The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) said late last week that the widening project on Interstate 25, from Lincoln Avenue to County Line Road in Lone Tree, has been substantially completed. Read More »

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) said late last week that it has chosen four firms to supply account-management services to the volunteers involved in the California Road Charge Pilot program, which is set to begin this summer. Read More »

U.S. Reps. Bill Shuster (R-PA), chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Kevin Brady (R–TX), chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, introduced a bill late last week that seeks to extend authorization for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs through July 15. Read More »

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) recently launched an environmental study to gauge support and assess Interstate 11 corridor options between Wickenburg and Nogales. Read More »

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), recently unveiled its final rule to strengthen the states' safety enforcement and oversight authority for rail transit systems. Read More »

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation, recently published its new safety performance measures for its national safety program, including bicyclist and pedestrian safety measures. Read More »

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) unveiled a proposed rule this week that would require two-person crews on most trains, and the move has been met with industry resistance. Read More »

The annual South by Southwest (SXSW) music and art festival in Austin, Texas, hosted various government and transportation industry leaders this week in a panel discussion on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as drones. Read More »

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a final rule that aims to improve safety oversight in the U.S. rail industry. Read More »

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) said this week that it has granted E&B Paving a contract to resurface and repair a stretch of U.S. Highway 36 running through Sulphur Springs. Read More »

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said this week that it has extended the compliance deadline to implement its final rule on bus leasing and interchange until Jan. 1, 2018. Read More »

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) recently awarded 65 infrastructure construction contracts totaling $117 million for bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects, repairs, road paving projects and maintenance work. Read More »

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other federal agencies involved in managing unmanned aircraft operations have added more partners to the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Executive Committee (UAS EXCOM). Read More »

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) recently awarded Milestone Contractors a $332,000 contract to build erosion-control measures along the Whitewater River, near State Road 121 between U.S. Highway 52 and Laurel. Read More »

Fulton Center, a transit hub in New York City, is the first subway station that has ever received a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating, which granted New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) a LEED Silver certification for the station. Read More »

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) reached a milestone this week on the State Route 520 floating-bridge project, as crews added the first three of many bridge-girder placements to the west of the floating bridge. Read More »

The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) officials recently scheduled the final paving that is needed to finish the US 93 project north of Wickenburg, from milepost 185 to milepost 190. The department warns drivers that they should make extra time for delays from March 21, which is the start of the final paving, to March 31. Read More »

Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs has joined with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to create Flow, the nation’s first platform that is designed to transform the outcomes of transportation with citizen engagement and analytics. Flow would provide unprecedented city-wide transportation analytics to assist cities in identifying underserved areas and resolving congestion. Read More »

Leaders at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), recently ordered the J and J Transportation trucking company, also called John A. Robles (USDOT No. 2497430), be shut down. FMCSA has declared that the company is an imminent hazard to the safety of the public. The officials ordered it to stop all of its interstate and intrastate operations on Feb. 25. Read More »

Crews with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) need to restrict lanes overnight along Interstate 65 between Greenwood and Franklin in order to complete pavement patching. These plans will continue as long as the weather allows. All of the restrictions will start at 9 p.m. and then finish at 6 a.m. The restrictions will begin on March 21. Read More »