BodySecretary of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Mike Hancock wrote an opinion piece in the capital city’s newspaper to strike back against a letter-writer who criticized the bill that would stabilize fuel user fees and highway revenue. Read More »

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday that it has finished redesigning the National Automotive Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System (NASS-CDS). Read More »

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) President John Cox said Friday that Joyce Taylor will become vice chair of the association's Highways Subcommittee for Design and Thomas Byron will become vice chair of the AASHTO Innovation Initiative. Read More »

BodyAccording to a report released today by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), Americans took a record 10.8 billion trips on public transportation in 2014, the highest annual number in 58 years. Read More »

Omnitracs Analytics announced March 8 that Pride Transport, Inc., has begun utilizing Omnitracs Analytics Driver Retention Model across its fleet to help reduce turnover and improve driver safety. Read More »

NV5 Holdings Inc. has been awarded a $23 million contract with the California Department of Transportation. Read More »

10-year improvement plan first under new Strategic Investments law. Read More »

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently launched its Toward Zero Deaths (TZD) initiative. Read More »

Questar Fueling Company, a subsidiary of Questar opens its newest compressed natural gas, or CNG, fueling station in West Valley City, Utah. Read More »

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx on Monday announced $500,000 in emergency relief funds from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration to help the Mississippi Department of Transportation repair federal-aid roads damaged by rainfall. Read More »

Craig Transportation Company has selected Rand McNally's TND 760 mobile fleet management devices for use within its fleet. Read More »

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) recently released a statement regarding legislation passed by the House of Representatives that will study the creation of high-speed rail service from Washington to Boston that bypasses Connecticut. Read More »

Eighty-two tribes will soon receive more than $8.5 million for 94 projects from the Federal Highway Administration Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund for improvements to transportation safety on tribal lands. Read More »

The Teamsters Union on March 10 filed a legal challenge opposing the Department of Transportation’s recent decision to open the border to Mexican trucks. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) is calling on U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to protect American jobs and restore a balance between national air carriers and Gulf state subsidized airlines. Read More »

The Utah Department of Transportation has selected Rolta to create and distribute the next generation Enterprise Data Warehouse for the organization. Read More »

Gavin James, project sponsor of the Digital Railways Group will be the keynote speaker for this year’s Wifi on Trains Conference. Read More »

Motor vehicle fatalities dropped 20 percent in Rhode Island last year Read More »

As part of the Vision Zero Initiative, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, along with District Transportation Director Leif Dormsjo and Deputy Director Greer Gill, announced a $5 million investment for the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X avenues. Read More »

Rep. Rosa Delauro (D-CT) has joined seven other members of congress to asked companies like Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar, which are companies that crowdsource drivers to those who need rides, to perform finger-printed background checks on drivers before they can start working. Read More »