Federal Highway Administration

Sensitive DOT documents found vulnerable to hackers

WASHINGTON — Vulnerability tests conducted at the U.S. Department of Transportation revealed that employees’ personal information and other sensitive documents are at risk because of ineffective IT safeguards, according to a federal watchdog.

By using publicly available administrator account credentials, auditors at the department’s Office of Inspector General were able to gain unauthorized access to printers used by employees at DOT’s Federal Highway Administration, according to OIG’s report...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sensitive-dot-documents-found-vulnerable-to-hackers

FHWA asking carriers about their electric vehicle charging needs

WASHINGTON — Data on overnight battery-charging needs, driver amenities at charging stations and appropriate distances between stations along truck routes is being sought from motor carriers as the Biden administration gears up its electric-truck vision.

In a request for information (RFI) published Wednesday, the Federal Highway Administration outlined 30 questions in four categories that the agency plans to use to support the deployment of battery-charging stations around the country to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fhwa-asking-carriers-about-their-electric-vehicle-charging-needs

Container ship lacked backup system to avoid Baltimore bridge strike

WASHINGTON — Cargo vessels are not equipped with backup power sufficient to avoid situations such as the one in March when the container ship Dali struck and collapsed Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, the country’s top transportation safety investigator told lawmakers.

Testifying before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennfier Homendy said the backup generator that kicked in after the Dali lost power roughly half...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/container-ship-lacked-backup-system-to-avoid-baltimore-bridge-strike

Megawatt grants electrify truck charging corridors

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Startup electric truck infrastructure developer WattEV won’t say how much money it has raised from...

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Truck parking expansion money still elusive on Capitol Hill

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WASHINGTON — Despite receiving more attention than ever from the trucking industry and the Biden...

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DOT finalizes rule requiring states to track vehicle CO2

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has finalized a rule requiring each state to track and monitor...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-finalizes-rule-requiring-states-to-track-vehicle-co2

FHWA declines to set truck standards in EV charging rule

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has largely avoided taking into account the concerns of the trucking industry in rolling out its first set of standards and requirements for a nationwide electric vehicle charging network.

The intentional hands-off approach, according to a final rule to be published by the Federal Highway Administration on Tuesday, is meant to avoid getting in the way of evolving technology for powering medium- and heavy-duty (MD/HD) electric trucks.

“The FHWA … cannot...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fhwa-declines-to-set-truck-standards-in-ev-charging-rule

Runaway diesel prices top trucking industry’s critical issues list

Rebecca Brewster, president and COO, ATRI

SAN DIEGO –Soaring diesel prices displaced the driver shortage after five years in the top spot in the American Transportation Research Institute’s 18th annual Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry.

“It certainly brings attention to it when it overtakes something [like driver shortage],” Rebecca Brewster, ATRI president and COO, told FreightWaves.

The independent research group that works closely with the American Trucking Associations  released its 18th annual survey Saturday during the ATA’s...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/runaway-diesel-prices-top-trucking-industrys-critical-issues-list

DOT issues truck parking handbook for local planners

Trucks parked at truck stop.

The Biden administration has issued a new handbook to give state and local planning groups and private industry detailed procedures for assessing demand for truck parking and boosting parking capacity.

The 80-page publication, “Truck Parking Development Handbook,” was developed from information provided to and generated by the National Coalition of Truck Parking, a group of public and private sector officials coordinated by the Federal Highway Safety Administration.

The handbook “outlines the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dot-issues-truck-parking-handbook-for-local-planners

FreightWaves Classics/Leaders: Rico held key positions at FHWA and now at MAES

VDOT, FHWA, USACE officials sign draft SEIS for Route 460. (Photo: Gerry Rogers/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

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National Hispanic Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed annually from September 15 to October 15. It celebrates “the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.”

Hispanic Heritage Week began in 1968 under President Lyndon Johnson and was...

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