Crews with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) will soon finish constructing a new off-ramp that will allow drivers to travel from westbound State Route 520 directly to Lake Washington Boulevard. The new off-ramp will be open Wednesday and cross the bridge on 24th Avenue East in order to give drivers access to Lake Washington Boulevard. Read More »

The NTSB published its Final Rule Tuesday in the Federal Register on the agency’s products and procedures for its hearings and meetings. The new rules will be implemented beginning Jan. 25. These changes will alter how the board handles its proceedings and hearings. The rules will serve to better regulate how NTSB leaders and board members describe the agency’s products. Read More »

Officials of the Association of American Railroads (AAR) published the latest U.S. rail traffic data from the week that ended with Dec. 26. The data shows that the cumulative rail traffic for the year of 2015 in the United States amounts to 391,107 intermodal units as well as carloads. This figure shows a 9.8 percent decrease when it is compared to the same time period in 2014. Read More »

The California Office of Traffic Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently awarded a grant to Caltrans to improve its traffic data capturing equipment. Replacing this equipment will allow Caltrans to more accurately gather images and information about traveling on the State Highway System. The Model Inventory of Roadway Elements (MIRE) data grant. Read More »

New data from the Associated General Contractors of America shows that there has been an increase in construction employment in 190 of the 358 metro areas in the United States. From November 2014 to 2015, the areas with the highest growth include New York City, West Virginia and Ohio. Regions with declines in construction employment include Texas and Mississippi. Read More »

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) this week released underwater images and video of the cargo ship El Faro, which disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean in October during Hurricane Joaquin, as part of its investigation into the sinking of the vessel. Read More »

Construction workers with the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) started demolition work Monday on Broadway Bridge by removing the cornerstone of the current structure, which was completed in 1956. Read More »

The Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) postponed its right-lane closure on westbound I-80/northbound I-29 to Wednesday so that crews can complete repair work. Read More »

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) recently scheduled a repaving and resurfacing project covering 13 miles in Arizona. Read More »

Construction crews on Monday began replacing Big Wood River Bridge, which is located on Idaho 75, near Ketchum, Idaho. Read More »

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) in the Northern Region of the state recently scheduled six community-engagement meetings for local residents in Alaska’s interior. Read More »

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently released further details about the most notable progress it has made in streamlining, modernizing and improving the U.S. air traffic control system in 2015. Read More »

The largest container ship that has ever called at a seaport within North America, the CMA CGM Benjamin Franklin, recently called at the Port of Los Angeles. Read More »

Recent figures from the Associated General Contractors of America indicated there has been sustainable, strong, year-over-year growth rates for the U.S. construction industry. Read More »

The Missouri State Highway Patrol released statistics recently on crash fatalities in the state for 2015, showing that the year has broken records for number of fatalities. Read More »

Leslie Richards, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), recently highlighted the important improvements that the agency made in 2015 on the PennDOT website, PennDOT.gov. Read More »

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and general aviation leaders are currently stepping up efforts to stop Loss of Control (LOC) accidents through a national safety campaign. Read More »

Connecticut state officials recently launched efforts to make significant improvements to the state’s transportation infrastructure system in the new year. Read More »

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo released a plan on Tuesday to expand the Long Island Rail Road to improve commuting quality and attract jobs and businesses to the region. Read More »

Crews with the Arizona Department of Transportation reopened one westbound lane of Interstate 10 in Casa Grande at State Route 287 (Florence Boulevard) this week, while eastbound I-10 lanes remain closed. Read More »