In 2013, nearly half of the drivers on U.S. roads consisted of people over the age of 50, said the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration. Read More »

Scandit announced a new mobile app suite for the transportation and logistics industries on Monday, which it said would look to enhance operational efficiency and enterprise profitability. Read More »

Menlo Logistics announced Monday that Nick Caragher had been promoted to the position of senior director of Transportation Strategy and Services. Read More »

Federal lawmakers are still drafting long-term legislation to appropriate funds to the Highway Trust Fund before it expires on May 31. Read More »

At least four states have announced they are putting transportation and highway projects on hold this month due to uncertainty over federal funding from the Highway Trust Fund, said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. Read More »

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is seeking public feedback on its draft 10-Year State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) during a Tuesday meeting. Read More »

Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) was recently presented with the 2014 Joseph B. Hartranft Jr. Award, one of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association’s (AOPA) greatest honors, for his unmatched work in Congress on behalf of general aviation. Read More »

Truck tonnage decreased about 3.1 percent in February, according to the American Trucking Associations' (ATA) advanced seasonally adjusted numbers. Read More »

The Kentucky legislature approved a measure this week that would reset a minimum for the state’s gas tax at 26 cents per gallon, which will preserve approximately $126 million in the state’s road fund over this biennium, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear said. Read More »

Texas business and local government leaders, trade associations and chambers of commerce called on state lawmakers to pass legislation that would constitutionally appropriate revenue to fund highways and bridges. Read More »

An analysis of federal and state data shows that transportation legislation being pushed in Congress could create a 25.5 cents-per-gallon increase in Idaho’s gas tax by 2020 in order to maintain the state's current annual investment in highway, bridge and public transportation improvements. Read More »

Project part of state's plan to improve 105 flood-prone bridges. Read More »

Interim policy grants operators of unmanned aircrafts COA for flights below 200 feet. Read More »

Alstom announced on Tuesday that it was awarded an innovation trophy for the development of its bi-modal damper at the SIFER railway salon, held in Lille from March 24 to 26. Read More »

Due to continued uncertainty over appropriations to the federal Highway Trust Fund, four states have delayed or canceled about $780 million in transportation improvement projects, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) recently reported. Read More »

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) announced this week it is teaming with a company that has developed a navigation app to share information with drivers. Read More »

Jackson, Miss., Mayor Tony Yarber said this week that he signed an emergency declaration for the city’s infrastructure system, citing numerous water main breaks and a growing pothole problem. The action increases the potential for Mississippi’s capital city to access “quick release” funds through the U.S. Read More »

The Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), said on Wednesday that it would be wrong for Congress to extend the deadline for railroad companies to implement new safety requirements. Read More »

U.S. airlines and foreign airlines with U.S. routes served an all-time-high 848.1 million passengers in 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics said on Thursday. The number was a 2.5 percent increase from 2013 and about 1.2 percent higher than the previous record high of 838.4 million passengers in 2007. Read More »

Several congressional lawmakers sent a letter on Thursday to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), urging it to take another look at the results of a study done in 2012 examining the impact that commercial trucks have on highways and roads. Read More »