Tesla, Inc. recently named Linda Johnson Rice, chairman and CEO of Johnson Publishing Company, and James Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox, to the company’s board of directors. Rice currently ser...
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The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently refunded Highway Enhancement through Local Partnerships (H.E.L.P) bonds, saving the state $3.8 million, according to Transportation Commiss...
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The Lightweight Materials Consortium, sponsored by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) LightMAT, aims to develop lighter weight vehicles and increase fuel efficiency. LightMat is supported by the DO...
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In response to reports that the Trump Administration was open to terminating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), an international group of automotive trade associations submitted a public...
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The Oregon State Legislature recently passed a new transportation infrastructure package that aims to address issues seen in high-crash corridors and enhance statewide initiatives, such as the Safe Ro...
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The Mississippi Transportation Commission (MTC) recently announced that it approved funding for more than 20 multimodal projects in Mississippi’s Northern Transportation District. “The projects...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $19.4 million in funding for the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), which is earmarked for 22 new cost-shared projects aimed at developing new te...
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U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) recently sent a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, expressing their dismay over the indefinite delay on states trac...
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According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), the Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose by 2.2 percent in May, reversing a two mont...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently announced the winners of the America’s Transportation Awards. The competition recognizes departments of tr...
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U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), the ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, recently chastised the Trump Administration for suspending a portion of the Bipartisan Budget Act of...
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The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) recently won the 2017 ODOT/ACEC Partnering Award for Excellence in Highway Design in the Best Urban Project category for the I-270/US 33 Interchange, desig...
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The law office of Peter Ventura used data from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s Highway Division to create the area’s first interactive traffic study. Each year, there are more ...
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Telematics company FleetUp recently announced it will be offering the industry’s first Voice Over HOS (VoHOS) solution integrated into its U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will visit six cities this summer and fall to educate commercial drivers on electronic logging devices (EL...
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Gas prices in the United States have increased three cents since July 6. At 58 percent of gas stations, gas was $2.25 or less. The price increase is not consistence nationwide. Thirteen states sa...
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American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently announced it renewed it ATA Featured Product agreement with Lytx, a fleet management and fleet safety solutions company. Lytx’s DriveCam safety progr...
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Auto sales for the first half of 2017 are down 2.2 percent compared to 2016, but the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) has not revised its 2017 forecast. NADA said the industry will re...
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The evolution of the digital vehicle poses challenges to the automobile industry, a report by Deutsche Bank Research said recently. “The digitalization of cars will increase the number of potenti...
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The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) announced it will spend $481 million for its 2018 State Highway System Program. A total of one hundred highway and bridge projects are scheduled. ...
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