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Legislation would reduce airport safety gaps
The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space and Innovation advanced on Thursday bipartisan legislation that would address safety gaps that have contributed to a number of recent close calls in the national airspace system. The Runway Surface Awareness and Focused, Effective Training and Technology (Runway SAFE-T) Act would establish a task force to improve airport driver training. It would be comprised of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) designees, the National Transportation Saf...
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South Carolina Governor voices support for Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said he supports the pending merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. In...Read More »
New York City’s MTA advances final construction contract for Second Ave Subway project
New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is advancing its fourth and final construction contract fo...Read More »
Tennessee implements truck parking availability system technologies
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) recently implemented truck parking availability system (TPAS) technolo...Read More »
USDOT awards $233M in transit modernization grants
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced it had awarded $233 million in funding for accessibility and mobility im...Read More »
New York announces milestones reached for Interborough Express Project
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) continues to move forward and reach mile...Read More »
North Carolina Railroad Company awards $1M in Build Ready Sites grants
The North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) awarded $1 million to Harnett County and Greensboro to prepare rail-served in...Read More »
DART awarded $70M federal rail replacement grant
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently awarded Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) a $70 million rail replacemen...Read More »
Iowa, Wisconsin announce early opening for Lansing bridge
The bridge connecting Iowa 9 and WIS 82 Mississippi River Crossing at Lansing is expected to open in November, instead o...Read More »
Legislation on locomotive regulation passed by House Energy and Commerce Committee
U.S. Reps. John Moolenaar (R-MI), Craig Goldman (R-TX), and Jay Obernolte's (R-CA) said their legislation on locomotive ...Read More »
Norfolk Southern completes expansion work on Alabama rail capacity
Norfolk Southern announced recently it has completed a package of new infrastructure investments across Alabama designed...Read More »
