The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other federal agencies involved in managing unmanned aircraft operations have added more partners to the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Executive Committee (UAS EXCOM). Read More »

Transportation infrastructure projects benefit roads and drivers, but also local communities, as each project generates new jobs that can remain in these communities through a variety of options. Read More »

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) is supporting an effort to convince the Supreme Court to hear a case involving a transportation construction contractor. 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 »

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 »

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 »

The recently submitted fiscal 2017 budget for transportation projects includes a significant amount of funds that will benefit the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA’s) new Red-Purple Modernization (RPM) Program, officials said. Read More »

GE recently finalized the sale of its GE Capital, Transportation Finance company located in Canada and the United States to BMO Financial Group. The company gained $8.7 billion from ending net investments. This is equal to $8.9 billion from net earning assets. This sale is just one part of GE’s strategy to prioritize the company’s high-value industrial businesses. Read More »

Amtrak will add more trains to the typical schedule in order to meet the increased travel demands of holiday travelers throughout the Midwest region of the United States. The week of Thanksgiving is the busiest week of travel in the year. In 2014, Amtrak transported 772,211 passengers for the holiday. Since experts anticipate similar numbers for this year’s holiday. Read More »

GE said it has been awarded a contract from India's Ministry of Railways to supply 1,000 diesel locomotives for Indian Railways. GE said the contract is worth approximately $2.6 billion over 11 years. As part of the deal, GE said it will build a manufacturing facility in the state of Bihar. This is the largest deal GE has made in the 100 years it has been working with India. Read More »

The Lake County Division of Transportation in Illinois will hold a public meeting Nov. 12 an intersection improvement study involving Long Grove Road and Ela Road. The study focuses on improving the safety of the intersection. The meeting will address the future travel demands as well as the current capacity of the intersection, including bicyclist and pedestrian features. Read More »

Southwest Airlines said Thursday it has developed new services for some of its daily international flights from Houston, Texas, including flights to six new destinations. Travelers going to Mexico, Costa Rica, Belize and other destinations can have access to a new five-gate concourse as well as new concessions and Federal Inspection Station for Customs and Border Protection. Read More »

Reps. Dan Lipinski, Robert Dold, Paul Cook, Tom Emmer, Steve Israel and Frank Pallone want to meet with Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to discuss protecting rights of U.S. airlines and their workers from unfair competition. “As the public comment period is now officially closed, it is time for your agency to swiftly address these trade violations,” the members wrote. Read More »

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) recently received $1.25 million in aid from the Federal Transit Authority’s (FTA) Transit-Oriented Development Pilot Planning Program to improve the city’s Red and Purple rail lines. Read More »

The new Research and Innovation Laboratory based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently launched its Rail Tech and Engineering Center to help the U.S. and its growing rail transit industry. Read More »

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Nanotherapeutics Inc. recently announced that they have made a partnership to grant Takeda further commercialization and technology access rights for a Vero cell technology platform from Nanotherapeutics. Read More »

The Environmental Law & Policy Center recently stated its disappointment that the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration and the Indiana Department of Transportation have appealed a recent decision made by the federal court. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (IL–14) recently announced his intention to host a Community Leadership Forum about transportation and technology. Read More »

Officials from the police and Metra BNSF have announced that they will ride commuter trains in order to observe the community on the trains and improve safety for passengers. Read More »

Metra announced Aug. 13 that it has accepted a grant to improve rail safety awareness throughout the Chicago area. Read More »