Bombardier Transportation, a leader in rail technology, recently announced that it has gained a contract to provide vehicle maintenance on the company’s vehicles for Toronto’s new Eglinton Crosstown light rail line. Read More »

Loop Transportation, Inc. and SFO Shuttle, Inc., which operate together as Loop, announced Monday that both companies have been acquired by Hallcon Corp. Loop, headquartered in San Francisco, has the eighth largest private bus fleet in the U.S. Read More »

Diana Shipping, Inc., a worldwide shipping company that specializes in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, announced Monday that it has signed a five-year term loan facility on July 22 with BNP Paribas. The loan is worth up to $165 million. Read More »

A group of 68 infrastructure advocacy groups, including state transportation agencies, recently mailed Congress a letter urging them to pass a reauthorization of the Highway Trust Fund road and transit programs this year. Read More »

The Port of San Diego said last week that it has received a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), awarded by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). Read More »

The economic well-being of St. Louis is tied to providing transportation to its residents, and a study commissioned and released by a St. Louis nonprofit, Citizens for Modern Transit, looked at how the St. Louis region can best fund an expansion of public transportation. Read More »

SITA, a global specialist in air-transport communications and IT solutions, said on Thursday that it is acquiring delair Air Traffic Systems GmbH, a private provider of Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) systems for airports in Braunschweig, Germany. Read More »

State, local and federal officials, including U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, broke ground at the Port of Virginia on Thursday. Read More »

The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is observing the part it plays in fostering independence and opportunity for those with disabilities 25 years after the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990. Read More »

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday that the Department of Transportation has broken ground on a Queens Boulevard corridor revamp plan in a $100 million Vision Zero project to transform the area into a livable, safe area that connects neighborhoods, protects residents and enhances quality of life. Read More »

New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) said on Wednesday that severe cost-cutting, unexpected revenues and more-efficient operations should generate up to $2.4 billion in new funding for the 2015-19 Capital Program. Read More »

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has awarded Sener a contract to create the environmental and engineering services for a 45-mile section of the California high speed line between Burbank and Palmdale. Sener will be the prime consultant. Read More »

Finch Transportation LLC, based in northwestern Florida, recently added veteran Paul Pasternak to its team as the new director of operations, to assist the company as it adjusts to its significant annual growth. Read More »

The Senate recently voted to approve a surface transportation reauthorization for the next six years, but experts say that safety issues continue to be a concern. Read More »

The North Carolina Department of Transportation recently closed a portion of U.S. Highway 70 Business/Peedin Road Extension that intersects with U.S. 70 to begin a construction project. The closure will transform this intersection into a new interchange. Read More »

The Federal Highway Administration, a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation, recently released estimates demonstrating that U.S. drivers have broken records in the first five months of 2015. The new record stands at 1.26 trillion miles. Read More »

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) recently released a statement after the failed transportation vote. Merkley was in a bipartisan majority to vote against bringing to the floor a 1,000-page transportation bill that had been released less than an hour earlier. Read More »

The Institute for 21st Century Energy released its initial report in a series about the negative effects of proposed ozone regulations from the EPA, which threaten important transportation projects throughout the U.S. and within the Washington, D.C. area. Read More »

Meeting to discuss rural public transportation concerns in Otsego County today. Read More »

The Federal Highway Administration recently announced a new tunnel inspection program to guarantee the safety of tunnels in the U.S. The final rule of the National Tunnel Inspection Standards (NTIS) was published on July 14 in the Federal Register. Read More »