Debate over Rider for Autonomous Vehicles in FAA Bill Heats Up
editor@aashto.org July 27, 2018 0 COMMENTSOft-delayed legislation sponsored by Sen. John Thune, R-South Dakota, designed to promote broader adoption of connected-autonomous vehicles or CAVs, may be attached to an updated version of the Senate’s Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill – an effort that is encountering pushback from a number of safety advocacy organizations. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and […]
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WSDOT’s Roger Millar: “We Must Become Stewards of the Transportation System”
editor@aashto.org July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSRoger Millar, secretary of the Washington Department of Transportation, sees many challenges ahead for state DOTs – especially as pressure on existing capacity keeps rising while the funding required to keep the state’s transportation network ship-shape continues to shrink. “We like to talk about traffic congestion as an issue, but it is actually a symptom […]
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Amazon Transportation and Logistics Executive Shares View of the Future
editor@aashto.org July 20, 2018 0 COMMENTSKatie Thomson, a former Obama-administration U.S. Department of Transportation official who now serves as vice president and general counsel for Amazon’s transportation and logistics operations, offered her perspective on some of the future transportation challenges and opportunities facing America during a speech at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 2018 Joint Policy […]
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Concern over the Economic Cost of Tariffs Continues to Rise
editor@aashto.org July 9, 2018 0 COMMENTSThe economic impact of Trump administration tariffs imposed on a number of goods, but especially steel and aluminum, continues to generate growing concern – especially regarding the cost of infrastructure projects. The American Institute for International Steel, for example, noted that U.S. steel-using manufacturers are encountering product price increases of 50 percent or more and […]
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USDOT Launches Three-Year Truck Driver Training Pilot Program
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production 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 […]
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Survey: While Trust in Connected-Automated Vehicles Low, Savings Could be High
AASHTO Program Director of Media Relations and TV Production 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 […]
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