Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) nominated Marie Therese Dominguez on May 6 to be commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation. Dominguez – a 20-year veteran of the transportation industry, with experience in water and energy infrastructure, safety, and logistics – most recently served as administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration […]

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority launched a free six-month technology pilot program on May 1 called “AccessAI” from Aria; a system that connects blind or low vision users with highly trained sighted agents via a smartphone video mobile application to provide live and on-demand visual information about a user’s surroundings. [Above photo by MBTA.] Aira’s […]

The District Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C., began testing on May whether “re-purposed timber” gathered from trees removed due to damage can be used to build bike lane barriers “We’ve had a hard time keeping [bike lane] flex posts in place [and] we think there is a role for timber in our product inventory, […]

Since 1921, some 189 California Department of Transportation employees have died in the line of duty. As part of the annual statewide Workers Memorial – held this year at the State Capitol building in Sacramento – Tamie McGowen, assistant deputy director of public affairs at Caltrans, provided a behind-the-scenes look at the logistics of the […]