John O'Donnell, Washington, D.C. Auto Show president and CEO, recently proposed the creation of a worldwide advocacy group to create meaningful standards for autonomous vehicles in a speech at the Chi...
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The Iowa Department of Transportation, along with other state agency officials, is seeking public feedback on a plan to improve air quality in the state. The Beneficiary Mitigation Plan is the nex...
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The Alabama State Port Authority in conjunction with AutoMobile International Terminal recently signed an agreement in Argentina to partner with two South American companies to develop and operate a r...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) laid out three priorities for the ground handling industry to meet future air travel needs this week, including improvements to global safety standar...
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Eight bipartisan members of Texas’ Congressional delegation recently sent a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers urging the agency to provide additional funding for the Port of Corpus Christiâ...
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Congress approved $1.98 billion for federal bridge and highway improvements in March, as part of the fiscal year 2018 transportation appropriations package. The funds will be distributed through t...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently opened the application period for the $1.5 billion Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) transportation discretionary grants...
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The nature of Honda is changing, according to Robert J. Bienenfeld, assistant vice president for Regulatory Policy at the American Honda Motor Co., Inc., with a goal of having two-thirds of sales bein...
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Faulty decision-making was the cause of most of Idaho’s 22 general-aviation accidents in 2016, according to a report by Idaho’s Division of Aeronautics. The majority of the accidents, 73 percen...
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The California Energy Commission (CEC) recently committed to awarding $8 million to develop the first hydrogen-truck refueling station at the Port of Long Beach. The project is a partnership betwe...
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Last year, more than 145,300 people were employed by franchised new medium- and heavy-duty truck dealerships in the United States, a 12.3 percent jump from 2016, according to an American Truck Dealers...
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The Pittsburgh International Airport and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have built on a series of past partnerships with a new Aviation Innovation Lab, focusing on innovative projects for the airpor...
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The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) recently said it supports the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority’s (GOAA) decision to reverse a vote to begin the process of privatizing securi...
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Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently published a funding notice for Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment Program grants. Metropolitan planning organi...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) Rapid Bridge Replacement project, a public-private partnership (P3), has led to the completion of 390 bridges with 50 more under constructio...
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In an effort to support capital improvements and train employees to create greater efficiency, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced $19.6 mi...
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Recognizing that electric vehicle drivers were often faced with charging issues that demanded either the right charging card or smartphone app to gain access, Hubject and Daimler have teamed up to cre...
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Representatives from 14 organizations recently sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure voicing opposition to a proposal to lower the age for o...
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Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, recently sent a letter to Calvin Scovel III, U.S. Department of Transportation inspector genera...
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Last year, 10.1 billion trips were taken on public transportation in the United States, according to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), marking a 2.9 percent decrease in ridership ...
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