Senate Democrats joined construction and industry representatives Tuesday to urge Senate Republicans to complete work on a multi-year transportation bill before the impending July 31 expiration of the latest temporary funding extension for the Highway Trust Fund. Read More »

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) has urged airlines on Monday not to adopt a plan that would let carriers reduce the maximum size for carry-on luggage. The proposal was made by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Read More »

CN, the Canadian National Railway Company, said Monday it is moving forward with plans to partner with the Alabama State Port Authority and APM Terminals Mobile to expand the Port of Mobile. The plan aims to increase the port’s global presence. Read More »

The inspector general of the U.S. Department of Transportation plans to audit the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and its handling of transportation projects, a plan that was announced during testimony before a recent House committee field hearing. Read More »

The Executive Committee of the Underground Construction Association of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (UCA of SME) has elected a new chairman.The association announced the election of Arthur “Artie” Silber on Friday. Read More »

The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics released airline traffic data for March on Friday. The BTS found that airline capacity use, the service load factor, fell to 83.5 percent after three consecutive months of growth. Read More »

“A (15-cent) gas tax increase would cost drivers about $90 a year,” said Alison Black, chief economist at ARTBA. “People are paying one way or another; they pay for it in traffic congestion and extra time on the road instead of spending time with their families.” Read More »

A lack of federal funding combined with uncertainty over whether Congress will again patch the Highway Trust Fund, due to expire at the end of July, has forced the Wyoming Department of Transportation to shift its philosophy from rebuild to repave. Read More »

Businesses interested in providing ship inspection services in New York must submit their bids by July 1, the U.S. Department of Transportation said recently; additional information concerning this soon-to-arrive opportunity can be viewed at the web site www.FedBizOpps.gov. Read More »

State transportation departments began providing new data on bridge conditions to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in April, enabling the agency to help ensure the safety of America’s bridges through its 30-year-old National Bridge Inspection Program. Read More »

Transportation Sector Consultants (TSC) recently added three new members to its advisory board -- Richard Jacobs, Robert Pudlewski and Jerry Bartee -- two transportation industry veterans and one longtime educator, who will use their expertise to assist TSC’s growing school-district customers. Read More »

Timmons Group, a top supplier of geospatial enterprise solutions for more than 25 years, recently began to offer application development services to the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT). Read More »

Damen Shipyards Group is hosting a meeting this week to kick off the European Innovation Project LeanShips, a green ship initiative. LeanShips aims to demonstrate the effectiveness and reliability of energy savings and emission reduction at real scale. Read More »

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Tuesday that it has signed a memo of cooperation with the French National Space Agency (CNES) to pursue research and development into commercial orbital launches. This cooperative initiative would facilitate research into the possibility of private-sector launches into outer space. Read More »

Qatar Airways, the national airline of Qatar, received its third the Airline of the Year honor at the 2015 Qatar Skytrax Airline Awards event. Read More »

Nomad Digital, the world’s largest rail-travel WiFi provider, has joined forces with the Internet Watch Foundation to fight criminal online content on its global rail networks; Nomad and the Internet Watch Foundation are both based in the U.K., where Nomad provides WiFi services to 75 percent of the country’s trains. Read More »

Con-way Inc. recently announced that it has chosen Joe Dagnese as the new president for Con-way Freight, which is the company’s national and regional less-than truckload subsidiary. Dagnese has served in the transportation industry for 32 years. Read More »

Esterline Technologies Corp. (ETC) and United Technologies Corp. (UTC) have entered into a supply agreement that will support UTC's aerospace production. The agreement will provide UTC with specialized parts and make ETC the primary source for materials. Read More »

American Trucking Associations (ATA) President and CEO Bill Graces urged members of the House Ways and Means Committee to quickly resolve the problem of the Highway Trust Fund, which needs a new, sustainable funding source, during testimony Wednesday. Read More »

Rep. Paul Ryan on Wednesday made one thing clear about how he plans to deal with the Highway Trust Fund: raising the federal gas tax isn’t an option. “There’s not much happening in this economy to help it grow,” the Wisconsin Republican said during the House Ways and Means Committee hearing. Read More »