USDOT Launches Three-Year Truck Driver Training Pilot Program
Faces of Transportation July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSTransportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced during a press event in Nebraska on July 3 that USDOT will officially launch a long-awaited pilot program to permit 18 to 20 year olds who possess the U.S. military equivalent of a commercial driver’s license or “CDL” to operate large trucks in interstate commerce. Chao was in Nebraska to […]
READ MORESurvey: While Trust in Connected-Automated Vehicles Low, Savings Could be High
Faces of Transportation July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSTwo recent polls conducted by insurance firm Esurance indicate that even though a large percentage of motorists remain uninterested in giving control of the steering wheel over to self-driving or connected and autonomous vehicles – called CAVs for short – the potential savings of doing so could amount to several thousand dollars per year, along […]
READ MOREThis week, March 23-27, is National Work Zone Awareness Week, a time when national and state transportation agencies and associations try to spur greater attention to driving safely through highway work areas. That may sound simple, but it clearly isn’t. About 600 people die each year from roadway crashes in work zones, when high-speed vehicles […]
READ MOREITD Seeks Public Comment on Investment Program Draft
Faces of Transportation July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Idaho Transportation Department is soliciting public comment on the draft of its fiscal year 2019-25 Idaho Transportation Investment Program or “ITIP,” which is a seven-year “roadmap” for planning and developing transportation projects such as: highways and bridges; bicycle and pedestrian facilities; airports; plus public and freight transportation needs, among others. However, Adam Rush, the ITD’s […]
READ MOREFHWA Releases Flood-Related Emergency Road Funds, Talks Innovation Support
Faces of Transportation July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Federal Highway Administration provided Wisconsin with $1 million and Michigan with $2 million in emergency relief funds on July 2 and July 3, respectively, to help begin repairs on roads and bridges damaged by floods triggered by heavy rains back on June 16-17. The Gogebic, Houghton, and Menominee counties in the western Upper Peninsula […]
READ MOREEIA: Gasoline Prices Will Decline for the Rest of 2018
Faces of Transportation July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSAccording to data tracked by the Energy Information Administration, the national average for regular-grade gasoline is expected to decline for the rest of 2018, dipping from a high of $2.96 per gallon on May 28 to around $2.84 per gallon by September and then $2.68 per gallon in December. The agency said gasoline prices are […]
READ MORESierra Club Survey says Voters Support Electric Vehicles, Transit, Biking, and Walking
Faces of Transportation July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSA so-called “regional survey” conducted by the Sierra Club among voters in 11 states across the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and the District of Columbia finds that three in four or 74 percent of those polled support moving forward with “regional transportation modernization plans” that invest in electric vehicles, public transportation, and “safer communities” for walking and […]
READ MOREHearing Seeks Extension of FAST-41 Project Permitting Reforms
Faces of Transportation July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSA recent roundtable hearing on Capitol Hill focused on efforts to streamline federal infrastructure permitting process also served as a forum to introduce legislation that would ensure the permanence of currently-enacted reforms. “The federal infrastructure permitting process is incredibly long. It’s complicated, arcane, and bureaucratic. And the delays in the process have real costs: in […]
READ MOREIowa DOT Lays Out Five Year, $3.4B Highway Funding Plan
Faces of Transportation May 15, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe Iowa Department of Transportation officially presented a “first draft” of a proposed five-year funding plan back on May 8 that aims for “multimodal transportation system” investments including aviation, public transit, railroads, trails, and highways. Some $3.4 billion of that plan is earmarked just for highway needs, the agency said. The Fiscal Year 2019-2023 Iowa […]
READ MOREThe American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials along with the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association held a free live-streaming webinar on May 14 entitled The State of Highway Investment: Plans, Promises and Predictions, focusing on both current trends and future plans for federal, state, and local surface transportation investments – especially in […]
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January 26, 1895: A Rousing End for a Pacesetting Cycle Show in New York City
The First National Exhibit of Cycles, Cycle Accessories, and Sundries – better known as the National Show – came to a rousing end at 11:00 p.m. in New York City. “The most successful cycle show ever held in this country, and probably in the world, was brought to a close at Madison Square Garden last night,” asserted the next day’s edition of the New York Tribune.
Read more: https://transportationhistory.org/2021/01/26/a-rousing-end-for-a-pacesetting-cycle-show-in-new-york-city/
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