N.J. DOT Awards Three Grants
The New Jersey Department of Transportation announced three grants worth a total of $700,000 that would help municipalities in three counties advance safety and pavement reconstruction projects.
March 18, 2014CNG Price Flat at $2.09, DOE Says
U.S. retail prices of compressed natural gas for vehicles were flat from October to January, remaining at $2.09 per gasoline-gallon equivalent on average, the U.S. Department of Energy said after surveying 498 fueling sites.
March 18, 2014Foxx Promises April Highway Bill
The Obama administration will unveil a multiyear surface transportation authorization bill next month, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told a House of Representatives subcommittee March 12.
March 13, 2014FMCSA Deactivating DOT Numbers of URS Scofflaws
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it has started to deactivate the Department of Transportation registration numbers of trucking companies overdue for updating their Unified Registration System data, which is due every other year.
March 12, 2014NTSB’s Hersman to Resign, Become President of National Safety Council
National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah Hersman will depart next month from the independent federal agency she has led for nearly five years to become president of the National Safety Council, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization.
March 11, 2014Moody’s Warns Investors on Infrastructure-Related Debt
Moody’s Investors Service told clients that transportation infrastructure needs are one of the driving forces of United States public finance in a March 10 Credit Outlook note.
March 11, 2014House Panel Hears Testimony on P3 Infrastructure Projects
Transportation projects organized as public-private partnerships have offered useful infrastructure contributions, a group of industry officials told a special House panel March 5.
March 5, 2014Obama’s 2015 Budget Proposes $73 Bln. for Surface Transportation
President Obama’s budget proposal includes $73.61 billion for surface transportation spending in fiscal year 2015, a 1.8% increase over this year’s level as part of a four-year, $302.3 billion surface transportation plan.
March 4, 2014Conn. Lawmakers Urged to Study Road Salt Alternatives
Connecticut truckers implored the state’s General Assembly to order the Department of Transportation to investigate side effects from the use of magnesium chloride to melt snow and ice on roads and to seek alternative treatments.
March 4, 2014Boxer Calls for April Highway Bill Markup; Doubts Increase in Fuel Taxes
WASHINGTON — The Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee will begin markup of a multiyear highway-funding plan in April, and the legislation probably will not include increases in fuel tax rates, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), EPW’s chairman, told a group of state transportation officials.
February 26, 2014