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Norfolk Southern injects nearly $8B into rail served facilities, short-line partner routes

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By Liz Carey  |  February 4, 2026

Norfolk Southern Corporation said it and its customers fueled $7.7 billion into new or expanded rail-served facilities along Norfolk Southern and short line partner routes. The railroad said its customers advanced more than 60 industrial developments in 2025, in economic activity across states and industries, a move that was made possible by the reach of Norfolk Southern’s strategic network footprint. “Our customers’ $7.7 billion pipeline underscores rail’s foundational – and i...

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Washington State DOT announces $12.16M to expand EV charging

By Liz Carey
February 2, 2026

The Washington State Department of Transportation said it has awarded more than $12 million in federal funding to improv...Read More »

Pennsylvania adds more than 300 new truck parking spaces

By Liz Carey
January 30, 2026

The state of Pennsylvania added nearly 340 more truck parking spots throughout the state, the first of many in the comin...Read More »

Norfolk Southern-served site lauded for industrial development readiness

By Liz Carey
January 29, 2026

The Norfolk Southern rail-served industrial development site in northwest Alabama has received a platinum REDI Sites des...Read More »

FAA unveils new agency structure to support enhanced safety, increased transparency

By Liz Carey
January 28, 2026

Federal Aviation Administration administrator Bryan Bedford announced his agency's plan to overhaul its organizational s...Read More »

Massachusetts announces infusion of support for municipal transportation projects

By Liz Carey
January 27, 2026

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced her state would provide more than $1.2 billion over four years for municipal t...Read More »

North Carolina awards $16.3M in rail grants

By Melina Druga
January 26, 2026

The North Carolina Department of Transportation's (NCDOT) Rail Division recently awarded $16.3 million in Freight Rail &...Read More »

Maryland transportation department releases $22.1B of capital budget

By Liz Carey
January 23, 2026

The Maryland Department of Transportation said it has released its $22.1 billion Final Consolidated Transportation Progr...Read More »

Americans support raising federal gas tax to pay for road maintenance, survey finds

By Liz Carey
January 22, 2026

A new report from the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) has found that 75 percent of Americans support raising trans...Read More »

Surface Transportation Board rejects Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern merger

By Liz Carey
January 21, 2026

The Surface Transportation Board rejected the merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern because the application is in...Read More »

Report: U.S. transit falls short of global peers

By Liz Carey
January 20, 2026

A new report from Transportation for America has found that for the United States to have a transit system that is on pa...Read More »

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