Republican West Virginia state senators Chris Walters and Daniel Hall have suggested adding a toll to a 25-mile stretch of Interstate 81 to make up for a lack of federal highway funding. Read More »

Australian company offers air travelers centralized transportation hub Read More »

Survey results will help plan for future of 14 airports in the state Read More »

Shelley Martin and Lori Irish Bauman will represent southwest and southeast Portland. Read More »

In response to the U.S. Senate passing H.R. 2353, also known as the Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, on Saturday, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas Donohue released a formal statement characterizing the resolution as essential but inadequate. Read More »

Parsons Group -- an engineering, construction, technical and professional services industries firm with locations in 29 countries -- this week announced the appointment of Jannet Walker as the company's vice president and deputy eastern sector manager for the company's Rail and Transit Systems Division. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has made $5 million in relief funding available to repair damaged roads in Texas from flooding in the area, Secretary Anthony Foxx announced on Wednesday. Read More »

The group 1,000 Friends of Wisconsin this week urged the halting of new widening projects for state highways until an audit is completed on traffic projections. Read More »

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said Wednesday that it will hold its second annual National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates on July 15 in Washington, D.C. Read More »

The North Spokane Corridor (NSC), a multi-billion-dollar project to extend a highway north, around Spokane, Washington, is at a stand-still, half-built, and U.S. Department of Transportation officials blame Congress. The 10.5-mile section of road is meant to connect the US-395 highway with Interstate 90, providing an alternate route through north Spokane and relieving traffic in the area. Read More »

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) added another angry voice on Wednesday to the chorus of industry interests decrying the Environmental Protection Agency's Waters of the U.S. Rule, which aims to protect key watersheds in the U.S. and outlines which rivers, streams, lakes and marshes fall under the jurisdiction of the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers. Read More »

The most recent extension on funding for federal transportation projects is the 33rd measure of its kind passed by Congress in the past six years, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) said on Wednesday.The PIRG said Congress has been using these extensions since the original 2009 expiration of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). Read More »

Tailwind Transportation Software introduced International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) mileage reporting capabilities to its Express+ Carrier online package on Thursday. Previously, this service was only available with the on-premises version; it has been in high demand from trucking companies. Read More »

The American Trucking Associations urged rejection of a truck-only toll initiative proposed by Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo this week. "Trucking did not create the state's infrastructure crisis," said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves. Read More »

U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), chairwoman of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, and Angus King (I-ME) said on Thursday that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) has approved funds for the Maine Department of Transportation to build the Interstate 95 Trafton Road Interchange located in Waterville, Maine. Read More »

West Virginia expects to begin work on 7.7-mile stretch in 2016 Read More »

Federal money will go toward refinancing three locomotives. Read More »

Bids approved for state highway construction and maintenance projects. Read More »

Union members to have access to Castlight's Cloud services to access benefits Read More »

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is helping America's public transit agencies make start-stop and anti-idle buses a priority.Research has shown that idling engines of heavy-duty and light-duty vehicles wastes approximately 6 billion gallons of fuel and produces about 60 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year. Approximately 50 percent of that idling is done by commercial vehicles, including transit buses. Read More »