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Transportation commissions form bi-state tolling subcommittee to guide tolling on I-5 Bridge
File photo First meeting of Oregon, Washington officials takes place virtually on Feb. 23 VANCOUVER – The Oregon Transportation Commission and Washington State Transportation Commission have formed a new bi-state tolling subcommittee to study and assess possible toll rates and policies for the Interstate 5 Bridge over the Columbia River. The subcommittee’s first meeting is
Minister of Transportation pins hope on Bali LRT to solve island’s traffic woes
We hope that we can soon forget about inching along in bumper-to-bumper hell on motorbikes, because Budi Karya Sumadi, Indonesia’s Minister of Transportation, recently announced what sounds like concrete plans for a Light Rail Transit (LRT) system in Bali. Budi Karya said the Bali LRT, which has been under proposal for several years, is urgently
Coal and transportation fueled a surge in US carbon emissions last year
Last year, the world saw record declines in greenhouse gas emissions—largely due to COVID-19. At the time, there were plenty of warnings about how the change wouldn’t stick and that when the economy came roaring back in the new year, so would emissions. Now, research shows that this is pretty much exactly what happened. A…
Transportation and Agriculture Departments Urge End to Reduced and Poor Service for U.S. Grown Agricultural Commodities
The Secretaries Urge Expansion of Operations at Underutilized West Coast Ports to Alleviate Supply Chain Congestion Washington, Dec. 17, 2021 – Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack urged the world’s leading ocean carriers to help mitigate disruptions to agricultural shippers of U.S. exports and relieve supply chain disruptions created by…
U.S. Transportation Department says 3,700 employees furloughed
Please try another search Economy10 hours ago (Oct 01, 2021 09:15PM ET) © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A worker enters a transportation department federal building in Washington October 1, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department said 3,700 employees had been temporarily furloughed after Congress failed to reauthorize surface transportation programs…
Transportation plans optimized for China’s fourth CIIE
Traveling to and from the site of the China International Import Expo, the National Exhibition and Convention Center, will be made more convenient for the fourth edition of the expo, the Shanghai government said on Monday. The completion of the western part of the Beiheng Passage from the Tianmu Road Viaduct to the Middle Ring…