transportation

Arkansans know Garver as the elite engineering firm based just downriver from the base of the Interstate 430 bridge in North Little Rock. But the 100-year-old firm is known far beyond the state’s borders. It employs almost 800 throughout 34…

Because of COVID-19, school will look different this year, and so will transportation. The Arkansas Department of Education’s transportation directors are taking the utmost measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 on buses. These measures include regularly disinfecting the buses…

by Jerry Chism “A mile of highway will take you a mile down the road, but a mile of runway will take you anywhere in the world.” –Author unknown On any given day in Arkansas, hundreds of airplanes pass overhead,…

A Little Rock entrepreneur has been named vice president for an international company focused on transporation, logistics and technology solutions. RaftUp founder Corey Boelkens has been tapped to be the vice president of operations for Imaginnovate, which provides strategy and…

Is there public policy to balance our need for speed with our right to safe roads? by Shannon Newton Confession: I like to drive fast. During the first week of the recent 92nd General Assembly, I was pulled over speeding…

 Now that I have signed the last bill of the 92nd General Assembly, the really hard work begins for my administration. Before I talk about the tasks ahead, though, I want to commend the legislators for focusing on the challenges…

Transplace, a leading provider of transportation management services and logistics technology solutions, announced on Wednesday that it will build a new operations center in Rogers to support company growth and technology investment to meet the supply chain needs of its growing…

My long list of goals for the 92nd General Assembly included legislation that I call the “Four ‘Ts’” – Tax reduction. Transportation funding. Teacher pay increases. Transformation of state government. As of today, we have checked off three of the…

A new prototype system that monitors the number and type of tractor-trailers moving through a region could help transportation planners identify and prioritize infrastructure projects and increase operational efficiency. “Transportation planners need better information about truck characteristics and commodity flows…

New Orleans-owned and -based GLO is commemorating one year in air service November 15, 2016. To celebrate, they’re offering a limited amount of $15 fares on all new flights through January 31, 2017. These fares are available on November 15…