The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently said engineer fatigue resulting from undiagnosed severe obstructive sleep apnea contributed to two commuter railroad terminal accidents in the ...
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Texas Central Partners, a company backed by private investors, recently revealed details of the train station for the Texas Bullet Train it is developing, including an artist rendering and maps. Th...
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In an effort to reduce the number of alcohol-related highway deaths, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) recently recommended reducing legal blood-alcohol concentratio...
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The BNSF Railway Company has joined with more than 200 other freight transportation companies to create blockchain standards for the logistics industry. The news makes BNSF the first Class I railr...
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Georgia Port Authority (GPA) Executive Director Griff Lynch previewed a plan on Monday to more than double container handling capacity at the Garden City Terminal to 10 million twenty-foot equivalent ...
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For the sixth consecutive week, the average national gasoline price rose, reaching $2.61 a gallon. That represents a 3-cent increase from a week ago and an 18-cent increase since the end of 2017. â...
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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and Machinists Union Local 264 recently reached a collective bargaining agreement after months of negotiations, which will save MBTA more than $60 mil...
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Gov. Rick Scott recently directed the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to make improvements to evacuation routes and to increase fuel capacity during emergencies. “As Florida continues...
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With 46.9 million passengers last year, the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) broke its own annual records for the seventh consecutive year. These numbers were aided by the addition of...
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More than 80 million passengers rode the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PATH) train system in 2017, which marked a 5.4 percent increase over 2016 and set a new ridership record. PATH a...
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Vehicle sales in the United States dropped 1.6 percent year-over-year in January to 17.16 million annualized units, according to the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU). ...
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The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) recently sent a letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), urging the agency to support an exemption from the electro...
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The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently announced it is now issuing permits for the testing of connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies. The first permit was issued to S...
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A new study from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) focused on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), determining that the administration is both improving its sharing of infor...
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Crediting federal tax reforms, UPS announced on Thursday that it will invest more than $12 billion in its Smart Logistics Network, including $5 billion in contributions to company pension plans and $7...
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Trade organization American Trucking Associations (ATA) and America’s Road Team, a national public outreach program, recently announced they will join Truckers Against Trafficking on Capitol Hill la...
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The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) recently broke ground on a $78 million project to widen and upgrade U.S. Highway 95, a six-mile stretch northwest of Las Vegas, between Ann and Kyle Cany...
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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s executive budget for fiscal year 2019 includes $25.6 million for pavement treatments. These funds are in addition to $15 million the Arizona Department of Transportation (A...
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Port of Indiana-Jeffersonville officials recently named Jeff Miles as port director. Miles has more than 30 years of experience in senior-level management positions in the maritime transportation,...
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Freight trains carrying cargo would be required to have at least two crew members on board in an effort to improve safety and emergency response in the event of derailments under a bill introduced in ...
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