The U.S. Maritime Administration issued a notice of funding opportunity on January 9 that made $19.6 million worth of federal funding available to support capital improvements and employee training at small U.S. shipyards. [Above photo by the U.S. Navy] Applications…
USDOT Preps $906M Worth of INFRA Funding for FY 2020
The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a notice of funding opportunity on January 13 for a pool of $906 million worth of Infrastructure for Rebuilding…
AASHTO Seeks Chief Technology Officer, Business Operations Coordinator
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials is looking to hire a director of technology and digital strategy as well as a business…
MARAD Provides $7.5M in Marine Highway Grants
The U.S. Maritime Administration, known as MARAD, provided more than $7.5 million in grants on January 6 to nine marine highway projects in nine states: Florida, South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. [Above…
USDOT to Provide TIFIA Loan for Interstate 64 Projects
The U.S. Department of Transportation finalized an up to $502.9 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act or TIFIA loan to the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission to help finance several “regional priority projects”…
Winners Named in 2nd Annual NOCoE TSMO Competition
Three state departments of transportation and the Houston Transtar traffic management consortium took home top honors in the second annual National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) Transportation Systems Management and Operations or TSMO awards competition.…
AASHTO Makes Committee Chair Appointments, Reappointments
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has appointed Mark Lowe, director of the Iowa Department of Transportation, as the chair of the Special Committee on Research and Innovation for a two-year term. AASHTO also reappointed…
Washington State, Oregon Join Forces to Replace I-5 Highway Bridge
Washington State Governor Jay Inslee (D) and Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D) launched a bi-state effort on November 18 to replace the Interstate 5 bridge that spans the Columbia River and connects the two states. [Above photo via the Washington State Governor’s…
PennDOT’s Leslie Richards Tapped to be General Manager of SEPTA
Leslie Richards (seen above at podium), secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, will become the next general manager of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority or SEPTA effective January 202o. SEPTA is the regional public…
MIT Report Analyzes Factors That May Impact Personal Mobility Choices
A new report issued by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Energy Initiative (MITEI) details how individual travel decisions will be shaped by complex interactions between technologies, markets, business models, government policies, and consumer…
