February 3, 2015: DOT unveils 30 year traffic forecast; WSDOT sues over bridge collapse; Bees and frozen chicken collide on the highway.

Here is a look at what is happening in the world of transportation this morning:

• U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx highlights the agency’s new “Beyond Traffic 2045” study during a visit to Google’s headquarters, notes CNET.
• A story in The Verge magazine says the nation should be “terrified” by the projections contained with the DOT’s new “Beyond Traffic 2045” study.
• The Washington State Department of Transportation is suing a truck driver and his trucking company over the infamous Skagit River bridge collapse, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal.
• Freezing temperatures in the Northeastern U.S. today are expected to create dangerous roadway conditions, says Fox News.
• Oil prices are starting to climb in part because petroleum production companies are beginning to cut back on investments, notes Reuters.
• Google may be attempting to create an Uber-style service for autonomous vehicles, reports The Register.
• A bankrupt West Virginia trucker admits to trading truck tires for prescription oxycodone pills, notes The State Journal, and could face up to 20 years in prison and a $1 million fine as a result.
• Truck manufacturers are urging a judge to deny class action certification to a lawsuit accusing Eaton Corp. of a “transmission monopoly,” reports Law 360.
• Apparently the biggest hazards faced by snow plow operators are other motorists, reports Valley News.
• Freight railroads are planning to shell out $29 billion in upgrades to their networks this year, according to The Bismarck Tribune; investments that will help “carry the U.S. economy” says Railway Age magazine.
• Demand for automotive parts is generating big business from Crane Worldwide Logistics, reports Columbus Business First.
• A tractor-trailer hauling frozen chicken collides with a big rig hauling live bees, notes USA Today, creating a very unusual highway mess.
• According to News Every Day, a truck driver blames his big rig crash on his attempt to pull out one of his teeth with his bare hands.