Kansas Turnpike Authority Raises Bridges to Improve Truck Clearance
The Kansas Turnpike Authority is continuing the process of elevating bridges that pass over the turnpike to improve clearance for large freight vehicles.
February 10, 2020New York Sues Trump Administration Over Trusted Traveler Ban
New York sued the Trump administration over its plan to bar state residents from enrolling in the federal government Trusted Traveler programs like the Free and Secure Trade (FAST) program geared toward commercial truck drivers.
February 10, 2020Trump’s $4.8 Trillion Budget Proposal Revisits Rejected Cuts, Addresses Infrastructure
President Donald Trump is offering a $4.8 trillion election-year budget plan that recycles previously rejected cuts to domestic programs like food stamps and Medicaid to promise a balanced budget in 15 years — all while boosting the military and leaving Social Security and Medicare benefits untouched.
February 10, 2020Texas No Longer a Trailblazer for P3 Tolling
More than two years after Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott declared a moratorium on toll roads, a new report by a global research firm said the public-private tolling sector continues to decline in the state that was once a trailblazer for toll road P3 projects.
February 10, 2020Georgia DOT to Expand Connected Vehicle Technology in Atlanta
The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to hear from the private sector about ways to use connected vehicle technology on roadways in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
February 10, 2020Ghosn Faces Nissan in Dutch Court for First Time Since Escape
Carlos Ghosn’s lawyers faced off with Nissan Motor Co. in an Amsterdam court for the first time since the former executive’s dramatic escape from Tokyo last year.
February 10, 2020Oil Holds Near $50 as OPEC+ Hesitates Despite Surplus
Oil held near $50 a barrel in New York on signs that OPEC and its allies probably won’t go ahead with a much-touted emergency meeting, even as a global oversupply piles up.
February 10, 20202020 TMC Photo Gallery
Images from the 2020 Technology & Maintenance Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Feb. 23-27, 2020. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
February 7, 2020Federal Lawmakers Unveil Bill to Repair Bridges
The Bridge Investment Act, a bill meant to provide $20 billion to fix the country’s structurally deficient bridges by establishing a grant program, was unveiled last month by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers.
February 7, 2020Uber Urges California Court to End AB 5
Uber Technologies Inc. wants to smother what the company calls California’s “Frankenstein” gig-worker protection law before state officials turn it loose.
February 7, 2020