March 29, 2015 marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB). Read More »

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (TSAIA) received the Diamond Award at the Air Cargo Excellence (ACE) Awards Ceremony, held in conjunction with the International Air Transport Association World Cargo Symposium in Shanghai. Read More »

The U.S. Senate recently agreed with the priorities outlined in Heller Amendment No. 453, which focuses on federal investments assisting infrastructure projects on a national and regional level, including constructing Interstate 11 to connect Phoenix and Las Vegas. Read More »

The State of Wisconsin's transportation revenue bonds have been given an “AA+” rating from Fitch Ratings this week. Read More »

The Delaware Department of Transportation named Scott Vien as the new director of the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on Wednesday. Vien, who has worked for the State of Delaware's DMV since 2006, begins working in his new capacity this week, Transportation Secretary Jennifer Cohan said. Read More »

Several congressional lawmakers sent a letter on Thursday to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), urging it to take another look at the results of a study done in 2012 examining the impact that commercial trucks have on highways and roads. Read More »

U.S. airlines and foreign airlines with U.S. routes served an all-time-high 848.1 million passengers in 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics said on Thursday. The number was a 2.5 percent increase from 2013 and about 1.2 percent higher than the previous record high of 838.4 million passengers in 2007. Read More »

The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), said on Wednesday that it would be wrong for Congress to extend the deadline for railroad companies to implement new safety requirements. Read More »

Jackson, Miss., Mayor Tony Yarber said this week that he signed an emergency declaration for the city’s infrastructure system, citing numerous water main breaks and a growing pothole problem. The action increases the potential for Mississippi’s capital city to access “quick release” funds through the U.S. Read More »

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) announced this week it is teaming with a company that has developed a navigation app to share information with drivers. Read More »

Due to continued uncertainty over appropriations to the federal Highway Trust Fund, four states have delayed or canceled about $780 million in transportation improvement projects, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) recently reported. Read More »

Alstom announced on Tuesday that it was awarded an innovation trophy for the development of its bi-modal damper at the SIFER railway salon, held in Lille from March 24 to 26. Read More »

Interim policy grants operators of unmanned aircrafts COA for flights below 200 feet. Read More »

Project part of state's plan to improve 105 flood-prone bridges. Read More »

An analysis of federal and state data shows that transportation legislation being pushed in Congress could create a 25.5 cents-per-gallon increase in Idaho’s gas tax by 2020 in order to maintain the state's current annual investment in highway, bridge and public transportation improvements. Read More »

Texas business and local government leaders, trade associations and chambers of commerce called on state lawmakers to pass legislation that would constitutionally appropriate revenue to fund highways and bridges. Read More »

The Kentucky legislature approved a measure this week that would reset a minimum for the state’s gas tax at 26 cents per gallon, which will preserve approximately $126 million in the state’s road fund over this biennium, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said. Read More »

Truck tonnage decreased about 3.1 percent in February, according to the American Trucking Associations' (ATA) advanced seasonally adjusted numbers. Read More »

Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) was recently presented with the 2014 Joseph B. Hartranft Jr. Award, one of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) greatest honors, for his unmatched work in Congress on behalf of general aviation. Read More »

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is seeking public feedback on its draft 10-Year State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) during a Tuesday meeting. Read More »