Daily Transportation Update

News
State DOT News

The Loop 05.26.23: The ‘100 Deadliest Days’ road safety campaign & how weather impacts the Ohio DOTDOT. (Ohio DOT news video)

The Vermont AOT issues $4 million via its 2024 Municipal Roads Grants-in-Aid Program (Vermont Agency of Transportation news release)

Funding and Finance

SCDOT Commission Approves Additional Funding For Pavement Improvements (Press and Standard)

Safety

Baltimore Beltway crash that killed 6 highway workers in March prompts national call to action (Baltimore Banner)

Infrastructure

Wisconsin Governor Delivers Radio Address On Proposed Historic Investment In Fixing Wisconsin’s Roads, Infrastructure (Wisconsin Governor’s Office)

Highways And Streets

LA freeway lights darkened by vandalism make for dangerous driving conditions (KCAL-TV)

Missouri Might Gain an East-West Interstate Highway (Transport Topics)

Freight

Freight slump does not stop US inland ports’ advance (The Loadstar)

Rail

Amtrak debuts service from Hartford to Penn Station starting June 5 (Hartford Business)

STB Appoints New Members to Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory Council (Surface Transportation Board)

Public Transportation

A Defense of ‘La Sombrita,’ LA’s Much-Mocked Bus-Stop Shade (Bloomberg CityLab)

Planning

First ‘visualization’ drawings released for replacement Interstate 5 Bridge (The Columbian)

Environment And Sustainability

Extreme Weather Is Disrupting Amtrak’s Trains—And Its Climate Benefits (Route Fifty)

Strategies improve pollinator roadside habitat, reduce costs (University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies)

Aviation

Buttigieg hails airport improvements in Cedar Rapids stop (Corridor Business Journal)

Water

State Legislature Unanimously Passes Illinois Waterway Ports Commission Act (Waterways Journal)

After long wait, state ferry Hubbard begins Southeast Alaska service (Alaska Public Media)

US Department of Transportation

FHWA Announces More than $52 Million in Advanced Technology Grants to Improve Safety and Reduce Travel Times (FHWA)

Other

Little Cottonwood gondola to be included in Wasatch Front’s long-term transit plan after contentious meeting (Deseret News)

Federal Register Information
Coast Guard
Rules

Safety Zones; Fireworks Displays in the Fifth Coast Guard District-Philadelphia, PA

34085 [2023-11316] PDF TXT

Safety Zone; Illinois River Mile Markers 163.3 to 162.7, Peoria, IL

34085-34087 [2023-11294] PDF TXT

Safety Zone; La Quinta and Corpus Christi Shipping Channel, Ingleside, TX

34087-34089 [2023-11387] PDF TXT
Federal Aviation Administration
Notices

NextGen Advisory Committee; Notice of Public Meeting

34206-34207 [2023-11340] PDF TXT
Federal Highway Administration
Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; State Right-of-Way Manuals, OMB Control Number 2125-0586

34207-34208 [2023-11319] PDF TXT
Maritime Administration
Notices

Solicitation of Applications for the Award of Two Maritime Security Program Operating Agreements

34221-34223 [2023-11287] PDF TXT
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Notices

New Car Assessment Program

34366-34410 [2023-11201] PDF TXT
Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Notices

Hazardous Materials: Adjusting Registration and Fee Assessment Program; Notice of Public Meeting

34227-34228 [2023-11298] PDF TXT

Hazardous Materials: Notice of Actions on Special Permits

34225-34226 [2023-11302] PDF TXT

Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications for Modification to Special Permits

34226-34227 [2023-11301] PDF TXT

Hazardous Materials: Notice of Applications for New Special Permits

34228-34229 [2023-11300] PDF TXT
Surface Transportation Board
Notices

Continuance in Control Exemption: Rio Grande Pacific Corporation Bogalusa and Northern Railway, LLC

34204-34205 [2023-11224] PDF TXT

Change in Operator Exemption: Bogalusa and Northern Railway, LLC - Bogalusa Bayou Railroad, LLC

34205 [2023-11223] PDF TXT

Lease and Operation Exemption: Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad Company, LLC - Northern Indiana Railroad Company, LLC

34205-34206 [2023-11342] PDF TXT