The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently released an update on the status of the positive train control systems’ (PTC) implementation for the fourth quarter of 2017. PTC systems preven...
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently launched e-Construction, a paperless, project-management system that allows states’ departments of transportation to create, review, approval, dist...
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Gov. Rick Snyder recently signed into law a bill providing an additional $175 million for transportation projects. The majority of the funds, available from supplemental appropriations for the fis...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently issued recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) dealing with the use of passenger harness systems on commercial flights tha...
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The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) and the National Motorists Association recently filed a class-action lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, saying the turnpik...
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The Trump Administration’s proposed fiscal year 2019 budget would put 800,000 jobs at risk, including 502,000 construction and related positions, according to the American Public Transportation Asso...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is issuing more than $275 million as part of the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program this year, providing grant funds t...
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Kelley Blue Book recently launched the Trusted Advisor Program aimed at making the vehicle trade-in and purchase process faster, easier, and more enjoyable. The program is in response to a Cox Auto...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently extended the deadline U.S. Part 91 operators to receive authorization for Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC), a technology that allows...
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The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA), along with its divisions, recently requested clarification on a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) exception. DCMA is designed to prote...
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The Union Pacific Railroad’s investments in Illinois are picking up steam and the company now reports intentions to put $103.6 million into the state this year for maintenance and new endeavors alik...
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Mark Buzby, U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) administrator, met with U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) earlier this month to discuss economic development, multimodal t...
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Ed Hubbard, general counsel of the Renewable Fuels Association, recently testified at a House Ways and Means Committee Tax Policy Subcommittee hearing in support of tax incentives. At the hearing, ...
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Rep. Dan Donovan (R-NY) introduced a bill Thursday that would ban pets from airplanes’ overhead compartments. The legislation is in response to the death of a dog March 12 on a United Airlines fligh...
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The future is here, and as carmakers focus on the potential of self-driving vehicles, General Motors is centering production efforts on the state of Michigan. They announced the decision this week ...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently published its report on the investigation of a fatal crash on I-70 near Goodland, Kansas. The results confirm the necessity to implement 15...
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The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) participated Thursday in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Drugged Driving Summit, which launched the NHTSA’s Drug-Impair...
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The train accident rate has declined 28 percent in the last decade, according to the Federal Railroad Administration, and 2017 had the lowest rate on record. The Association of American Railroads (AAR...
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With the creation of the Dangerous Goods AutoCheck system, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) hopes to bring a digital solution to checking the compliance of potentially dangerous good...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently began accepting proposals from flight schools that want to be part of the Forces to Flyers Research Initiative. The initiative examines strategies for...
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