U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE), chairwoman of the Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security, recently said the federal government should use Nebraska’s infrastructure plan as a national model. Read More »

Sonoco told shareholders at its annual meeting yesterday that the company is making substantial investments to expand its consumer packaging business. Read More »

A $162 million loan for a bridge project on the Ohio River was approved by the Department of Transportation (USDOT), Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced Thursday. Read More »

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu signed an ordinance Wednesday that would permit rideshare companies to operate in New Orleans Parish. Read More »

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo recently announced her nomination of Stephanie Ogidan Preston and Princess Bomba to be members of the Rhode Island Public Transportation Authority (RIPTA). Read More »

Community leaders intend to herald the launch of the MCORE (Multimodal Corridor Enhancement) Project at a press conference Tuesday at noon at Alma Mater Plaza on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus. Read More »

Georgia's State Transportation Board (STB) unanimously approved a measure Thursday that will encourage and promote participation in state Department of Transportation (GA DOT) projects funded by the Transportation Funding Act of 2015. Read More »

MV Transportation Inc. on Monday announced that Bob Pagorek has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer. Read More »

Based on findings from the U.S. Transportation Department's (USDOT)  Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) showing the nation’s airlines’ scheduled service load factor – a measure of the use of airline capacity – was unchanged from December 2014 to January 2015, as seasonally adjusted. Read More »

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently invested in eight grants exceeding $21.2 million in Positive Train Control (PTC) passenger rail and highway-rail grade crossing safety. Read More »

Members of North Carolina's  Congressional delegation recently introduced two bipartisan bills to create the Military Corridor Transportation Improvement Act that would guarantee that the U.S. 70 corridor in South Carolina will be adopted into the interstate system. Read More »

Florida, Arizona and New Jersey contractors and governing bodies recently received awards at the 16th annual American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Foundation event that honors public-sector transportation agencies and private-sector firms that are remarkable at protecting environmental design, planning, and construction. Read More »

Joseph Calabrese, the general manager of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA), recently testified to the Ohio House Finance Committee that the public transit system requires more state funding. Read More »

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mayor Rick Gray is calling attention to the need for more transportation funding dollars, giving the city’s roads a grade of D+. The city has a 20-year capital master plan with a more-than-$100-million price tag. The city is three years into that plan and behind schedule already. Read More »

Nebraska has funded transportation and infrastructure projects without raising taxes Read More »

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) met with Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx on Wednesday in Washington to discuss Illinois' transportation infrastructure. The duo met to outline priorities and discuss the status of the Highway Trust Fund, which is likely to fall below critical levels this summer. Read More »

All Aboard Florida (AAF) said on Wednesday that it has chosen GE Transportation to design and build signaling equipment for a rail corridor that extends 235 miles between Miami and Orlando, Florida. This project is one-of-a-kind, as it will be privately owned and operated within the U.S. Read More »

Gov. Terry McAuliffe's administration announced on Wednesday that a contract with U.S. 460 Mobility Partners has been terminated with regard to the southeastern Virginia Route 460 development project.  Read More »

CTB's Six-Year Improvement Program includes 3,000 transportation projects. Read More »

McLeod Software recently released a major upgrade for its core transportation software, including PowerBroker, LoadMaster and LoadMaster LTL products, providing users a greater variety of functions and capabilities. Read More »