A recent American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) analysis of Transportation Department (USDOT) data on state bridges for 2015 finds 58,500 U.S. bridges remain on the "structurally deficient' list, or nearly 10 percent of the nation's approximately 610,000 bridges. Read More »

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will reduce southbound Interstate 5, located in Snohomish County, to two lanes from Everett to Marysville, from 9:30 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Monday to replace worn and aging expansion joints on the Steamboat Slough and Ebey Bridges. Read More »

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) recently scheduled the permanent final striping on a portion of Esperanza Boulevard, between Abrego and La Canada Drives, in Green Valley, south of Tucson, between 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Friday this week. Read More »

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) recently evaluated the damage caused by an avalanche to determine a schedule for reopening State Route 20 North Cascades Highway. Read More »

President Obama’s decision to reject the Keystone XL Pipeline project three months ago may have brought an end to a controversial proposal initiated over six years ago, but some supporters of the U.S.-Canadian pipeline believe nixing the plan was not in the best interest of the country. Read More »

New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York City Transit may revive the W Subway Line, serving Manhattan and Queens, later this year, enabling the Q Line to provide access to Second Avenue between 63rd and 96th Streets when it opens later this year. Read More »

United Airlines released a statement this week hailing an amendment to an air-carrier agreement between the U.S. and Japanese governments that will allow U.S. carriers to run daytime flights in and out of Tokyo's Haneda Airport. Read More »

The American Trucking Associations said this week that it has hired Mike Joyce, a veteran of the trucking industry as well as Capitol Hill, to be the agency’s new senior vice president of legislative affairs. Read More »

Federal air security officials are working on ways to better detect unmanned aircraft when they fly near airports and airplanes, thanks to recently tested prototype technology. Read More »

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently began to accept nominations for the 2017-2018 America’s Road Team of professional truck drivers. Read More »

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has taken measures to meet the requirements in the recently enacted Transportation Security Acquisition Reform Act (TSARA), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said this week. Read More »

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) said this week that it is launching the next California State Rail Plan, which is designed to offer a new framework for the state's rail network. Read More »

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently asked state departments of transportation to confirm that their railroad-crossing warning systems are properly coordinated with traffic lights at crossings. Read More »

U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) said this week that Louisiana's capital, Baton Rouge, is receiving a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) grant to improve rail safety on a line that runs through the city. Read More »

The Association of American Railroads (AAR) published the latest data this week for U.S. rail traffic, covering the week ended Feb. 13. Read More »

The Aviation Consumer Protection Division, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), said Thursday that the number of airline consumer complaints submitted to the agency in 2015 increased by 29.8 percent compared with the volume of complaints received in 2014. Read More »

Baton Rouge, Louisiana's capital, consistently has had difficulty sustaining a strong public transportation system, but two U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) programs are working to turn the situation around. Read More »

United Airlines and the Professional Airline Flight Control Association (PAFCA) reached a tentative agreement Tuesday on a contract extension for United's 400-plus dispatchers, the airline said. Read More »

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) said on Tuesday that Alaska Aviation Safety Project Manager Nicholas Mastrodicasa is receiving the U.S. Geological Survey's Henry Gannett Award. Read More »

United Airlines congratulated the U.S. and Cuban governments this week after both nations signed a formal agreement to restart air service between the two countries. Read More »