U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $5 Million to Improve Transit Options on Tribal Lands
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced the award of $5 million to help American Indian and Alaska Native tribal citizens initiate, improve and enhance transit service in Indian Country. FTA’s Tribal Transit Program which provides a transportation lifeline to rural tribal citizens by connecting them with employment, education, healthcare, and other vital services, will provide grants to 34 tribes for 35 competitively selected tran...
Surface Transportation and Maritime Security Act to Address TSA Vulnerabilities
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security joined U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), who serve as the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, along with Sens. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), who serves as the chairman of the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Sec...
July 2016 North American Freight Numbers
Figure 1. U.S.-NAFTA Freight Value Percent Change from Previous Year (Last 24 months) Table Version | Excel SOURCE: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, TransBorder Freight Data All transportation modes except rail carried less cross-border freight by value in July 2016 compared to July 2015 resulting in a 10.0 percent decrease to $83.7 billion in the total current dollar value of freight moved. The $83.7 billion in July 2016 cross-border freight is the lowest monthly amount since Febr...
Road User Fee Task Force Recommends Expansion of OReGO, Oregon’s Road Usage Charge Program
SALEM, Ore. – Oregon’s Road User Fee Task Force (RUFTF) today recommended a model for expanding OReGO, Oregon’s Road Usage Charge Program. The model would implement a per-mile fee for all new vehicles rated at 20 miles per gallon or better beginning in 2025. The recommendation will now go to the Oregon legislature for consideration in the upcoming legislative session. “I am thrilled to have this recommendation come out of the task force,” said RUFTF Chair, Vicki Berger. “Road usage charging i...
Changes at the Idaho Transportation Department Translate into Better Service, Improved Safety for Citizens
BOISE - The findings of a recent survey of nearly 1,600 agency employees points to a significant change in the work and accountability culture at the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD). This shift in positive and purposeful behaviors is already translating into better customer service, and improved safety standards for Idaho’s citizens. “The cultural change leads to improved government with fewer layers of supervision and bureaucracy, a more dedicated and streamlined workforce, and improve...
USDOT Issues Federal Policy for Safe Testing and Deployment of Automated Vehicles
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Transportation is issuing Federal policy for automated vehicles, laying a path for the safe testing and deployment of new auto technologies that have enormous potential for improving safety and mobility for Americans on the road. “Automated vehicles have the potential to save thousands of lives, driving the single biggest leap in road safety that our country has ever taken,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “This policy is an unprecedented ste...
USDOT Issues Federal Policy for Safe Testing and Deployment of Automated Vehicles
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Transportation is issuing Federal policy for automated vehicles, laying a path for the safe testing and deployment of new auto technologies that have enormous potential for improving safety and mobility for Americans on the road. “Automated vehicles have the potential to save thousands of lives, driving the single biggest leap in road safety that our country has ever taken,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “This policy is an unprecedented ste...
DelDOT Awarded $10.4M from FHWA to Accelerate Work on Highway Projects
The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has awarded DelDOT $10.4 million to accelerate work on transportation projects in Delaware. Governor Jack Markell said, "With support from the bipartisan investment approved by the General Assembly last year, we are implementing a far-reaching transportation improvement plan. These new funds from the FHWA will further speed up these improvements to the safety of our roads and bridges whil...
MDOT Celebrates Centennial Year in 2016: Establishing the Multimodal Transportation Improvement Program
JACKSON, MISS.—On March 29, 2016, the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) began its second century of service to the people of the state, 100 years after the Mississippi Legislature created the Mississippi State Highway Commission in 1916. MDOT will be celebrating throughout the year while recognizing major milestones that shaped the state’s transportation history. As America entered a new era following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, much of the country was focu...
Washington State DOT Christens New Ferry Chimacum
SEATTLE – Sunny skies and a shiny new Washington state ferry graced Vigor’s Harbor Island Shipyard in Seattle today as the Washington State Department of Transportation christened Chimacum, the fleet’s third Olympic Class vessel. In a traditional maritime ceremony, Washington State Ferries Assistant Secretary Lynne Griffith broke a bottle of champagne to officially welcome the new ferry to the fleet. Gov. Jay Inslee, along with Secretary of Transportation Roger Millar and Bremerton Mayor Patt...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
