April is National Distracted Driving Month, but hopefully readers won’t be finding that out on the road. Read More »

A meeting hosted by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) last month focused on the growing role that mobile phones and other portable electronic devices (PEDs), as well as in-vehicle entertainment systems, are playing in auto accidents. Read More »

Named among the nation’s top 10 fastest growing systems integrators for the third consecutive year, A3 Communications, Inc. was awarded the distinction by Security Dealer & Integrator (SD&I) magazine April 13, it was announced in Columbia. Read More »

World Bank report finds China could see huge growth in transport of containers by rail. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) awarded the Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority a $10 million grant to use toward its ongoing airfield redevelopment project, U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) said Tuesday. Read More »

The Red River & Valley Western Railroad  (RRVW) said Tuesday that Nate Asplund will replace Andy Thompson as president and CEO. Read More »

Association of American Railroads unveils newest Freight Rail Works installments. Read More »

New system could be up and running by first quarter of 2018. Read More »

Policy to build safer streets aims for zero traffic fatalities by 2024. Read More »

The Reading and Northern Railroad recently announced that it has named Thomas Cook as the company’s new Vice President of Transportation and Safety. In 1984, Cook earned his BA in Business Administration from Gettysburg College. Cook’s previous experience with leadership and operations is marked by a zeal of developing engineers and employees while making safety a top priority. In January 2015, Cook retired from CSX Transportation and Conrail, where he worked for 30 years. Read More »

ABF Freights, a company of ArcBest, won the National LTL Carrier of the Year Award for the third consecutive year. Read More »

Fleet management association teams up with CALSTART on environmental project. Read More »

McLeod Software recently released a major upgrade for its core transportation software, including PowerBroker, LoadMaster and LoadMaster LTL products, providing users a greater variety of functions and capabilities. Read More »

CTB's Six-Year Improvement Program includes 3,000 transportation projects. Read More »

Gov. Terry McAuliffe's administration announced on Wednesday that a contract with U.S. 460 Mobility Partners has been terminated with regard to the southeastern Virginia Route 460 development project.  Read More »

All Aboard Florida (AAF) said on Wednesday that it has chosen GE Transportation to design and build signaling equipment for a rail corridor that extends 235 miles between Miami and Orlando, Florida. This project is one-of-a-kind, as it will be privately owned and operated within the U.S. Read More »

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) met with Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx on Wednesday in Washington to discuss Illinois' transportation infrastructure. The duo met to outline priorities and discuss the status of the Highway Trust Fund, which is likely to fall below critical levels this summer. Read More »

Nebraska has funded transportation and infrastructure projects without raising taxes Read More »

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mayor Rick Gray is calling attention to the need for more transportation funding dollars, giving the city’s roads a grade of D+. The city has a 20-year capital master plan with a more-than-$100-million price tag. The city is three years into that plan and behind schedule already. Read More »

Joseph Calabrese, the general manager of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA), recently testified to the Ohio House Finance Committee that the public transit system requires more state funding. Read More »