The American Trucking Association (ATA) wants Congress to intervene and help resolve the ongoing labor negotiations between the freight rail industry and workers if the parties fail to reach an agreem...
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The U.S. Senate unanimously passed legislation on Sept. 6 that would reduce the spread of toxic per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination at commercial airports. The legislation, the Preventin...
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A newly released report from the Association of American Railroads (AAR) has found that interruption to the country’s rail service could impact economic output and cost more than $2 billion per day....
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released an update to its Cybersecurity Best Practices for the Safety of Modern Vehicles. It was last updated in 2016. The document describe...
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Nearly half of fatal crashes occur on rural roads despite only 19 percent of the U.S. population living in rural areas, according to a recent Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) report funded ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday that it would make more than $1.4 billion in funding available through the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement (CRISI) Gran...
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President Joe Biden recently appointed 26 industry and government leaders to the President’s National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC). NIAC, founded in 2001, advises the White House on red...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a new set of safety changes for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) rail transit system followin...
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently awarded $513.2 million in Emergency Relief (ER) Program grants to 30 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The grants are for the rep...
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Purdue University civil engineers have developed a fully automated, portable system to estimate the volume of stockpiles of bulk supplies, according to a paper recently published in the journal Remote...
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According to a new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation, consumer air travel service complaints are up nearly 270 percent above what they were before the COVID-19 pandemic. The Air Tr...
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Poor bridge resource management and a charting error are to blame for a bulk carrier hitting an oil and gas Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production platform, according to the National Transportation Saf...
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An estimated 9,560 Americans died in motor vehicle traffic crashes during the first quarter of 2022, according to recently released National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) figures. â...
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Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee would clarify the authority of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to investigate commer...
Read MoreThursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced it had awarded more than $233 million in grants to modernize intercity passenger rail service. The grants, funded by the Federal-S...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded $2.7 million in Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) grants to five universities to support research on how...
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The estimated difference in female fatality risk compared to male fatality risk is significantly reduced in newer vehicles, according to a recent National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)...
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The Presidential Emergency Board, the organization charged with helping to resolve contract differences between the U.S. Class I railroads and their unionized workforce, made its recommendations Tuesd...
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The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 includes incentives for businesses and individuals purchasing electric-vehicle chargers, but supply-chain issues might make the devices difficult to find. Chargi...
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Fleet companies are investing in electric- and hydrogen-powered vehicles and plan to do so over the next few years, according to a new survey released by TravelCenters of America (TA). The survey i...
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