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Gov. Sonny Perdue signed an anti-texting-while-driving bill into law for all drivers in his state. The law also forbids cell phone use for young drivers with a provisional license. In addition, NHTSA has developed sample legislation that states can use as a starting point to craft measures to ban texting.
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The newly signed legislation explicitly prohibits a person from reading, writing or sending text messages while driving a vehicle in state. Mich. governor signed the bill into law on Oprah Winfrey’s No Phone Zone Day program.
Read More →The Board also authorized the agency to re-negotiate and potentially extend for up to three years its contracts with its law enforcement partners.
Read More →The New Jersey Transit Police Department maintained close communication with the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness; the FBI; and agencies at the municipal, county, state and federal levels.
Read More →Intelligence and law enforcement agencies have no indications of an ISIS terror plot against U.S. transit systems, two U.S. law enforcement officials told CNN earlier.
Read More →The upgraded King Street Yard will enable modern, more efficient maintenance practices, support the introduction of new, state-of-the-art Amtrak Airo trains set to enter service first on the Amtrak Cascades route in 2026, and maintain trains on the Long-Distance routes that operate out of this yard.
Read More →Increased mobility for more people, jobs and cleaner air most frequently cited benefits, according to a new HNTB survey.
Read More →Proposed changes would streamline the PMO regulation by reducing the number of projects subject to FTA project management oversight.
Read More →The MTA submitted a request to the U.S. Department of Transportation to allow Phase 2 of the expansion to move forward and remain eligible for funding.
Read More →MOEV's new computer system will maximize the use of energy from solar panels at the transit agency and helps improve grid resilience.
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