Daily Transportation Update

News
Transportation Research Board

TRB Panel: Technology Key to ‘Future of Transportation’ (AASHTO Journal)

Winners Named for ATSSA, TRB Student Challenge (AASHTO Journal)

AASHTO News

AASHTO Comments on Asset Management Plan Rulemaking (AASHTO Journal)

NOCoE Newsletter – January 10, 2025 (National Operations Center of Excellence)

State DOT News

FHWA Funds Help Nebraska Align Transportation Projects (AASHTO Journal)

Arizona DOT Cultivates Youth Engagement (West Valley View)

This Week at NCDOT: Winter Weather, 100 Days After Helene, etc. (NCDOT news video)

Funding and Finance

Mississippi DOT seeks budget increase during 2025 Legislative Session (WJTV-TV)

Infrastructure

Oregon roads and bridges are old and damaged. Fixing them is an expensive task for lawmakers this year (OPB)

Equity

Waymo is offering blind and visually impaired more options for transportation around Bay Area (KPIX-TV)

Congress

Senate Hearing for Trump’s Transportation Cabinet Pick Scheduled for Wednesday Morning (AP)

Rail

Suffolk County, New York executive: Amtrak coming to Ronkonkoma Long Island Rail Road station (News 12 Long Island)

Public Transportation

Lehigh Valley Mall owner plans to evict public transit center (WHYY)

Omaha Metro introduces Microtransit (KMTV-TV)

Austin unveils how light-rail could change the city in new report with detailed maps (KUT Radio)

FTA Announces Close to $2 Billion Construction Grant to Advance the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line Extension Project (FTA)

Aviation

What Pete Buttigieg Wants Airline CEOs to Know (Skift)

Security And Resilience

SANDAG, Caltrans take step forward on Otay Mesa Port of Entry Project (City News Service)

Active Transportation

MassDOT Added 15 Miles of Shared Use Paths in 2024 (AASHTO Journal)

Workforce

December 2024 U.S. Transportation Sector Unemployment (4.3%) Was the Same As the December 2023 Level (4.3%) And Above the Pre-Pandemic December 2019 Level (2.8%) (BTS)

US Department of Transportation

On visit to Pittsburgh, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg looks at road ahead (WESA-TV)

Exit interview: DOT Sec. Buttigieg on infrastructure act and the road ahead (NPR’s All Things Considered)

AASHTO Washington Briefing Update

Key Sessions Detailed for 2025 AASHTO Washington Briefing (AASHTO Journal)

Federal Register Information
Executive Office Of The President
Notices

Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Homeland Security

2579 - 2580 [2025-00603] PDF TXT
Federal Aviation Administration
Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments; Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection: Report of Inspections Required by Airworthiness Directives, Part 39

2772 - 2773 [2025-00483] PDF TXT
Federal Highway Administration
Notices

Notice of Final Federal Agency Actions on the US 380 Project in Texas

2773 - 2774 [2025-00453] PDF TXT
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Notices

Commercial Driver's License: Application for Exemption; James D. Welch

2774 - 2775 [2025-00439] PDF TXT

Commercial Driver's License: International Motors, LLC; Application for Exemption

2775 - 2777 [2025-00440] PDF TXT
Federal Railroad Administration
Notices

Notice of Proposed Waiver of Buy America Requirements for Tier 0, Tier 1, and Non-Tiered Locomotives

2777 - 2779 [2025-00443] PDF TXT
Homeland Security Department
Notices

Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Electronic Export Manifest for Rail Cargo

2874 - 2919 [2024-31331] PDF TXT
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Notices

Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice and Request for Comment; Assessing the Fit and Comfort of Motorcycle Safety Gear

2779 - 2781 [2025-00406] PDF TXT
Railroad Retirement Board
Notices

Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment

2758 - 2758 [2025-00472] PDF TXT
Surface Transportation Board
Notices

Release of Waybill Data

2772 - 2772 [2025-00514] PDF TXT
US Department Of Transportation
Notices

Draft Designation of National Multimodal Freight Network and State Input Process

2781 - 2785 [2025-00474] PDF TXT