U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced the availability of approximately $3 billion to strengthen the resiliency of public transportation systems affected by Hurricane Sandy, which triggered the worst transit disaster in U.S. history just over a year ago. The funds …
The N.C. Department of Transportation is closing the Bonner Bridge on the Outer Banks because of immediate safety concerns. A statement on Tuesday said routine sonar scanning identified areas where too much sand has eroded from the support structure. As …
Lawmakers have long shorted the Texas Department of Transportation’s budget for maintaining roads, but now that the agency wants cities and counties to take the wheel for repairs and plans to convert oil-field roads from pavement to gravel, some legislators …
Metal studs will be installed on the James River Bridge’s new steel grid deck in a move to reduce accidents. Media outlets report that Virginia Department of Transportation officials announced the project Wednesday. They also released a three-month safety analysis …
Two Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development projects along Interstate 20 in northern Louisiana are designed with one purpose: To save lives. Marshall Hill, DOTD’s Monroe District administrator, tells The News-Star a six-month, $1.8-million project to clear trees from the …
Louisiana’s Department of Transportation and Development plans to add nearly 350 miles of cable median barriers along interstates across the state. That will cover virtually every area needing the protection to keep vehicles from crossing into oncoming traffic, Secretary Sherri …
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Alaska-licensed motorcoach driver Steven Forrest McKinley, II, to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate …
The U.S. Transportation Department said last week it is looking at ways to expand its vehicle safety ratings in response to rapidly changing technology, including the addition of ratings to help inform older drivers. Innovations such as blind-spot detection and …
Homeowners and businesses using federal disaster aid to rebuild from Superstorm Sandy will have to take additional flood protection measures, top federal officials announced Thursday. The new standard will require that residential, commercial or infrastructure projects using federal aid elevate …
Robert Verhaaren pedaled into Wyoming on U.S. 25 near Palisades Reservoir on Sept. 8 as part of the LOTOJA bicycle race. The Arizona racer rode past Alpine, up Highway 89 and started across the Snake River at the bridge at …