MTA Chairman Tom Prendergast, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced that the MTA Capital Program has received funding thanks to an agreement made earlier this month; per the agreement, the State of New York has agreed to offer $8.3 billion to the program, and New York City has promised to offer $2.5 billion. Read More »

A week after the new Interstate 405 express toll lanes were opened to commuters in early October, experts have reported that drivers have saved time 15 to 20 minutes in their daily commutes. Thanks to the double express toll lanes extending from Bothell to Bellevue, more vehicles are also on the move, with the average HOV lane volumes handlinh approximately 1,600 vehicles per hour. Read More »

American Airlines Group recently announced the figures from September of this year as well as the results from its year-to-date traffic; the group’s sum revenue passenger miles (RPMs) amounts to 18.1 billion, which is an increase of 7.2 percent when compared to September of last year, and the airline’s sum capacity amounts to 21.9 billion available seat miles (ASMs), which shows a rise of 3.7 percent compared to Sept. 2014. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently took issue with the National Transportation Safety Board's recommendation to transfer oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) to the Federal Railroad Administration. Instead, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said he has put the Federal Transit Administration in charge of WMATA oversight. Read More »

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently revealed the cause of the CSX/Plains All American derailment on Feb. 16 in Mount Carbon, as well as the association’s plans to stop any similar accidents from happening in the future; the accident caused 27 cars to derail, the evacuation of hundreds of local residents and a fire that burned for several days afterward. Read More »

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will begin inspecting the support structures for overhead signs on roads in the Lafayette, Crawfordsville, Plainfield and the Terre Haute areas next week. Collins Engineers, based in Chicago, Illinois, has been retained by INDOT to conduct the inspections on all of the state's 3,700 signage structures by the year 2021. Read More »

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently announced that it has awarded funds to Arizona, Florida, Delaware, Minnesota, Michigan, Rhode Island and New Mexico’s Pueblo of Acoma tribal government to further their innovative projects; the funds, which exceed $6.4 million, are taken from the Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration program and will be solely dedicated to improving the mobility, safety and project delivery in the areas. Read More »

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced it has invested all of its $897,920,888.32 in federal highway funds that are dedicated to Indiana. Read More »

The board of directors of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently elected Paul Trombino, III as its association president and David Bernhardt, PE, as the vice president. Read More »

San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee recently announced that the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has more frequent service available on its new environmentally clean buses on the Municipal Railway (Muni). Read More »

The National Transportation Board (NTSB) recently announced a final agenda as well as further details for its upcoming forum titled Humans and Hardware: Preventing General Aviation Inflight Loss of Control. Read More »

The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) recently hosted two open houses in which the public was informed and engaged in SDOT’s updated design for the Seattle Streetcar – Center City Connector. Read More »

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) recently announced that it will host a public hearing concerning the proposed bridge replacement crossing Wildcat Creek in Tippecanoe County. Read More »

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and Iowa Pacific Holdings recently announced that the Hoosier State train traveling between Chicago and Indianapolis will now offer a new, unique service to its business class customers four days each week. Read More »

Infrastructure leaders cite Hurricane Sandy in 2012 as an example that infrastructure is important to the US, and resilience and public service during a crisis is crucial to the health of the nation. Read More »

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) has welcomed the new FAA compliance philosophy with a formal statement from NATA’s President and CEO, Thomas L. Hendricks. Read More »

A recent report from the American Trucking Association shows there is an increasing lack of qualified truck drivers in the U.S. According to the analysis, the shortage has increased to approximately 48,000. This figure is expected to expand as time goes by because of a retiring workforce and industry growth. Experts estimate that the shortage will reach 175,000 by 2024. Read More »

A coalition representing tourism, travel, airline, airport and consumer interests recently urged House and Senate leaders not to divert $9.2 billion reserved for aviation security to the Highway Trust Fund, a provision currently in a road-infrastructure funding bill in the U.S. Senate. Read More »

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), recently proposed revisions to its ongoing program policies that are designed to promote lower-speed roads; the revisions would serve to make the lower-speed routes more aligned with both environmental and community needs. Read More »

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently announced that it has sent $5 million in emergency relief funds to the state of South Carolina; the funds, which were taken from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and given to the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), will be dedicated to repairing the bridges and roads that have received flood damage. Read More »