Chair of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, Sen. Susan Collins, led a hearing on the 2016 fiscal year budget request for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), her office announced Wednesday. Read More »

The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently announced this year’s recipients of Environmental Excellence Awards. Read More »

Officials from North Carolina’s Department of Transportation (DOT), city of Durham, and Durham County gathered under sunny skies to break ground Wednesday on Durham’s East End Connector project. Read More »

A recent announcement from Anthony Foxx, secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), states that the entire Northeast Corridor, which is the busiest passenger rail corridor within the U.S., needs another $550 million to continue with necessary maintenance and upgrades. Read More »

Former deputy commissioner will replace Karl Browning, who resigned on Wednesday. Read More »

State Sen. Jim Tracy wants to address current funding dilemmas and plan for the future. Read More »

Rocky River, Ohio, mayor says city's infrastructure ranks Cs and Ds. Read More »

U.S. Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) introduced legislation recently to require federally funded transportation projects to use U.S. steel, iron and manufactured products whenever possible. “When we make things in America, we grow the middle class in America,” Merkley said. Read More »

Much Shelist represented Command Transportation, LLC, in the company’s recent sale to Echo Global Logistics.Echo acquired all of Command’s outstanding membership units for approximately $420 million.   The deal will help the companies expand their business presence, as they will become, collectively, a leading supplier of technology-enabled transportation and supply-chain management services. Read More »

Recent variables in the economy have resulted in airlines scheduling fewer commercial flights, which impacts some airports more than others, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said on Thursday. These variables include volatile fuel prices and the recession of 2008-2009, as well as airline mergers and shifts toward business models that demonstrate capacity management.  Read More »

Colorado's Transportation Commission recently received $14 million in Funding Advancement for Surface Transportation & Economic Recovery (FASTER) funds for local, regional and statewide bus operations run by governments, nonprofit agencies and others. In addition, the Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) Division of Transit and Rail (DTR) has awarded $7.3 million in Federal Transit Administration funds to various agencies throughout Colorado. Read More »

Proposal 1 would raise gas tax to just less than 42 cents per gallon. Read More »

American Road & Transportation Builders Association would like to see at least a 15 cent per gallon tax hike Read More »

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said April 23 that LadderSTEP, a new technical assistance program, will assist seven cities in developing transportation projects that will lead to long-term economic development. Read More »

Work to begin this week on Interstate 40 improvements as part of Fortify Rebuild Project. Read More »

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said April 23 that Club Ride Commuter Services, a free program of the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Southern Nevada, is receiving its Clean Air Excellence Award for “Community Action” Read More »

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation said Friday that advanced wrong-way driving detection systems are being activated at 24 locations across the state Read More »

The House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit said on Friday that it will hold a hearing to learn about motor-carrier innovations and technology that increase safety to reduce injuries and deaths, and prevent accidents involving trucks and buses.  The subcommittee, whose chairman is U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), also will determine whether federal and state safety programs need to be improved. Read More »

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) selected Stanley Consultants to evaluate the social, cultural, natural and physical environmental impacts of two proposed transportation projects. Read More »

BodyThe installation of a vital component to the new State Route 520 floating bridge in Washington began last week. Read More »