Daily Transportation Update

News
Reauthorization

AASHTO Encouraged by Progress on Surface Transportation Reauthorization with BUILD America 250 Act (AASHTO)

Funding and Finance

New Hampshire DOT seeks additional $1.2M to cover gas price spike (WMUR-TV)

What’s next for ODOT after Oregon voters reject the gas tax hike? (KATU-TV)

Safety

Annual AGC survey says highway work zone crash risks are the same or higher compared to one year ago (AGC news release)

Hawaii County looking to governor for help improving traffic safety after deadly crashes (Big Island Now)

Rural Intersection Made Safer: Old Greeleyville Road Improvement Project (SCDOT news video)

State DOT News

North Carolina DOT’s Traveler Information Website Getting Major Overhaul (North Carolina DOT)

Mississippi DOT and Garver receive engineering award for I-10 Diamondhead Interchange project (Mississippi DOT news release)

Interchange – May 2026 (Wyoming DOT)

Plan ahead for summer travel, including wildfire prevention, across Oregon (Oregon DOT news release)

Infrastructure

Contract award for NJDOT’s first Design-Build project announced (New Jersey DOT)

Research and Innovation

California’s latest transit dream: A bus from S.F. to L.A. that could hit 140 mph (San Francisco Chronicle)

Highways and Streets

Those potholes in your street reveal a money problem for cities and states (Stateline)

Extreme Rest Area Makeover: Modern Upgrades Welcome Travelers in Boonville (MoDOT news release)

VDOT Installs I-64 Congestion Warning System on Afton Mountain (VDOT news release)

Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization votes to withdraw support for I-77 South toll lanes (WCNC-TV)

In Minnesota’s Express Toll Lanes, Scofflaws Nearly Outnumber E-ZPasses (Axios Twin Cities)

Congress

What They Are Saying about the BUILD America 250 Act (House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure)

Public Transportation

Maine DOT Officially Opens Acadia Gateway Center (Maine DOT news release)

Freight

Sacramento County Mather Airport may be transformed into trade port (KOVR-TV video)

Rail

Feds pick design for Penn Station rebuild, won’t move Madison Square Garden (Gothamist)

Security and Resilience

Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles Alerts Public About Text Scam (MassDOT news release)

Planning

How Texas Is Planning World Cup Transit (Governing)

Montana Department of Transportation study asks Montanans to ‘put it on the map’ (KRTV-TV)

Water

Washington State Ferries debuts updated pet rules ahead of busy summer season (WSDOT news release)

US Department of Transportation

BTS Releases Transportation Public Finance Statistics 2024 Data (BTS)

Other

Richard Kloster confirmed to Surface Transportation Board (Progressive Railroading)

Could NJ Transit and the turnpike merge? Agencies’ lead steering idea. (The Record)

Non-Emergency Medical Transportation: A hidden variable in patient cares (Minnesota Physician)

AASHTO News

AASHTO Census Transportation Planning Conference June 2-4, 2026, Providence, RI (AASHTO Meetings)

AASHTO Committee on Traffic Engineering Annual Meeting June 21-24, 2026, Mobile, AL (AASHTO Meetings)

AASHTO Product Evaluation & Audit Solutions Annual Meeting June 21-25, 2026, Savannah, GA (AASHTO Meetings)

AASHTO Committee on Bridges & Structures Annual Meeting June 28-July 2, 2026, Charlotte, NC (AASHTO Meetings)

AASHTO Research and Advisory Committee Annual Meeting July 7-9, 2026, Pittsburgh, PA (AASHTO Meetings)

AASHTO Joint Council on Active Transportation and Committee on Planning Meeting July 27-29, Baltimore, MD (AASHTO Meetings)

AASHTO Committee on Materials and Pavement; Co-Located with AASHTOWare Pavement ME Design User Group Meeting August 3-7, 2026, Richmond, VA (AASHTO Meetings)

Federal Register Information
Coast Guard
Notices

Area Maritime Security Advisory Committee (AMSC), Eastern Great Lakes, Northwestern Pennsylvania; Sub-Committee Vacancy

29974-29975 [2026-10163] PDF TXT

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0095

29975-29976 [2026-10196] PDF TXT

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0074

29978-29979 [2026-10198] PDF TXT

Collection of Information Under Review by Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0040

29976-29977 [2026-10203] PDF TXT

Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget; OMB Control Number: 1625-0072

29977-29978 [2026-10204] PDF TXT
Rules

Special Local Regulation; Sail Yorktown; York River, Yorktown, VA

29902-29904 [2026-10156] PDF TXT

Special Local Regulation; Battle of the Boats; York River, Yorktown, VA

29904-29905 [2026-10158] PDF TXT

Special Local Regulation; Lower Chesapeake Bay, Hampton Roads, and the Elizabeth River, Virginia

29905-29909 [2026-10159] PDF TXT

Safety Zone; Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Chesapeake, VA

29910-29911 [2026-10176] PDF TXT
Federal Aviation Administration
Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: for the Information Collection Entitled, Website for Frequency Coordination Request

30023-30024 [2026-10169] PDF TXT
Proposed Rules

Establishment of Class E Airspace; Conneaut, OH

29923-29924 [2026-10235] PDF TXT
Rules

Airworthiness Directives; Bell Textron Canada Limited Helicopters

29888-29890 [2026-10167] PDF TXT

Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters

29890-29892 [2026-10170] PDF TXT
Federal Highway Administration
Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection

30024 [2026-10195] PDF TXT

Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments for a New Information Collection

30024-30025 [2026-10201] PDF TXT
Railroad Retirement Board
Notices

Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment

29992 [2026-10206] PDF TXT
US Department Of Transportation
Notices

Agency Request for Renewal of a Previously Approved Information Collection: Procedures and Evidence Rules for Air Carrier Authority Applications

30025-30026 [2026-10230] PDF TXT