National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) officials announced last week Michael J. Stanton, Jr., has rejoined the organization as senior vice president and chief operating officer. Before retu...
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Ford Motor Co. recently announced that it will be joining forces with Waze and their community-based traffic and navigation app, looking to bring their services into Ford’s newest vehicles through t...
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Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Metro Region engineers are seeking to reduce wrong-way driving incidents between July 1, 2017, and June 30, 2018, by 20 percent. The engineers are revie...
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There are constructive ways to pay for upgrading the nation’s infrastructure, according to a newly released bipartisan report from the congressional Problem Solvers Caucus. The 16-page report rel...
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The Diesel Technology Forum unleashed a new state-by-state analysis of diesel statistics in the United States, and by their estimations, it’s driving not just manufacturing, but 15 key sectors of th...
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Federal, state, and local officials were on hand Monday for a ceremony kicking off the $410 million 6-10 Interchange reconstruction project in Rhode Island that is slated for completion in 2023. ...
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The Maryland Department of Transportation’s (MDOT) $9 billion Traffic Relief Plan is receiving significant interest from the public-private partnership (P3) industry for the Capital Beltway (I-495) ...
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A high-resolution thermal camera development kit released by FLIR Systems Monday can be used by developers of self-driving cars to make advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) more able to operate i...
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Using the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) as a showcase, Toyota revealed an ambitious new electric vehicle to be built in three different sizes and drive their push into the autonomous market. ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently launched two pilot programs that aim to revolutionize how the department uses traffic crash data, vehicle operation data, and crowd-sourced traff...
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Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) is partnering with the City of Madison, Wisconsin’s Metro Transit with the goal of electrifying half of the city’s bus fleet by 2035. MGE will provide nearly $4 m...
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The number of electric vehicles in Nebraska is increasing, prompting Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) to launch the Energy Wise TM Electric Vehicle Charging Station Incentive. The incentive is...
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Continuing forward on a plan to modernize 270,000 lights throughout Chicago with LEDs, the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) has, as of last week, reached 18,000 street lights replaced on th...
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Three cement and concrete organizations recently launched a free pavement design tool called PavementDesigner.org. The tool is designed for city, county, and consultant engineers as well as anyone ...
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With more than 60 steel-intensive vehicles being featured at auto shows in 2017, the Steel Market Development Institute noted last week that use of advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) has been 10 perc...
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A legislative effort by state Rep. Phil Ting (D-CA) that would mandate vehicles sold after Jan. 1, 2040, to produce zero emissions has been met with opposition by the Association of Global Automakers,...
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Retail gasoline prices in the United States last year were 2 cents a gallon higher than 2015 and 27 cents higher than 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Higher crude oil...
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Just-introduced legislation from U.S. Senate Democrats that would pour $75 billion over a decade into a new competitive grant program for repairing the nation’s structurally shoddy bridges has recei...
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The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), an association representing toll facility owners and operators and the businesses that serve them, recently named Chris Tomlinson fir...
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Improvements to Maryland’s Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program (VEIP) went into effect Jan. 1, the governor’s office recently announced. Under the new regulations, new vehicles do not need to ...
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