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Amtrak’s Airo trainsets arrive in Pacific Northwest
Amtrak’s new Airo trainsets debuted in the Pacific Northwest recently. The railway said two cutting-edge Airo trainsets will join the Amtrak Cascades route, operating four daily trips between Vancouver, B.C.; Seattle, Wash.; and Portland and Eugene, Ore. The addition will mark the first time the Airo trains have been used in passenger service anywhere in the United States. More Airo trainsets are expected to enter the service, Amtrak said, and will continue to expand across the route unti...
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Florida invests more than $20B in Florida Turnpike
More than $20 billion in investments will widen the Florida Turnpike, as well as upgrade the service plazas along the ro...Read More »
Legislation introduced to invest in American airports, air traffic control
New legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) would update America’s aviation infrastructure including a...Read More »
Traffic fatalities down for the fourth year, but still up over the decade: TRIP report
A new report from national transportation research nonprofit TRIP has found that U.S. traffic fatalities fell in 2025 fo...Read More »
Pennsylvania begins work on more than 400 miles of “Rapid Deployment Projects”
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has begun work on 79 “Rapid Deployment Projects” to speed up road repa...Read More »
Sen. Hagerty calls for increased penalties for crime, misconduct on public transit
Citing a waste of taxpayer dollars and taxpayer safety, U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) introduced legislation recently th...Read More »
Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern merger gains momentum
The move to merge Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railroad made progress recently, the two companies said, a...Read More »
Construction on Alabama’s Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project to begin in Oct.
Full construction can begin on Alabama’s Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project, one of the largest infrastructure pro...Read More »
Legislation would reduce airport safety gaps
The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space and Innovation advanced on Thursday bipartisan legislation that woul...Read More »
Legislation would re-authorize the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act program
The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation on Tuesday that would re-authorize the Diesel Emissions ...Read More »
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 »
