Shipping services and logistics company Crowley Liner Services will begin sailing weekly from Florida to Central America starting today. Ships will leave from the Port of Jacksonville and Port Ever...
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The national average for gasoline is $2.35, representing a 23-cent increase from August 2016, according to the Energy Information Administration. The increase is also 9 cents higher than July and...
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A joint resolution that establishes a safety oversight body for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), called the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, unanimously passed the Se...
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A bill to hasten the replacement of the Riverside Bridge in Ozark, Missouri, which was introduced by U.S. Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO), was voted through the Senate last week. ...
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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) recently approved a grant worth approximately $7 million to provide needed repairs to the Presidio International Rail Bridge and South Orient Railroad. ...
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The Springfield Airport Authority in Illinois recently received a grant worth $3.4 million from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide needed maintenance to the Abraham Lincoln Capital A...
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The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) recently hosted two roundtables focused on promoting professional service opportunities to local, small engineering and architectural firms. More than a dozen ...
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently filled two senior positions. Brandye Hendrickson was appointed deputy administrator. She will lead the 2,900-employee agency and oversee its $44 ...
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U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) recently introduced a bill that would restrict drones from flying near aircraft. The Drone Operator Safety Act was included in the S...
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The American Bus Association (ABA) recently expressed concern over changes proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to rules governing lease and interchange. In mid-June,...
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An extensive survey of 455 members of the U.S. transportation industry by ABI Research has revealed that nearly one third intend to introduce robotics into their business in the next year. Coupled ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded $7.89 million to the Maine Department of Transportation, which will be used for the Maine Railroad Bridge Capacity project. The project will...
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The U.S. Senate recently confirmed Robert L. Sumwalt III as Senate as National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chairman, citing Sumwalt’s aviation career for its decision. Sumwalt has a length...
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The Port of Vancouver USA recently received a $485,000 grant from the Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council (RTC) for the construction of a multimodal path at Terminal 1 on the waterfro...
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The Port of Corpus Christi in Texas was named an official member of the community preparedness program StormReady this week, making it the first port in Texas to be so recognized by the National Weath...
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The American Trucking Association (ATA) recently announced that Tyler Rushforth has been named executive director of the Intermodal Motor Carrier Conference (IMCC). “We are thrilled to hire Tyle...
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Auto sales in the United States are now on track for their first decline in volume since the 2008 recession, according to July sales figures from the American International Automobile Dealers Associat...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to install Data Communications (Data Comm) technology at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Data Comm allows air-traffic controllers to send text-...
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The first half of 2017 is the strongest first half since 2010 for global air freight, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Compared to 2016, freight ton kilometers, th...
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Brandye Hendrickson, former Indiana Department of Transportation commissioner, joined the Trump Administration in July as a member of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). She has assumed the ...
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