Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy said Sunday that his office and legislative leaders reached a budget agreement on funding the largest investment in transportation in the state's history. The agreement will ensure a $2.8 billion increase over the next five years for infrastructure. The increase, combined with planned capital spending and federal aid, will mean approximately $10 billion will be used in the next five years to make repairs and enhancements to the state's transportation infrastructu Read More »

Alaska will receive $2 million in emergency relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration to help repair the flood-damaged Dalton Highway, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Friday. The funding will be welcome news to the people and businesses around Fairbanks that rely on the impaired highway for transportation. Read More »

GE Capital Transportation Finance launched a new fuel-card services program on Monday that is specially tailored to over-the-road trucking (OTR) companies and fleets. The new card program will be accepted at many of the truck stops across the U.S. WEX, Inc., a top provider of corporate payment solutions, based in South Portland, Maine, will administer the program. Read More »

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) recently partnered with U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan Jarvis, and U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell in urging Congress to pass a long-term transportation and infrastructure bill. Read More »

Staff from the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) said on Monday that they concluded their bridge inspections after an earthquake that occurred recently in Caliente, Nevada, and found no bridges that were unfit for travel. The staff spent 160 hours inspecting the bridges located within a 50-mile radius of the earthquake’s epicenter. The earthquake measured at least a 5.0 magnitude. Read More »

Alaska’s Legislature is gripped in a budget deadlock that may produce major consequences for the state’s public service sectors -- especially the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities. Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s administration has told all public sectors to prepare for cuts to services and employees in case the Legislature can’t pass a budget in time for the July 1 start of the fiscal year. Read More »

Legislation will provide capital investment resources to passenger rail service Read More »

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed two bills into law on Tuesday in Dallas that aim to improve the state's transportation infrastructure and ensure commerce and commuters keep on moving on Texas roads. During the ceremony, which overlooked an ongoing road construction project, Abbott discussed how investing in transportation infrastructure is crucial to the region, emphasizing the number of transportation infrastructure investments made during this legislative session. Read More »

Perfect Transportation is seeing improved fleet safety results thanks to a partnership with Lytx and its on-board cameras. Perfect Transportation has seen a 50 percent drop in the severity of risky driving events since starting to use the Lytx DriveCam technology Read More »

Southeastern Freight Lines said Monday that it has named 30-year transportation industry veteran Kim Shore to be regional vice president of operations for Region II, responsible for facilities in North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and eastern Tennessee. Read More »

In comments posted on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) website on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx said there is an overwhelming demand for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grants. Read More »

The Michigan Department of Transportation may soon be off the hook for 23 rehabilitated commuter rail cars they leased from the Great Lakes Central Railroad, which owns the cars. The cars were brought back into service for commuter rail project demonstrations. Read More »

WashPIRG is calling on Washington state lawmakers to reject a $15 billion, 16-year transportation plan that the grass-roots public interest research group finds wasteful and unjustified. Both proposed packages, SB 5987 and SB 5988, increase taxes and borrowing to pay overwhelmingly for highway expansions, said WashPIRG Executive Director Bruce Speight. Read More »

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Maryland Department of Transportation have agreed to simplify their residents’ experiences in car buying. The agreement will make it easier for car owners to complete title registrations. Read More »

Trucking Moves America Forward, the educational initiative that aims to enlighten the public about the importance of the industry, will receive $50,000 from the Tennessee Trucking Foundation to continue building stronger industry relations with the public. Read More »

Sens. Roy Blunt and Gary Peters introduce proposed bill Read More »

A new rule from the U.S. Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will require all heavy vehicles –  those with a gross weight of 26,000 pounds or more – to have electronic steering control (ESC) technology. Read More »

As lawmakers continue to grapple with how to pay for roads and bridges, U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble on Thursday called on stakeholders to push members of Congress to pay for the country’s infrastructure now, and not through deficit spending. Read More »

Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) officials are dedicated to maintaining and improving Interstate 70, the nation's oldest Interstate highway, they said on Wednesday during the MHTC's monthly meeting at Union Station in Kansas City. Read More »

With the Aug. 22 opening of the Central Mesa light-rail train extension in Mesa, Arizona -- seven months ahead of schedule -- passengers on Valley Metro Rail will be able to get to new destinations along Main Street and well into downtown Mesa. Read More »