infrastructure

The trucking industry was dealt a big blow when the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) shut down the Hernando de Soto Bridge on May 11. Inspectors found a major fracture in a deck beam, compromising the stability of the Interstate 40 bridge between Memphis, Tennessee, and eastern...

President Biden is determined in electrifying America's auto fleet electric. But the math behind a greener future is harder than it seems as it involves half of all vehicles sold in 2030 to be electric. The President will attempt to get carmakers to commit to reaching at least 40 percent...

Buried in the U.S. House and Senate versions of highway reauthorization legislation currently being negotiated are provisions that would allow billions of dollars to be spent dismantling portions of the interstate highway system without replacing the lost transportation capacity. The provisions...

Defining what it means to provide rail shippers with robust competitive options could be the lens that the Surface Transportation Board uses as it responds to an order from President Joe Biden aimed at promoting competition within the freight railroad and maritime industries.  But it remains to be...

We're in the thick of summer, the prime season for road construction crews to get a lot of work done. With President Joe Biden striking a deal on his infrastructure plan and 40% of Americans planning on summer travel (similar to pre-pandemic levels), we may soon see a lot more workers out there....

A handful of freight rail-related projects have received federal funding from a popular infrastructure grant program. The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding $905.25 million to 24 projects in 18 states via the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary program.  The...

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a highway reauthorization bill that includes a provision to raise trucking insurance liability from $750,000 to $2 million, mandates automatic braking on new trucks and increases scrutiny of truck dispatch services. The Investing in a New Vision...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) and the Global X US Infrastructure Development ETF (BATS: PAVE) both initially traded higher last week after President Joe Biden said “we have a deal” on a bipartisan infrastructure bill worth nearly $1 trillion. Investors initially assumed...

U.S. Republican Senate negotiators have welcomed President Joe Biden's withdrawal of his threat to veto a $1.2-trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.  On Saturday, Biden issued a statement saying it "was certainly not my intent" to create the impression he was threatening to...

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what's happening in the freight ecosystem. In today's edition, we highlight a bill on Capitol Hill that could impact Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) logistics business. We also look at Dynamo Ventures' latest funding round and more. The High Five 1. House lawmakers have...

While you never want to spike the ball on the five-yard line, the stock market has a green tint this morning amid news of progress on an infrastructure deal. It’s got the market excited and is probably the main impetus for stocks being up so much overnight. Obviously, people have had their...

A bipartisan infrastructure plan in the U.S. government, costing little over $1 trillion, has been gaining support in the U.S. Senate, but disputes continue on how it should be funded, Reuters reports. Twenty-one (11 Republicans, nine Democrats and one independent) of the 100 U.S....

There are more than 5.8 million vehicle crashes each year in the United States. About 21% of these crashes — more than 1.23 million — are weather-related, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. The U.S. Department of Transportation says the estimated cost of...

More funding for passenger rail? Yes, please, according to President Joe Biden's proposed budget for the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) for next year. The proposed $4 billion budget includes a 35% increase in financial support for Amtrak as well as the creation of a new grant program aimed...

President Joe Biden's election signaled a stark change in policies and priorities from those of the Trump administration — not uncommon when the White House flips political parties — highlighted by a flurry of executive orders that started just hours after Biden was inaugurated. Included in those...