National Truck Protection Inc. has partnered with RoadsideMasters,com to offer roadside assistance to commercial trucks. The service offered by RoadsideMasters is a comprehensive set that includes fuel and oil delivery, towing and tire repair. Read More »

Aecon Group Inc., Canada’s largest publicly traded construction company, announced agreements to sell its 45.5 percent share in the Quito International Airport concessionaire, Corporacion Quiport S.A.(Quiport), for more than $232 million. Read More »

Minerals Technologies, a New York-based firm marketing specialized mineral-based products, launched its new crop enhancement product Enersol on Tuesday in China. The product is being tested on a number of crops, including corn, soybeans, rice and potatoes. Read More »

Advice rankles American Trucking Association President and CEO Bill Graves. Read More »

RailConnect mCrew allows train crews to report car movement in near real-time. Read More »

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (DOT) and State Police are going forward together on a new enforcement plan to bolster the state’s safety corridor on I-495 and I-95 through the greater Foxboro area. Read More »

Thales announced at this week’s International Public Transport Organization Exhibition 2015 in Milan, Italy, that it has launched the first line of cloud-ready fare-collection solutions, designed for public transportation systems. Read More »

The House passed an appropriations bill on Tuesday that would fund both the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through Sept. 30, 2016. The bill would earmark billions of dollars in funding for both departments’ sub-agencies. For DOT, that includes the Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Highway Administration, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Railroad Administration and the Maritime Administration. Read More »

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CDOT) is launching its CTfastrak Rewards Program. The program offers discounts at local businesses for people who utilize public transit. Business owners can join the program with no fees or other requirements. Read More »

The Federal Railroad Administration recently issued recommendations to improve rail safety on the nation’s tracks. The safety advisory is in response to major derailments and urges passenger rail carriers to act quickly to ensure secure operating standards. Read More »

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) broke ground on a project to widen a 2-mile stretch of I-90 on Tuesday.   The project will add two lanes of traffic east of Snoqualmie Pass to make that section of I-90 a six-lane highway. Read More »

Following a collision between a commercial vehicle and an oil train, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton met with officials in Saint Paul Park to discuss the risks associated with the transport of oil and other hazardous materials through the state. Read More »

House passes 2016 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Read More »

Iowa Department of Transportation Commissioner Dan Huber told TI News Daily the funding comes from a 10 cent per gallon gas tax increase that will generate $501 million over the next five years in conjunction with about half of the $3.2 billion price tag coming from the federal government. Read More »

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) said Thursday it is following new federal laws that require commercial vehicle operators to have proof of either legal U.S. citizenship or legal temporary status when applying for a renewed, original, or changed authority to their commercial learner permit (CLP) or commercial driver license (CDL). Read More »

Freight shipments in the for-hire transportation industry down 1.8% compared to March Read More »

U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the Transportation Empowerment Act in both chambers of Congress on Wednesday.The bill would shift a large portion of decision-making power  over transportation funding to individual states. Read More »

The American Great Lakes Ports Association, Lake Carriers’ Association, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation and Fednav Limited recently partnered to sponsor a bi-national public affairs program -- the Great Lakes Seaway Partnership. Read More »

Roadnet Technologies, an Omnitracs company that specializes in software for transportation logistics, recently said it has developed Roadnet Transportation Suite 3.7.1 to improve driver productivity and route visibility. 3.7.1 is the second update this year.  Read More »

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a Draft Environmental Assessment of the Southern California Metroplex project, which will replace conventional air traffic operations with satellite-based systems, the FAA said on Wednesday. Read More »