The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently leased a report on the head-on collision of an Amtrak train with a stationary CSX Transportation local freight train in Cayce, South Carolina o...
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Toyota Motor Corp. recently announced it will be launching this month a new company, Toyota Research Institute-Advanced Development (TRI-AD), which will focus on automated driving technology. TRI-A...
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The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) recently received two grants totaling $257,000 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. The funds will be used to modernize and improve the consis...
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Automated vehicles (AVs) can only become viable through the analysis of data, Donna Matulac, Iowa Department of Transportation’s AV technologies project manager, recently said. Iowa’s AV techno...
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The American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently praised the Allied Committee for the Trucking Industry (ACT 1) for its support and investment in the industry’s priorities, ATA meetings, and trucki...
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The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) recently asked the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to hold a hearing on Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...
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During a U.S. Senate hearing on implementation of positive train control (PTC) on passenger rail lines on Thursday, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) said that the patience of members of Congress is runni...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently finished dredging the outer harbor at the Port of Savannah, and work will soon begin on a second phase that will expand the inner harbor channel by five feet....
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In a letter to President Donald Trump, the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) has joined critics of the Administration’s plans to impose duties of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent ...
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As many as two-thirds of the nation’s 29 commuter railroads might not be on track to meet deadlines and milestones for implementation of positive train control (PTC) before the year-end deadline, ac...
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Spirit Airlines and its pilots, both represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), recently ratified a new five-year agreement. The ratification comes after three years of c...
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California’s Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 will generate nearly $183 billion in economic activity and more than 68,200 jobs annually, according to a 62-page analysis conducted by Americ...
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Ronald L. Batory was sworn in Wednesday as the 14th Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). Batory previously served as president and chief operating officer of the nation’s e...
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The Airports Council International (ACI) World reports that the end of 2017 saw an increase in both passenger traffic and air freight, and in the latter’s case, this was the largest growth year sinc...
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Port of Corpus Christi CEO Paul Strawbridge highlighted the port’s growing role in U.S. energy exports on Wednesday following a House committee hearing on the impact of liquified natural gas (LNG) e...
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The Oregon Public Utility Commission recently approved Portland General Electric (PGE) plan to advance electric mass transit, add charging stations for electric vehicles, and provide technical assista...
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Piedmont Natural Gas opened its 11th compressed natural gas (CNG) refueling station in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Tuesday in response to growing demand for natural gas to fuel cars and trucks. ...
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Last year, an estimated 6,000 pedestrians were killed in motor vehicle crashes in the United States, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), marking the second consecutive year w...
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The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) recently released a report providing recommendations for freight-planning best practices on a state level. The ATRI compiled the best practices...
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The International Road Federation (IRF) recently held the inaugural training session for its public-private partnerships proficiency credentials program, which introduces road and development professi...
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