The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently chose Marke “Hoot” Gibson and Earl Lawrence to fulfill two executive-level positions in the agency. The two new executives will help the agency integrate the U.S. airspace with unmanned aircraft systems. Read More »

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) reminded residents last week that invitation letters for the fall portion of the MI Travel Counts household travel survey will be sent to randomly selected households in September and October. Read More »

An effort to enhance pedestrian safety is spearheading an innovative upgrade at a Kitsap County highway crossing in Washington state. Read More »

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has been working this summer to rehabilitate two bridges along N.C. 211, outside of Clarkton.The bridges over Brown Marsh Swamp and Elkton Swamp Creek were built in 1929. Read More »

The nation's highway safety leaders held their annual meeting last week in Nashville, where they discussed ways to improve traffic safety as they work toward reducing deaths on U.S. roadways. Read More »

Two-and-a-half years after the most thorough bridge-upgrade program in the state’s history, the number of critical-condition bridges in Missouri is on the rise again. Read More »

Michael Baker International recently earned high praise from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) as the organization prepares to announce the winners of the 2015 America's Transportation Awards. Read More »

Airlines will fly four weekly flights to Tokyo out of Dallas beginning Nov. 30 Read More »

Carrier receives Quest for Quality Award and the CIO 100 Award Read More »

The Port of Houston Authority's new economic-development department hosted an introductory meeting for economic-development groups from the greater Houston area late last week. Read More »

Officials at "Rigas kugu buvetava" JSC, also known as Riga Shipyard, based in Riga, Latvia, said recently that increased competition in the ship-repair services segment and construction of new vessels have prompted JSC to shift its focus to the production of large-size metal structures (tunnels, bridges), Janis Skvarnovics, JSC's board chairman, said. Read More »

Oakland-San Francisco BART line closed for three days of maintenance work. Read More »

Transportation construction industry employment, purchases creates $510 million in economic activity. Read More »

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT), Hamilton County and Fishers County recently announced that there will be a public hearing to discuss the new $34 million Interstate 69 interchange that would be located at 106th Street. Read More »

Contractor vehicles and law enforcement recently opened the northbound lanes on Interstate 65 in Indiana from Lebanon to Lafayette. Walsh Construction Co. finished repairs to this section of the road and also load tested Wildcat Creek bridge. Read More »

The American Trucking Association recently announced that it has named Spireon, a vehicle telematics company, one of its Featured Products providers. Using telematics and GPS, Spireon allows managers to monitor real-time data when supervising their fleets. Read More »

Regular service has reopened for the Queens Boulevard E subway, M subway, F subway and R subway lines as well as the Downtown 6 subway local located in Lower Manhattan. This service resumed after several weeks of decreased service during rush hour. Read More »

Washington state drivers who use State Route 162 close to Orting should expect delays on their routes, as a wider bridge is being built over the Puyallup River. This weekend, one alternating lane will contain all traffic and will have decreased speed. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R–PA), chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, released a statement about air traffic control reforms pushed by the Federal Aviation Authority and how they compare with those in use in other nations. Read More »

The Federal Aviation Administration has added 30 days to the public comment period for its Southern California Metroplex Draft Environmental Assessment. The end of the period is now Oct. 8, which has given the public 120 days to comment on the new project. Read More »