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Less than two years after Massachusetts joined the ranks of states that banned texting while driving, a legislative committee endorsed a proposal Thursday that would largely prohibit handheld cell phone use by drivers, limiting calls to hands-free devices. The bill (H 1817) won the backing of the Committee on Transportation, which voted 8-0 in support [...]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings has assigned an AA+ rating to the following Commonwealth Transportation Board (the Board) bonds: –$84.4 million transportation revenue refunding bonds (Northern Virginia Transportation District Program) series 2012A; –$36.555 million transportation revenue refunding bonds (US 58 Corridor Development Program) series 2012B. The bonds are expected to sell competitively on Feb. 1, 2012. [...]

Low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is fighting back against new Department of Transportation advertising rules that require airlines to include mandatory taxes and fees in all advertised fare quotations. The airline has founded a website keepmyfareslow.org, claiming that the government is attempting to hide taxes within the price of an airplane ticket. Thanks to the US [...]

FARGO, ND Hector International Airport in Fargo and Grand Forks International Airport soon will receive new scanners to screen passengers. Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Carrie Harmon tells KFGO that the units are able to detect both metallic and nonmetallic objects under passengers clothing using millimeter wave technology. This is not the same technology thats led [...]

Two committees of the Louisiana Legislature will embark this week on their annual road show to get input from the public on highway construction. The House and Senate Committees on Transportation, Highways and Public Works, sitting as the Joint Highway Priority Construction Committee — will begin five days of hearings Tuesday in Pineville and Monroe [...]

LaHood Expects Final Deals on FAA, Transportation Funding Bills February 01, 2012, 5:18 PM EST Business Exchange E-mail Print More From Businessweek Egypt to Prosecute Son of U.S. Cabinet Secretary in NGO Case Transit Tax Switch to Roads Passed by U.S. House Panel More Private Screeners to Be Allowed at U.S. Airports Under Bill Agreement [...]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), responsible for 62 percent of South Carolina roads, selected Intergraph®’s GeoMedia® 3D to visualize three-dimensional (3D) surface models in pre-construction project planning, resulting in a more accurate estimate of expenditures associated with the engineering of project alternatives. Utilizing this type [...]

WHITE PLAINS — It?s among the top issues facing senior citizens in Westchester: how to keep them in their homes and get them around their neighborhoods. ?Transportation, transportation and more transportation,? said Mae Carpenter, county commissioner of senior programs and services. Hundreds of the county?s senior citizens, service providers and public officials turned out to [...]

OAKLAND — Preparing to ask Alameda County voters for a higher sales tax for transportation, a county commission on Thursday approved $7.8 billion in road and transit projects to be funded by the measure. Among them is $400 million to extend BART to Livermore — a project sharply debated because some critics say it shows [...]

Katie Greene | The Grand Rapids PressRay LaHood, secretary of the US Department of Transportation, speaks at the Wealthy Operation Center Ribbon Cutting on Saturday in Grand Rapids.