Daily Transportation Update

News
State DOT News

Gov. Gavin Newsom names Dina El-Tawansy as the new director for Caltrans (California State Transportation Agency news release)

Mississippi DOT ‘Extra Mile’ podcast interviews Scott Simmons, MEMA director of external affairs, to discuss hurricane preparedness (Mississippi DOT podcast)

Michigan DOT’s Adopt-A-Highway program will clean highway roadsides from July 12 to 20 during the second of three scheduled pickups this year (Michigan DOT news release)

Nearly 500 Oregon transportation workers get layoff notices (Oregon Capital Chronicle)

Safety

Atlanta’s iconic Jackson Street Bridge to get major safety improvements (WAGA-TV)

Infrastructure

Princeton, Illinois’ damaged Red Covered Bridge enters next rehabilitation phase (IDOT Telegram)

Highways and Streets

Nevada DOT in final days of I-11 sign replacement (KVVU-TV)

Congress

FAA administrator nomination headlines a respite week for senators (Roll Call)

Mobility

Believe it or not, more Amish than ever are switching to electric bikes (Electrek)

Public Transportation

San Francisco City Hall Not at All Pleased With Those ‘Guerilla Benches’ That Some Renegades Placed at Bench-Less Muni Stops (SFist)

Strength In Numbers: Transit Agencies Work Together to Protect Funding, Advance Improvements (Passenger Transport)

Water

Metro-North’s Newburgh-Beacon Ferry shuts down as ridership dips. Shuttle bus still open (lohud)

Security And Resilience

Passengers at some U.S. airports no longer have to remove footwear, sources say (CBS News)

Duffy accuses New York MTA of ‘runaround’ on subway crime (New York Post)

Active Transportation

Federal budget bill wipes out $147 million grant for Emerald Trail in Jacksonville (Florida Times-Union)

New York City Creating Department of Sustainable Deliver with E-Bike and Scooter Enforcement (WCBS-TV)

Lee County, Florida studies shared-use path to connect communities across Caloosahatchee (WFTX-TV)

Workforce

Trump extends federal hiring freeze with exceptions for military, immigration enforcement (USA Today)

US Department of Transportation

Duffy Removes Financing Policy Roadblock to Get America Building Again (USDOT)

Duffy Op-Ed: No Borders, No Parking, No More: Trump’s Plan to Put Truckers First (USDOT)

Federal Register Information
Coast Guard
Proposed Rules

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

30027 - 30030 [2025-12677] PDF TXT
Rules

Safety Zone; Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, HI

29990 [2025-12625] PDF TXT

Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District, Brick Township, NJ

29987 - 29987 [2025-12646] PDF TXT

Safety Zone; Annual Event French Festival Fireworks, Cape Vincent, NY

29988 [2025-12656] PDF TXT

Safety Zones; Annual Events in the Captain of the Port Eastern Great Lakes Zone

29986 - 29987 [2025-12657] PDF TXT

Special Local Regulation; San Pedro Bay, San Pedro, CA

29985 - 29986 [2025-12680] PDF TXT

Safety Zone; Lakeshore State Park, Milwaukee, WI

29988 - 29988 [2025-12681] PDF TXT

Cancellation of Obsolete Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circulars

30075 - 30075 [2025-12647] PDF TXT
Federal Aviation Administration
Notices

Notice of Request To Release Airport Property; Waterloo Regional Airport (ALO), Waterloo, Iowa

30188 - 30188 [2025-12611] PDF TXT
Proposed Rules

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS Airplanes

30024 - 30027 [2025-12642] PDF TXT

Airworthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Airplanes

30030 - 30032 [2025-12671] PDF TXT