Category: Infrastructure

June 24, 2022

Recruiting drivers is becoming more difficult. With the country navigating a weakening economy, companies industry wide are struggling to hire and retain drivers. According to Andrei Zakhareuski, CEO of Driving Tests, rising attrition rates across the industry can and will […]

June 24, 2022

Road, rail and port projects may have to be curtailed or delayed because of the effect that rising inflation is having on the purchasing power of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill enacted last year. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act […]

June 15, 2022

Major railroads, including Union Pacific Corp. and BNSF Railway Co., and their unions remain at an impasse after a government board ended efforts to mediate a settlement, a move that will likely force President Joe Biden’s administration to intervene and […]

June 10, 2022

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently awarded 51 tribes $8.9 million for 58 projects through the Tribal Transportation Program Safety Fund for fiscal year 2021. This includes 11 tribes that have not previously participated in the program. “There are projects […]

June 9, 2022

The leaders of the transportation committee in the U.S. House of Representatives called on the nation’s top transportation officer to increase resources for the expansion of parking facilities for truck drivers. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) and Sam Graves (R-Mo.), the […]

June 9, 2022

A bill that would authorize dozens of water infrastructure projects and studies was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 8. By a vote of 384 to 37, the chamber approved the Water Resources Development Act of 2022, […]

May 24, 2022

Traffic at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s bridges and tunnels has returned to pre-pandemic levels, partly due to changes in traveling habits, said Rick Cotton, the agency’s executive director. “At the bridges and tunnels, the volumes […]

May 17, 2022

While local communities have more access to federal infrastructure funds to improve transportation, rising project costs are creating difficulties. Leaders from four prominent organizations representing cities, counties and state legislatures gathered at a National League of Cities virtual briefing for […]

May 2, 2022

This is the latest in an intermittent FreightWaves Classics series about the U.S. Interstate Highway System (IHS). The series began with a profile of Interstate 2 (I-2) and has covered each interstate in numerical order. Today’s article profiles Interstate 40 […]

May 2, 2022

Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance recently approved Gov. Steven Evers’ plan to invest $282.9 million on infrastructure. This was the final step necessary before the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) can use the funds. Funding is via the state’s […]