DOT Accepting Applications for FASTLANE Grants
The U.S. Department of Transportation is accepting applications for the Fostering Advancements in Shipping and Transportation for Long-term Achievement of National Efficiencies, or FASTLANE, grants.
March 23, 2016FHWA Releases $1 Million in Emergency Funds For Louisiana
The Federal Highway Administration has made $1 million in emergency funds available to Louisiana’s Department of Transportation and Development in the wake of floods that swamped the state this month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced on March 23.
March 23, 2016Universities’ Study Demonstrates Danger of Sleep Apnea For Truckers
Research done by two universities showed that truck drivers with obstructive sleep apnea who don’t stick with a mandated treatment program have five times the risk of a severe crash.
March 22, 2016ATRI Looking for Drivers to Record Parking Experiences
The American Transportation Research Institute launched on March 21 what it believes is the first detailed survey of truck parking with real-world reporting from drivers.
March 21, 2016Waidelich Promoted to Executive Director of FHWA
Walter “Butch” Waidelich Jr. is the new executive director of the Federal Highway Administration. Waidelich, who had been the associate administrator in FHWA’s Office of Infrastructure since August 2013, will serve as the agency’s chief operating officer, FHWA Administrator Gregory Nadeau said.
March 21, 2016Montana Voters Support Raising Fuel Taxes
A majority of 800 Montana voters surveyed last month favored raising taxes on diesel and gasoline to help pay for the state’s roads and bridges. In the poll commissioned by the Montana Chamber of Commerce, 52% of the voters supported the increase with 41% opposed.
March 18, 2016N.Y. Legislature Not Supportive of Gov. Cuomo’s Proposed Thruway Toll Reductions
New York’s House and Senate are balking at Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to effectively cut toll rates on the New York Thruway in half for its most frequent users and hold them steady for four years for all other drivers.
March 18, 2016New Jerseyans Want Roads, Bridges Fixed Without Raising Fuel Taxes
Although 64% of New Jersey residents believe that the state doesn’t spend enough on road and bridge repairs, 56% oppose a gas tax hike which would pay for those, according to a poll released March 17 by Rutgers University’s Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling.
March 17, 2016Anthony Foxx Says Speed-Limiter Rule Should Be Out by April 22
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration should release their long-awaited proposed speed-limiter rule by April 22, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced at a hearing of the Senate’s Appropriations transportation subcommittee March 16.
March 16, 2016Truck Tolling Supported at IBTTA Session
“There are a lot of states interested in what Rhode Island is doing,” moderator Christopher Mwalwanda of CDM Smith said at the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association’s Transportation Policy and Finance Summit on March 15.
March 15, 2016