Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. Ninety new buses are making their way from Livermore, California, to Walt Disney World. They’re not driving all at once, though depending on when they come off the line at Gillig, the manufacturer, they may travel […]
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MC trucking and transportation program gets truck, scholarship funds
Mar. 28—MIDLAND — Midland College’s Transportation Training Program has received a donation from Midland Development Corporation and Permian Basin Workforce Development Board. The donation provided funds to purchase a Peterbilt Truck and helped pay full scholarships for 20 students enrolling in the Transportation Training program. The demand for large-truck drivers in the West Texas region […]
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Transportation officials will take vessel collisions into consideration in designing new Blatnik Bridge
DULUTH — As transportation officials work on rebuilding a major bridge connecting this city and Superior, Wis., in upcoming years, mitigating the risk of a vessel ramming into the structure — like the catastrophic collision between a cargo ship and the Francis Scott Key Bridge — is at the forefront of plans. The Blatnik Bridge, […]
Statewide transportation improvement plan seeking public comment
Mar. 22—Public input is being asked for the state’s transportation priorities over the next four years with several local highway projects named on the list. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is seeking public input on the agency’s Statewide Improvement Plan for fiscal years 2024 through 2027. “The STIP is a planning document required by federal […]
Ocean City launches new transportation app. All to know before you hop on for a ride.
Ocean City has launched a new app for all of your transportation needs. Officially dubbed “OCMD Beach Bus,” the app allows users to track the real-time location of vehicles on Coastal Highway Beach Bus and West Ocean City Park and Ride routes. The app, which launched in March, displays notifications and real-time information for all […]
Vigo County School Corp. has new transportation director
Mar. 11—As the Vigo County School Corp.’s new transportation director, Jack “P.J.” Pitts vows to give 110% to the job each and every day. “I’m a goal setter. I never sit around. I’m always on the move,” he said Monday at the General Services bus transportation facility. “I’m going to bring that energy into this […]
State transportation regulators prepare for a new home, more resources
Mar. 8—The small group of investigators that oversees New Mexico’s regulated motor carriers — from tow trucks to ambulances and everything in between — is getting ready to double in size and get a new home. Starting in July, the state Public Regulation Commission’s Transportation Division will become part of the Department of Transportation, said […]
House passes $14.3 billion supplemental transportation budget
The Washington State House of Representatives passed a supplemental transportation budget of $14.3 billion this week. Most of the increase is for the Department of Transportation. The increase is made possible by cap-and-invest auction revenues, federal funding, and Move Ahead Washington spending from available balances. “This budget shows our commitment to maintaining promises to major […]
Accumulating snow expected; transportation crews working to treat roads
Accumulating snow expected; transportation crews working to treat roads Transportation crews are getting ready to deal with a blast of winter weather Friday night. As reported on News Center 7 at 11, at Ace Hardware in Centerville, the store is getting ready for warmer weather. “It’s fixin’ to be March. Even though we have inclement […]
Transportation Secretary Buttigieg raises hope Skyline will reach Ala Moana
Feb. 23—U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the troubles opening Skyline on June 30 are mirrored by other major projects around the country. Several regular Skyline passengers welcomed U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s first ride aboard Honolulu’s rail system Thursday and shared the hope of Mayor Rick Blangiardi and Hawaii’s congressional delegation that it could […]
Ukrainian parliament ready for dialogue with Poland on Ukrainian grain transportation
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) is ready to join the dialogue with the Sejm (House of Representatives) and Senate of Poland in the format of the Ukraine-Poland Parliamentary Assembly to resolve the issue of transporting Ukrainian grain through Polish territory. Source: Olena Kondratiuk, Deputy Chairwoman of the Ukrainian parliament Quote: “President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed […]