U.S. DOT to collect public input on upcoming Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study

Amanda Bayhi - May 17, 2013

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will hold its Public Input Session for its upcoming Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study (CTSW) on May 29 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time at the U.S. DOT Headquarters. It is ...

Sensenbrenner proposes new motorcycle safety legislation

Amanda Bayhi - May 09, 2013

(Photo: Jenny Munro / Flickr) Representative James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-WI) has proposed legislation that would stop federal money from going to states for motorcycle helmet enforcement laws, The Hill reported. The Stop Motorcycle Checkpoint Funding Act would remove the current law ...

Senate committee on transportation to move quickly on Foxx nomination, Rockefeller says

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 30, 2013

Jay Rockefeller Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) said Monday that his panel would move quickly to hold a confirmation hearing on President Obama's nomination of Anthony Foxx as the next Secretary of Transportation, The Hill ...

U.S. experiences 3.6-percent increase in commercial trucks crossing borders in 2012

Amanda Bayhi - Apr 05, 2013

The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, has released figures reporting 3.6 percent more commercial trucks crossings into the United States from Canada and Mexico in 2012 than ...

DOT gives states $20M for natural disaster repair

Overdrive Staff - May 08, 2012

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Monday, May 7, announced $20 million for Oregon, Alabama and South Carolina to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges damaged by natural disasters or catastrophic events. “The Obama administration is committed to ...

50 ways to run and fund a transportation program

John Latta - Jun 01, 2011

Pick one. There must be 50 ways to do it. There are. And a new report lays them out in detail, describing how states govern and finance their transportation programs. The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and the Center for Excellence ...

Nearly $5 billion spent in DOT stimulus spending

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Nov 12, 2009

The Department of Transportation by Oct. 23 had approved $30 billion in project spending under the stimulus law, and cut checks totaling $4.85 billion, according to a report in the Journal of Commerce. That payout level was up from $3.65 billion ...

U.S. DOT, FCC launch effort to end distracted driving

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Nov 04, 2009

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today that they are launching a joint effort to evaluate technologies that may help curb the dangerous epidemic of distracted driving. The DOT-FCC partnership will also include ...

LaHood Kicks Off Program to Get More Women Working in Transportation

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Oct 01, 2009

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is working to get women on the move — literally. In what seems to be a predominantly male-dominated industry, there is now a national push to encourage young women to pursue careers in science, engineering, and ...

Financial District: In a Pig’s Ear

Brooke Wisdom - Oct 01, 2009

Earmarks, those lump sums of money our elected representatives put into legislation to fund projects in their districts, part of good old fashioned pork barrel spending, can be a massive waste of highway funding and actually harm the building of ...