The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a U.S. Department of Transportation agency, recently partnered with the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) to launch a program that encourages FAA employees to report safety concerns. Read More »

Edward Hamberger, president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads (AAR), released a statement on Thursday after the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee advanced the Railroad Reform, Enhancement and Efficiency Act. Read More »

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's office said on Thursday that the administration has awarded $5.4 million in state grants to several airports. These funds, which leverage federal funding and airport contributions, actually will support a total of $6.3 million worth of work. Read More »

Sen. Dan Coats (R-IN), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, welcomed Mitch Daniels, former governor of Indiana and current president of Purdue University, to a Thursday Senate Finance Committee hearing on transportation infrastructure finances. Read More »

Last week, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., joined other Democrats and labor and business leaders, to urge Republicans to bring a long-term transportation bill to the full Senate floor by July 20. Read More »

Neology, a provider of high-value Radio Frequency Identification solutions and a subsidiary of RFID industry pacesetter SMARTRAC, has launched its novel Hybrid Dual Frequency UHF & NFC Card. This card is an addition to the Neology UrbanPass portfolio. Read More »

Proposed six-year, $278 billion transportation funding bill clears Senate committee Read More »

Changes come after numerous train derailments leave public doubting system's safety. Read More »

U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Edward Markey (D-WA) recently introduced a bill that could establish the first multimodal freight investment policy in the U.S. Read More »

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced that it has continued to improve its bus and truck safety; for in 2014, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx urged the Safety Council of the Department to supervise an independent review concerning the bus and large truck safety programs at the FMCSA. Read More »

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee recently approved a highway bill that could raise the funding for infrastructure investments; the bill, called the DRIVE Act, which would last for six years, would result in the addition of a program for freight projects and would be dedicated to states based on formula. Read More »

The Georgia Ports Authority’s Board of Directors re-elected James Walters as GPA chairman on Monday. In 2012, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal named Walters as GPA board chairman. Walters has completed his first term. He now will serve for another year. Read More »

RYDE, which recently ended its Beta testing period, officially launched its transportation-crowdsourcing web application for people traveling to live events, the company said on Monday. The application allows per-capita seating on motorcoaches. Read More »

STV received a new contract from the California High Speed Rail Authority to perform further environmental and engineering work for the authority's high-speed rail program that will build a system to run between major population regions in California. Read More »

State says it can't pay for projects with uncertainty of Highway Trust Fund. Read More »

Google and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently partnered to make rail crossings safer for drivers and their passengers.Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx recently encouraged the FRA to add more technology to infrastructure. Read More »

Mayors from across the U.S. are urging Congress to find a solution involving a long-term transportation bill with more investments for infrastructure. The U.S. must have effective transportation infrastructure, six mayors said in a blog posting Tuesday. Read More »

The Office of Transportation Services (TRANServe), a branch of the Department of Transportation, recently added several internal-control mechanisms to its TRANServe debit-card program to achieve consistency with federal standards. Read More »

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said on Tuesday that a recent Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) report indicating Americans are driving more than ever shows the need for a long-term transportation investment plan. Read More »

The Association of American Railroads congratulated the Federal Railroad Administration and Google on their new partnership to improve the safety of railroad crossings. The grade crossing collision rate has fallen about 35 percent since 2000. Read More »