which is designed to help the DOT improve its transportation safety data. Read More »

DRIVE Act passes Senate; headed to president's desk to be signed. Read More »

Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa recently released a statement about the extension of the transportation bill as well as the safety issues that remain problematic in transportation. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA), a senior member on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, voted for a three-month extension of the Highway Trust Fund to enable transportation projects to continue receiving financing for the summer. Read More »

Railroad employees must communicate to each other that trains carrying dangerous cargo are secure. Read More »

The TransBorder Freight Data recently published data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation, which shows the numbers of the North American freight industry from May 2015. Read More »

New Mexico, Texas and Montana departments of transportation were among eight winners in this year’s second regional contest in the America’s Transportation Awards competition. Read More »

Thomas Prendergast, the chairman and CEO of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), recently sent Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City a letter encouraging the city to invest $3.2 billion in support for the Capital Program. Read More »

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) said Monday it recently received a national award formally recognizing the department coming in under budget with its 13.3-mile North Tarrant Express project in the Dallas and Forth Worth area. Read More »

Gov. Dannel Malloy announced the State Bond Commission has agreed to finance the initial projects under the governor’s “Let’s Go CT!” initiative. The purpose is to make Connecticut’s transportation infrastructure better by modernizing its entire system. Read More »

An announcement by the mayors of Tempe and Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday said over $8.2 billion from private and public capital investment has been invested near the first 20 miles of the Valley Metro light rail line between Phoenix and Mesa. Read More »

Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) recently released his own statement about U.S. leaders choosing to extend surface transportation by three months. Read More »

Congress could vote on a six-year transportation package that includes a three-month extension to the Highway Trust Fund as early as Wednesday, transportation industry sources tell TI News Daily. Read More »

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently awarded seven states as well as the National Park Service with $7.1 million to further projects in the states and parks. Read More »

Deal will cost Roadrunner $35 million as well as an earn-out capped at $5 million. Read More »

U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) recently introduced a funding amendment that would offer the mandatory funding for major projects involved in bridge and freight programs, like Brent Spence Bridge. Read More »

According to a recent announcement, Rep. Kevin Cramer accepted $2.7 million in funds for planning a railroad in North Dakota and the Midwest. Read More »

The Georgia Department of Transportation recently approved the planned movement of a machine press through the Metro-Atlanta area. Read More »

A new report from Arlington, Va.-based American Trucking Associations projects freight volumes will increase by nearly 29 percent over the next 11 years. “The outlook for all modes of freight transportation remains bright,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello. Read More »

Washington D.C.-based TRIP found driving on deteriorated urban roads costs motorists as much as $1,044 annually, according to a new report from the national transportation research group. Read More »