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AASHTO Daily Transportation Update
Daily Transportation Update
Your links to transportation news from across the nation.
Friday, May 24, 2013

ROADWAYS & VEHICLES
Portion of I-5 Bridge in Washington State Collapses
Link to article in The Seattle Times
Millions Will Take to the Roads for Memorial Day Weekend
Link to article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
FUNDING
A Proposed Sales Tax Increase? Idaho Lawmakers Weigh Options Over Shortfall in Transportation Funding
Link to story on KMVT/KTWT-TV
South Carolina Senate Passes $500 Million Road-Repair Deal
Link to article in The State
Long-Term Transportation Funding Stalls in Texas
Link to story on YNN
Northern Virginia Leaders Wrestle Over Priorities for Regional Transportation Funds
Link to article from Leesburg Today
Major Washington State Transportation Package Not an Easy Sell
Link to editorial in The Olympian
STATE DOT NEWS
Portions of Roadway Damaged by Fiery Tanker Crash Won’t Open Until November, Pennsylvania DOT Says
Link to article in The Patriot-News
FREIGHT
US House Approves Keystone XL Pipeline
Link to article in The Journal of Commerce
PASSENGER RAIL
MBTA Restarts Weekend Train to Cape Cod
Link to article in the Boston Globe
State Commits Annual $3.8M to Pittsburgh-Harrisburg Amtrak Line
Link to article in TribLive
Illinois Lawmakers Encouraging Study of Future East West Passenger Rail Development
Link to article on Pantagraph
Connecticut DOT to Offer Rail Station Plan Details
Link to article in the Stamford Advocate
TRANSIT
Lawmakers Form Public Transit Caucus
Link to article in The Hill
Survey: 70 Million Tourists Will Use US Public Transit This Summer
Link to article in Metro
New York Waterway, New Jersey Transit to Launch Bus-Ferry Pilot Program
Link to story on CBS New York
$1.1 Billion in Sandy Aid Announced for Transit Systems
Link to article in Nj.com
Metro Moves to Modernize Fare-Collection System
Link to article in the Washington Post
TRANSPORTATION BLOGS
One Year After White House Digital Government Strategy, US DOT Putting Safety Information in Consumer's Hands
Link to US DOT's Fast Lane
US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Anthony Foxx: Transportation Projects Are Economic Drivers
Link to article on Transportation Nation
LaHood Says Goodbye to St. Lawrence Seaway
Link to story on North Country Radio
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
Conducting Aeronautical Special Events at Airports
Link to TRB article
TRB Marine Group Brochure
Link to TRB article
NEWS RELEASES
Amtrak Board Extends Contract of President and CEO Joe Boardman
Link to news release
Secretary LaHood Announces $3.7 Billion in Additional Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Aid for Transit Agencies
Link to news release
BTS Releases February 2013 US Airline Traffic Data; System Passengers Down 1.2% from February 2012
Link to news release
HDR, Inc.
AASHTOWare
AASHTOWare Right of Way Relocation Software
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Transportation TV
FRA’s Szabo, AASHTO Pres. Lewis and Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy Make News
This Special Report on the AASHTO 2013 Spring Meeting in Providence includes an interview with Joe Szabo, Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, AASHTO Pres. Mike Lewis, director of the Rhode island DOT, and New York Transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald.
AASHTO Bookstore
2013 Interim Revisions to The Manual For Bridge Evaluation, 2nd Edition
The 2013 interim contains updated information for the Manual for Bridge Evaluation, 2nd Edition. It is necessary to have this interim to have all current specification information. 2012.
Federal Register Information
COAST GUARD
PROPOSED RULES
Drawbridge Operations
Hudson River, Troy and Green Island, NY
31454–31457 [2013–12394]
[TEXT] [PDF]
Drawbridge Operations
Taunton River, Fall River and Somerset, MA
31457–31459 [2013–12397]
[TEXT] [PDF]
RULES
Drawbridge Operations
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
31414–31415 [2013–12396]
[TEXT] [PDF]
Drawbridge Operations
Thea Foss Waterway Previously Known as City Waterway, Tacoma, WA
31412–31414 [2013–12393]
[TEXT] [PDF]
Safety Zones and Special Local Regulations
Recurring Marine Events in Captain of the Port Long Island Sound Zone
31402–31412 [2013–12392]
[TEXT] [PDF]
Safety Zones and Special Local Regulations
Recurring Marine Events in Captain of the Port Long Island Sound Zone
31402–31412 [2013–12392]
[TEXT] [PDF]
Safety Zones
USA Triathlon; Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, WI
31415–31417 [2013–12395]
[TEXT] [PDF]
Class E Airspace; Establishment
Cherokee, WY
31397–31398 [2013–12313]
[TEXT] [PDF]
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
NOTICES
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Anti-Drug Program for Personnel Engaged in Specified Aviation Activities
31626 [2013–12473]
[TEXT] [PDF]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Information for the Prevention of Aircraft Collisions on Runways at Towered Airports
31626–31627 [2013–12476]
[TEXT] [PDF]
Meetings
RTCA Special Committee 224, Airport Security Access Control Systems
31627–31628 [2013–12460]
[TEXT] [PDF]
PROPOSED RULES
Class D Airspace; Amendments
Columbus, Rickenbacker International Airport, OH
31428–31429 [2013–12478]
[TEXT] [PDF]
Class E Airspace; Amendments
Mason, TX
31429–31430 [2013–12477]
[TEXT] [PDF]
Class E Airspace; Establishment
Wagner, SD
31430–31431 [2013–12479]
[TEXT] [PDF]
RULES
Airworthiness Directives
Airbus Airplanes
31386–31389 [2013–11903]
[TEXT] [PDF]
Airworthiness Directives
Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH Helicopters
31394–31396 [2013–12307]
[TEXT] [PDF]
Airworthiness Directives
The Boeing Company Airplanes
31389–31394 [2013–10797]
[TEXT] [PDF]
Class D and Class E Airspace; Amendments
Portland-Hillsboro, OR
31396–31397 [2013–12314]
[TEXT] [PDF]
Meetings
RTCA Special Committee 222, Inmarsat AMS(R)S
31627 [2013–12464]
[TEXT] [PDF]
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
PROPOSED RULES
Rescission of Quarterly Financial Reporting Requirements
31475–31479 [2013–12339]
[TEXT] [PDF]
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
NOTICES
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.
Milwaukee, WI to Minneapolis, MN Rail Corridor
31628–31629 [2013–12435]
[TEXT] [PDF]
The AASHTO Daily Transportation Update is published electronically Monday through Friday and is a service of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. For further information or comments please contact David Dubov ddubov@aashto.org or the AASHTO Daily Transportation Update's editor, Bernie Wagenblast at bernie@bwcommunications.net.

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