DOT Estimates Value of Truck Tonnage to Rise 84% by 2045
According to a Department of Transportation study released March 3, the amount of freight moved by trucks in the United States will increase 44% by 2045 while its value will jump 84%.
US DOT Offers Universities Nearly $73 Million to Expand Transportation Research
The U.S. Department of Transportation is making available up to $72.5 million in fiscal 2016 for universities looking to expand their transportation research initiatives.
March 2, 2016DOT Awards Relief Funds to Arkansas
The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department will receive $1 million in federal aid to repair corridors damaged by recent floods, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Feb. 25.
February 25, 2016DOT Celebrates 50th Anniversary
The Department of Transportation celebrated its 50th anniversary at a ceremony in Washington on Feb. 3 attended by Secretary Anthony Foxx and six of his predecessors.
State DOTs Might Soon Receive Old Earmark Funds
A little-noticed provision in the five-year transportation funding bill that became law on Dec. 18 might offer an unexpected funding bonus for state departments of transportation.
'Let the Wookiee Win': Iowa DOT Invokes Star Wars for Highway Safety
Put down your phone while driving, you will, or to the Dark Side it will lead.
Freight Transportation Barely Misses Record Level, DOT Says
The Department of Transportation’s freight transportation services index rose 0.5% in October from the same month last year, just 0.2% below the all-time record, DOT said Dec. 9.
December 9, 2015AAR Appeals DOT Tank Car Safety Rules
The Association of American Railroads has challenged the Department of Transportation’s tank car safety rules at the U.S. Court of Appeals after the agency rejected the trade group’s bid to have the agency revise its standards.
US Highway Deaths Up 8.1% This Year, DOT Says
The death toll on U.S. highways rose 8.1% in the first half of 2015 as low fuel prices contributed to a jump in miles driven by Americans, according to new figures from the Transportation Department.
Great Scott! ‘Back to the Future’ Innovations Are Possible by Passing Highway Bills, DOT Says
The country would be one step closer to enjoying safe flying cars on “flyways,” hover-boards and hover-conversion kits — innovations featured in “Back to the Future II” — if Congress was more consistent in passing multiyear transportation bills.