Department of Transportation

U.S. ports received $225 million in dedicated funding for fiscal 2020 from the Democrats' version of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) spending bill after receiving no such funding from what President Donald Trump's budget called for earlier this year. While that amount – set aside for...

At the International Transport Forum 2019 held in Leipzig, Austria, Elaine L. Chao, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, spoke at a plenary session on the relevance of futuristic technology in the transportation space. Chao initiated the discussion by stating that the U.S. is...

A top Trump Administration official provided more context into the level of flexibility regulators will be considering when trucking hours of service (HOS) changes are rolled out in June. Speaking on May 16 at the annual Global Supply Chain summit hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in...

The long-awaited State Route 99 tunnel in Seattle opened over the weekend. The double-decker underground highway opened 10 years after then-Governor Christine Gregoire chose a tunnel to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, an elevated freeway that had been damaged in 2006 by an earthquake. The viaduct...

Backups and congestion on land and along the nation's waterfronts due to a lack of customs clearance personnel could be where carriers and shippers see the most immediate effect of a long-term federal government shutdown. The prospects of avoiding such a scenario did not improve at the close of...

Internal auditors at the U.S. Department of Transportation could soon be conducting a review of the FMCSA's drug testing program as part of a transportation industry-wide mandate, FreightWaves has been told. "There's no formal plan at this point," an official with DOT's Office...

It’s finally over. The deadline for the world’s most grueling holiday has passed. Taxpayers can breathe once more, and corporate leaders can redirect their greedy gazes toward the federal government. After all, the tedious financial reviews and subsequent payments ultimately yield...

The U.S. Department of Transportation has proposed a rule to deploy vehicle-to-vehicle communication (V2V) technology in light vehicles to reduce crashes by helping vehicles “talk” to each other. Problem-Solving Through Communication “This long promised V2V rule is the next step...

The U.S. Transportation Department on Wednesday issued a non-binding safety advisory saying railroad companies shipping crude oil from North Dakota should stop using older, less safe tanker cars. The agency also issued an emergency order requiring railroads to notify state officials about the...

Merry Christmas if you’re one of the privileged few who received the deal of a lifetime Thursday while booking airline tickets. According to reports, some customers were able to secure tickets for as cheap as $25 through Delta Airlines (NYSE: DAL). The glitch lasted for at least an hour,...

If you are someone who flies four or more times a year, chances are you do not want to listen to other people talking on their cellphones while you are on an airplane. According to a poll by The Associated Press released Wednesday, more than three out of four frequent fliers (78 percent)...