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Colorado announces $44M federal grant to improve rail safety

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By Liz Carey  |  August 21, 2026

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) said their state had received a $44 million Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) grant to improve rail safety in the state’s mountain corridors. The grant, designed to improve safety, reliability and emergency response along central and western Colorado’s mountain corridors, will be combined with $11 million from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to support CDOT’s $55 million Safe, Agile, Fa...

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FAA announces hybrid-electric flight demonstrations

By Liz Carey
August 20, 2026

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Departments of Transportation would ...Read More »

Pennsylvania to invest nearly $54M into transportation projects

By Liz Carey
August 19, 2026

Pennsylvania will invest nearly $54 million into highways, bridges, ports, bike and pedestrian trails and aviation proje...Read More »

USDOT announces investment in rail safety upgrades

By Liz Carey
August 18, 2026

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will invest $5.3 billion into rail proje...Read More »

USDOT invests $35.1M into small shipyards

By Liz Carey
August 17, 2026

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) will invest $35.1 million in small shipyards a...Read More »

Bill to crack down on excessive trucking lawsuits introduced in House

By Liz Carey
August 14, 2026

U.S. Reps. Mike Flood (R-NE), Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and David Rouzer (R-NC) introduced legislation th...Read More »

BNSF announces more frequent service from Phoenix to Dallas/Fort Worth

By Liz Carey
August 13, 2026

BNSF Railway announced it would offer more frequent intermodal service between Phoenix and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. ...Read More »

Florida highlights ‘flying car’ testing facility

By Liz Carey
August 12, 2026

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced recently a new one-of-a-kind facility in his state, SunTrax Air Ground, will be acti...Read More »

Transportation Department announces milestone in Utah commuter rail project

By Liz Carey
August 11, 2026

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the Utah FrontRunner 2X Commute...Read More »

Pennsylvania transportation commission adopts 12-year transportation program

By Liz Carey
August 10, 2026

According to the State Transportation Commission, Pennsylvania will invest more than $90 billion over the next 12 years ...Read More »

New York Transportation Department completes bridge rehabilitation project in Queens

By Liz Carey
August 7, 2026

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the completion of a major rehabilitation project that addressed seven bridges along...Read More »

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