Boston Transportation Commissioner Gina N. Fiandaca recently announced that the City of Boston will hold 28 workshops this fall to plan the location of 70 new bike share stations. Citizens will al...
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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in partnership with Transurban, operator of the I-95 Express Lanes, recently broke ground in the I-395 extension project. The extension of the I-3...
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Approximately 150 representatives of the auto industry, alternative fuel vehicle market, and major utilities gathered in Lansing, Michigan last week to tackle issues governing the future of alternativ...
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The Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida was filled with truckers this week competing for the title of champion in the 80th Annual National Truck Driving and Step Van Driving Championsh...
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The Freight Transportation Services Index dropped 0.8 percent in June from the previous month, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The inde...
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The University of Michigan Dearborn campus plans to implement an autonomous shuttle next year, which was designed by graduate students and was inspired by the National Academy of Engineering initiativ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently announced the list of this year’s proposed FASTLANE Small Project grants. The list was given to the authorizing committees of jurisdiction f...
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The national average for gasoline is $2.35, representing a 23-cent increase from August 2016, according to the Energy Information Administration. The increase is also 9 cents higher than July and...
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A bill to hasten the replacement of the Riverside Bridge in Ozark, Missouri, which was introduced by U.S. Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Claire McCaskill (D-MO), was voted through the Senate last week. ...
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The Springfield Airport Authority in Illinois recently received a grant worth $3.4 million from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide needed maintenance to the Abraham Lincoln Capital A...
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently filled two senior positions. Brandye Hendrickson was appointed deputy administrator. She will lead the 2,900-employee agency and oversee its $44 ...
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The American Bus Association (ABA) recently expressed concern over changes proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to rules governing lease and interchange. In mid-June,...
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An extensive survey of 455 members of the U.S. transportation industry by ABI Research has revealed that nearly one third intend to introduce robotics into their business in the next year. Coupled ...
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The American Trucking Association (ATA) recently announced that Tyler Rushforth has been named executive director of the Intermodal Motor Carrier Conference (IMCC). “We are thrilled to hire Tyle...
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Auto sales in the United States are now on track for their first decline in volume since the 2008 recession, according to July sales figures from the American International Automobile Dealers Associat...
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The American Trucking Association (ATA) on Monday announced that it has been awarded a bronze Telly Award for its Share the Road program’s instructional video. ATA’s video was produced with th...
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American’s bridges have been improved since the 2007 Minneapolis I-35W bridge collapse, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said, but it is not enough progress. I-35W ...
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Chicago city council recently passed an ordinance requiring life-saving equipment on large trucks as part of the city’s Vision Zero Action Plan. The Vision Zero Action Plan is a multi-agency prog...
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The Mid American Association of State Transportation Officials recently recognized two newly-completed Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) projects as part of its 10th annual America’s Tran...
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With support from U.S. Rep. Mimi Walters (R-CA), the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) gained $628.93 million in loans from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) this week to fuel th...
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