Transport Topics

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee by a voice vote advanced to the floor of the chamber Shailen Bhatt’s nomination for the top role at the Federal Highway Administration. Bhatt’s creden...

30 Nov 20223min

Preparations are well underway for the annual Wreaths Across America event, which will be held Dec. 17. An estimated 2.5 million wreaths will be delivered from Maine to more than 3,700 cemeteries in a...

29 Nov 20223min

The state of Ohio is nearing completion on a project that by next spring will allow truckers and passenger vehicles to travel the length of its 241-mile turnpike without stopping at a toll plaza. The ...

24 Nov 20223min

Truck tonnage in October increased compared with year-ago levels but declined on a month-to-month basis, a sign that the freight market is reacting to economic and consumer trends, American Trucking A...

23 Nov 20223min

The chances of a rail strike beginning as early as Dec. 9 were advanced when one of the largest unions involved in the negotiations turned down the tentative agreement reached in September. The Sheet ...

22 Nov 20223min

This holiday shipping season is expected to be marked by fewer delays and disruptions compared with the past two years, thanks to early freight movements, a flattening of volume and increased capacity...

21 Nov 20223min

Federal regulators have proposed a new climate-reporting rule that would require large federal contractors to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, climate-related financial risks and scie...

18 Nov 20223min

Senior Democrats are focusing on reducing highway fatalities, backed by provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Sens. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut...

17 Nov 20223min