The Virginia Rail Express (VRE) recently chose to extend the company’s contract with Keolis for another five years, allowing Keolis to run the VRE commuter rail trains throughout northern Virginia suburbs in Washington, D.C. Read More »

U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer (D–CA) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK), both of whom are leaders with the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, recently announced that there has been growing support for S. 1647, the Developing a Reliable and Innovative Vision for the Economy (DRIVE) Act. Read More »

The Idaho Transportation Department recently published a white paper about safety evaluations that showed southeastern Idaho has decreased its number of crashes at intersections -- in overall severity and number -- by almost 35 percent in just nine years. Read More »

UPS said on Wednesday that it has expanded its UPS Worldwide Express Freight service for the second time this year, adding five new destination countries and eight new origin countries. Read More »

The Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration recently named the Chattanooga-Hamilton County/North Georgia Transportation Planning Organization as a recipient of the Transportation Planning Excellence Award. Read More »

Former Car2Go CEO will oversee growth throughout the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia. Read More »

Despite veto of short-term fix, legislation clears House by a vote of 312 to 119. Read More »

After viewing a variety of high-technology head-up displays (HUDs), the automotive industry has shown interest in adopting new imaging technology that has the widest field of view (FOV): 12 degrees by five degrees. Read More »

Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) recently released a statement about the Highway Transportation Funding Act of 2015, also known as HR 3038. The statement explains her vote against the bill, even though the bill was passed by the House. The vote was 312-119. Read More »

Cubic Transportation Systems, a business branch of Cubic Corp., recently announced that a representative of the company will participate in a panel about big data’s future at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America Seattle Symposium. Read More »

Gov. Jay Inslee recently signed new funding packages for freight-focused transportation and the freight corridor at the Port of Everett. Inslee signed a transportation package worth $16 billion that will invest over $700 million in Snohomish County. Read More »

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) recently became a member of a bipartisan majority that seeks to pass the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2014, Part I, known as H.R. 3038. After voting, she released a statement about the act and her decision. Read More »

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics, a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation, reported on the U.S. airlines’ systemwide scheduled service load factor for April 2015. The systemwide load factor measures the use of airline capacity. Read More »

Sen. Dean Heller (R–NV) announced three of his priorities for economic development and transportation safety have been include in SB 1732 -- the Safety Through Informed Consumers Act, Hours of Service Exemptions for some drivers, and the Safe Streets Amendment. Read More »

Con-way Freight, a less-than-truckload carrier and subsidiary of Conway Inc., recently announced the latest upgrade cycle for its fleet in 2015. The upgrade includes 875 new Daimler Freightliner trackers, which will replace older units in the fleet. Read More »

House looks at short-term solutions while Senate continues to look to the future. Read More »

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has formed a public-private partnership with I-77 Mobility Partners for the construction and operation of a major toll road in a critical business corridor in the Charlotte region. Read More »

California Gov. Jerry Brown recently released executive order B-32-15 to encourage further sustainable-transportation projects. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Dist. 5), a member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD), recently held a roundtable discussion late last week in Chicago about transportation funding. Read More »

Sterling Construction Company recently said on Monday that it is the low bidder for a highway-widening project with the Texas Department of Transportation. Read More »