Allowing heavier trucks on U.S. highways will cost taxpayers money and damage national infrastructure, Kristin Clarkson, an Association of American Railroads rep. said. The AAR released this statement in response to a vote last week, when the U.S. House of Representatives rejected proposed legislation that would have allowed trucks weighing up to 91,000 pounds on U.S. highways. Read More »

Crews with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will implement traffic restrictions in Wayne and Henry Counties in order to repair and resurface the pavement this weekend. INDOT encourages drivers to use US 40 as a detour to prevent traffic jams on I-70. Drivers should plan ahead for recurring weeknight lane restrictions from State Road 1 to Centerville Road. Read More »

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency announced Thursday that victims of stolen cars that are then towed will be given special favor when they seek to recover their vehicles in the city. For the residents of the City of San Francisco, the new policy is designed to waive all of the recovery fees. There will be a new 48-hour grace period before fees start adding up. Read More »

Michael Huerta, who serves as the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), announced the creation of an Unmanned Aircraft Systems task force Saturday. The purpose of the task force is to determine the kinds of laws and regulations that should be placed on UASs, better known as drones, which can pose a threat to the safety of the general public across the nation. Read More »

The Alaska Marine Highway System, a branch of the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, released a schedule for its community engagement meetings over the next several weeks. The purpose of the meetings is to discuss the fiscal challenges of the AMHS. All of the state agencies are collaborating to decrease their operating budgets because of low oil prices. Read More »

Officials at the Indiana Department of Transportation recently scheduled a series of public meetings to explain the details of the Interstate 69 Section 6 routes and request public feedback. The main topic of the meetings will be five preliminary routes that reach from Martinsville to Indianapolis. The meetings will gather public feedback to improve the five alternative routes. Read More »

Crews with the Arizona Department of Transportation began extending paving from westbound Interstate 10 to State Route 83. These paving operations are mostly based east of Tucson. On Wednesday, crews will end their work at 12 p.m. so that holiday travel can continue as normal for Thanksgiving. Drivers using I-10 for their travels from Benson to Tucson will meet lane closures. Read More »

The Arizona Department of Transportation has scheduled road work for Interstate 8, located in Pinal County, through December. Each day, I-8 will be restricted to a single lane, beginning at 7 a.m. and ending at 3:30 p.m. The crews will not conduct their work over the holiday weekend, from Nov. 26 to Nov. 29. Drivers are cautioned to obey the 55 miles per hour speed limit decrease. Read More »

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) will be working on sidewalk construction and will need to close State Route 238 and Cobblestone Farms Drive in Pinal County. The closures, which extend from SR 347 to SR 238 and Cobblestone Farms Drive, started Sunday and will end Wednesday. From Sunday to Tuesday, the right lane will be closed from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Read More »

Biden recently promoted the value of the 2015 TIGER grants and their positive impact on infrastructure. Last month, the U.S. Department of Transportation unveiled its 2015 TIGER grants. These grants will be used to fund projects that will improve local communities in their safety, mobility, sustainability and public health. Infrastructure projects help areas to grow economically. Read More »

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), published the data for passenger airline employment rates for the month of September 2015 on Monday. Read More »

U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) signed a letter that will be sent to three committees to urge House and Senate leaders to add the Port Performance Act to the completed transportation authorization bill. The letter was sent to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Committee on Environment and Public Works, as well as the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Read More »

Officials from the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday for the new diverging diamond interchange located at Interstate 65 based at Worthsville Road. Beginning at 2 p.m., Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers as well as INDOT commissioner Brandye Hendrickson led the ceremony. The project was delayed, though, because of poor weather. Read More »

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration recently published updates from the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Registration Task Force Aviation Rulemaking Committee about registration requirements for UAS devices. The registration rules apply to all UAS, including those that are used as model aircrafts. There are already laws about when a person can fly an aircraft. Read More »

The Michigan Department of Transportation is on a mission to preserve and maintain all of the state’s movable bridges, MDOT Bridge Management Engineer Rebecca Curtis said. With 12 movable bridges in MDOT’s current inventory, Curtis said the state’s movable bridges are unique not only from an engineering standpoint, “but also in that they represent large capital investments.”  Read More »

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published its Final Rule Friday to end coercion and protect both commercial truck drivers and bus drivers from being forced to break safety regulations. The Final Rule was published in the Federal Register. It gives the FMCSA the power to act against motor carriers, shippers, transportation intermediaries and receivers, if needed. Read More »

ESL Shipping Ltd. signed a long-term frame agreement with SSAB to guarantee that inbound raw material for SSAB has sea transportation from the North Sea to the Baltic Sea. The partnership was developed to allow the two companies to benefit from mutual, long-term gains pertaining to efficiency. The agreement currently applies to approximately 6 to 7 million tons each year. Read More »

Lear Corporation recently acquired Arada Systems. Arada Systems is an automotive technology company located in Troy, Michigan. Its specialty is communications from Vehicle-to-Vehicle as well as Vehicle-to-Infrastructure. The acquired software as well as hardware solutions will allow Lear to conduct short range communications, such as wireless communications protocols as well as GPS. Read More »

Remix introduced its new public transit planning platform, which is designed to allow public agencies to design and improve their respective transportation systems, Monday. The new platform will help transportation planners draft and plan potential routes. The information gained from the software will also help them to better understand the effect of their potential plans. Read More »

Scorpio Tankers, Inc. will upgrade its Newbuilding Program and Fleet, and establish a new loan facility. The Newbuilding Program is designed to build four MR product tankers. The program will end in December and will not be implemented by the company, which now has a new contract for another 12 newbuilding product tankers. Read More »