Touting his proposals as massive and transformative, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said he wants to use North America’s largest public-private partnership efforts in a
$9 billion traffic relief plan to add toll lanes and traffic capacity on three heavi…
The House and Senate is expected to extend the Federal Aviation Administration’s authorization before it expires Sept. 30, and then soon turn to such issues as tax cuts and perhaps an infrastructure investment plan.Lawmakers were reportedly largely agr…
The Wyoming Transportation Commission awarded a $13.9 million contract to reconstruct two miles of WYO 789 (North Federal Boulevard) in the west-central city of Riverton in Fremont County, to make upgrades on
a state road that has not had a major r…
Gov. Larry Hogan said the Maryland Department of Transportation awarded about
$38.4 million in grants for local road projects to cities and counties, under a state formula for the distribution of its highway user revenues. That is an example of how various state DOTs distribute funding to local governments for use on roads that are outside the state-maintained system. Local jurisdictions rely on these critical funds to address long-overdue projects that will make our roads more reliable…
Eight states filed suit Sept. 20 against the U.S. Department of Transportation, news services reported, over the Trump administration’s suspension of a greenhouse gas performance measure for the federal-aid highway system, which was in a regulation sch…
The Federal Highway Administration conducted a Sept. 14-15 demonstration of a
three-truck platoon operating on Interstate 66 at Centreville, Va., several miles outside the nation’s capital, to showcase the results of a four-year research project on…
Average U.S. retail prices for gasoline have consistently drifted downward in recent days, after surging when Hurricane Harvey closed Gulf Coast refineries, fuel pipelines and tanker shipping lanes and then Irma followed up with its impact on Florida.
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The Federal Aviation Administration says the damage from hurricanes Harvey and Irma, along with their disruption of normal transportation and power systems,spurred strong demand in recent weeks for special use of aerial drones to help make damage asses…
The Federal Aviation Administration said it is
awarding $264 million in its latest announcement of infrastructure grants, split among 95 airports in 31 states as part of its Airport Improvement Program. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao said …
The Federal Transit Administration said it awarded $55 million in 2017 grants to state departments of transportation and other agencies to help them buy low- or no-emission vehicles,
in a funding round that aids 51 projects in 39 states. That FTA p…