The Mississippi Transportation Commission (MTC) recently announced that it approved funding for more than 20 multimodal projects in Mississippi’s Northern Transportation District. “The projects...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $19.4 million in funding for the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), which is earmarked for 22 new cost-shared projects aimed at developing new te...
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U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) recently sent a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, expressing their dismay over the indefinite delay on states trac...
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Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee recently introduced the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) of 2017, which would reauthorize funding for DERA through 2022 and ensu...
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According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), the Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose by 2.2 percent in May, reversing a two mont...
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The Federal Aviation Administration will award $185.1 million in airport infrastructure grants to 107 airports, the U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced. The airports, located in 40...
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The Iowa Transportation Commission recently approved more than $1.5 million in public transit funding from the state’s Public Transit Infrastructure Grant Fund. Grant funds are to be used for n...
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Mesa Airline pilots, represented by Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA), recently ratified an amended contract. “We are pleased with today’s results,” Capt. Andy Hughes, chairman...
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An assessment by Compass Lexicon accountants on behalf of Airlines for America has found that airline competition has benefited small carriers. The number of competitors per market has increased si...
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The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) recently announced that David Silver will serve as vice president of Civil Aviation. Silver has nearly two decades of experience working for aerospace and...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently announced the winners of the America’s Transportation Awards. The competition recognizes departments of tr...
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A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control center in Leesburg, Virginia, was recently evacuated after fumes from adhesive used for roofing work entered the air-conditioning system. ...
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Chicago O’Hare International Airport recently announced it will begin using facial recognition biometric exit technology to assist the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Biometrics is the ...
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The Fiscal Year 2018 Transportation-Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) Appropriations bill, currently under consideration by the House T-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee, will advance several crucia...
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U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, recently chastised the Trump Administration for suspending a portion of the Bipartisan Budget Act of...
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The U.S. House Transportation-Housing and Urban Development Appropriations (T-HUD) Subcommittee recently considered advancing the Fiscal Year 2018 T-HUD Appropriations bill. The bill provides more ...
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The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) recently won the 2017 ODOT/ACEC Partnering Award for Excellence in Highway Design in the Best Urban Project category for the I-270/US 33 Interchange, desig...
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The law office of Peter Ventura used data from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s Highway Division to create the area’s first interactive traffic study. Each year, there are more ...
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Telematics company FleetUp recently announced it will be offering the industry’s first Voice Over HOS (VoHOS) solution integrated into its U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will visit six cities this summer and fall to educate commercial drivers on electronic logging devices (EL...
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