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Amazon’s Top Prime Air Executive Outlines Plans for Delivery Drones to Navigate Skies
July 29, 2015
Amazon has laid out a proposal centered on slicing U.S. airspace into segments for different categories of unmanned delivery aircraft, while keeping them all away from airplanes.
Integration of Civil Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS) Roadmap
July 28, 2015
UAS must be integrated into the NAS without reducing existing capacity, decreasing safety, negatively impacting current operators, or increasing the risk to airspace users or persons and property on the ground any more than the integration of comparable new and novel technologies.
Coalition for Transportation Productivity Asks Congress to Take Closer Look at Truck Size & Weight
July 8, 2015
The case against increasing truck size and weight has been built on the premise to keep bigger and heavier trucks off the road and apply existing federal truck size and weight limits to the entire National Highway System, rather than interstate highways, which is the case today.
New Transportation Bill Could Finally Solve America’s Infrastructure Problem
June 5, 2015
Seventeen lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in Congress have introduced legislation to provide federal transportation funding for the long-term.
Two Months Is Too Little When It Comes To Transportation Infrastructure Funding
May 18, 2015
What is a little more waiting going to matter, when one considers we have been waiting for a new multi-year surface transportation reauthorization for more than six years?
Amazon’s Plans For Delivery Drones
May 12, 2015
Amazon said it was ready to start commercial drone deliveries as soon as regulations were in place - details about how Amazon's proposed delivery drones may work have now been published by the US Patent Office.
Transportation Chief: ‘We Ought To Be Embarrassed As A Country’
May 10, 2015
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has pushed Congress to approve a six-year, $478 billion transportation funding measure, but lawmakers have balked at the proposal’s funding mechanism.
Senate Passes $15 Billion Transportation Package
March 3, 2015
The chamber passed the revenue bill on a 27-22 bipartisan vote and negotiations with the House will begin, and they also passed a spending bill that designates the money to specific projects.
Techie Alert! The United States Department of Transportation Needs You
February 9, 2015
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx wants urban planners to think creatively, forgetting transportation jargon, challenging long-held assumptions, and courting new partners in the endeavor - those new partners would be the techies.
6 Reasons You Should Be Terrified About the Future of Transportation
February 3, 2015
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) just released “Beyond Traffic,” a study best described as a dire warning about how the country’s arterial lines will clog and implode over the next several decades.
White House Outlines Transportation Plan
January 11, 2015
Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx speaks at the the Transportation Research Board annual meeting in Washington.
How Congress Is ‘Killing Our Transportation System’
July 22, 2014
The Senate is expected to vote on highway funding proposals this week, including an $11 billion measure the House approved last week that would keep the fund solvent through May 2015.
Economic Analysis of the Transportation Infrastructure Investment
July 14, 2014
The federal government's current level of spending on transportation projects is about $50 billion, which infrastructure advocates say is barely enough to maintain the current state of the nation's roads and bridges.
GROW AMERICA Act
May 2, 2014
The GROW AMERICA Act will provide rail with a predictable, dedicated funding source and the tools needed to drive the next generation of rail safety and development.
Secretary Foxx Sends Transportation Bill to Congress
May 2, 2014
GROW AMERICA Act would create jobs, provide certainty for country’s future growth.