...communities in coastal Alaska that are not connected to the North American road system and thus rely on the AMHS for surface transportation.The AMHS serves Southeast Alaska, Southern Alaska and Southwest Alaska, as well as the port cities of Bellingham...
...environmental review by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board was inadequate and...they have determined the Surface Transportation Board acted within the law...happy, and we knew the (Surface Transportation Board) had acted accordingly...
...trucks on interstate highways or cargo ships. Airship cargo's per ton cost fits between cargo airplanes and surface transportation.The industry is at a tipping point, Hochstetler said. Airship cargo technology can deliver tens of tons...
...new transportation bill, passed by the House of Representatives last week, for how it treats ferries.The Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012 provides reliable funding for state ferry systems, and changes how those fund are allocated...
...Commerce:The State of Alaska received welcome news at the end of June when Congress agreed on a two-year surface transportation bill that largely preserved annual federal funds for the Alaska Railroad Corp.Under the Senate version passed...
...as to whether the U.S. Surface Transportation Board complied with a federal...month.A spokesman for the Surface Transportation Board said the board is...conservationists' motion.The Surface Transportation Board last November gave...
...of the project was inadequate. A split panel of three judges agreed it was questionable whether the U.S. Surface Transportation Board had complied with federal law. Oral arguments are scheduled in November.Regarding the Port of Anchorage...
...costly reconstructing in the coming years.This project was funded with state and federal funds through the Surface Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The STIP process includes a statewide panel who score numerous projects to decide...
...administrative convenience resulted in mapping coverage of the two-day standard exclusively in terms of surface transportation." The commission found that "postal patrons in several Western states, including California, experienced far...
...Florida Department of Transportation which ? since the early 90's (sic) has emphasized the need to enhance its surface transportation system to better accommodate older drivers," the report states. "These improvements have included the widening...
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