The TransBorder Freight Data recently published data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation, which shows the numbers of the North American freight industry from May 2015. Read More »

Railroad employees must communicate to each other that trains carrying dangerous cargo are secure. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA), a senior member on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, voted for a three-month extension of the Highway Trust Fund to enable transportation projects to continue receiving financing for the summer. Read More »

Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa recently released a statement about the extension of the transportation bill as well as the safety issues that remain problematic in transportation. Read More »

DRIVE Act passes Senate; headed to president's desk to be signed. Read More »

The Department of Transportation (DOT) recently released the results of its collaboration with the Center for Open Data Enterprise in order to have an Open Data Roundtable in March 2015, which is designed to help the DOT improve its transportation safety data. Read More »

Many cities have expressed their disappointment that Congress passed another short-term transformation funding bill this week, rather than a multi-year, long-term solution. Read More »