Daily Transportation Update

News
State DOT News

State DOTs Making Preparations for Wintertime Operations (AASHTO Journal)

Funding and Finance

California sues Trump administration over terminated transportation grants (Reuters)

Oregon Transportation Tax Opponents Turn In ‘Nearly 200,000’ Signatures (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Funding Among Potential Impacts of U.S. Education Department Dismantling on School Transportation (School Transportation News)

Eastern Transportation Coalition Issues Phase 5 Report On Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Grant (Eastern Transportation Coalition)

Infrastructure

Registration Open for 2026 AASHTO Washington Briefing (AASHTO Journal)

Connected and Automated Vehicles

Regulating The Safety Of Autonomous Vehicles (The Regulatory Review)

Highways and Streets

RIDOT Expanding Successful Roadside Responder Program (AASHTO Journal)

Colorado begins enforcing left-lane restrictions for commercial vehicles on ‘high risk’ sections of I-70 (Sky-Hi News)

Connecticut DOT on Alleviating I-95 Traffic (News 12 Connecticut’s Power & Politics video)

Congress

Senate bill seeks to increase funding for transit (Trains)

Freight

Duffy threatens to withhold millions in highway funds from New York over flaws in immigrant commercial driver’s license system (AP/PBS News)

US Supply Chains Show Signs of Stabilizing After Year of Tariff Turbulence (gCaptain)

Rail

FRA Waiver for Automated Track Inspection Technology (AASHTO Journal)

Public Transportation

Honolulu Skyline’s ridership has grown since expanding its services to the airport (KHPR Radio The Conversation)

FTA wants to see Milwaukee County transit’s plan to stop fare evasion (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

NJ Transit Advances Transitway Project (New Jersey Business Magazine)

Environment and Sustainability

Video: Utah DOT Helps Airlift Endangered Fish Species (AASHTO Journal)

How the US freight rail industry got dirtier than coal power plants (Reuters)

Aviation

Duffy says he will ensure safety of DC air traffic (Reuters)

Eastern Iowa Airport pushes to build regional aerospace cluster, boost economic opportunities (The Gazette)

Airline Service Quality Performance Data – September 2025 (BTS)

Water

Carteret Ferry Terminal set to transform NJ town with $48M hub (WPIX-TV)

Security and Resilience

TSA is giving airline passenger data to ICE for deportation push: NYT (CNBC)

Active Transportation

DDOT Starts Speed Management Pilot for Popular Trail (AASHTO Journal)

Commonwealth Transportation Board seeks transfer of Shenandoah Rail Trail to Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (WHSV-TV)

Workforce

Connecticut Salutes First CTDOT Maintainer Apprentices (AASHTO Journal)

DHS moves to eliminate TSA collective bargaining agreement, again (WFED Radio)

US Department of Transportation

Duffy says ‘longstanding’ rules will be enforced in CDL crackdown (Fox News’ The Faulkner Focus video)

USDOT Complied With Return to In-Person Work Requirements and Began Implementing Monitoring Procedures (USDOT Inspector General)

AASHTO News

AASHTOWare Webinar: The Impact of ‘Resilient Modulus’ (AASHTO Journal)

Transportation Research Board

The Impacts of and Response to Drug Use on Transit (Transit Cooperative Research Program)

Other

The Eastern Transportation Coalition and CDM Smith Present: Rebuilding the Link Between Road Use and Payment for Sustainable Transportation Funding Solutions – December 17 (Eastern Transportation Coalition)

Federal Register Information
Federal Aviation Administration
Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Changes in Permissible Stage 2 Airplane Operations

58076 [2025-22701] PDF TXT

Implementation of Required Safety Enhancements on Boeing 737 MAX Airplanes

58076-58077 [2025-22787] PDF TXT

Noise Compatibility Program for John Glenn Columbus International Airport, Columbus, Ohio

58077-58078 [2025-22810] PDF TXT
Rules

Special Conditions: Pratt and Whitney Canada, PW220A; Flat 30-Second and 2-Minute OEI Rating

57896-57898 [2025-22759] PDF TXT

Establishment of Class E Airspace; Manila Airport, Manila, UT

57898-57899 [2025-22771] PDF TXT
Federal Communications Commission
Notices

Protecting the Nation's Communications Systems From Cybersecurity Threats

58006-58011 [2025-22830] PDF TXT
Federal Highway Administration
Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Reinstatement of a Previously Approved Information Collection

58078-58079 [2025-22742] PDF TXT
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; Advanced Drunk Driving Prevention Technology Telltale Development

58079-58087 [2025-22762] PDF TXT

Technical Translation Research; Request for Comment

58087-58088 [2025-22824] PDF TXT
Surface Transportation Board
Notices

CSX Transportation, Inc.-Discontinuance Exemption-in Oswego and Onondaga Counties, N.Y.

58075-58076 [2025-22698] PDF TXT