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Alabama DOT awards statewide airports $12.1M in improvement grants

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By Melina Druga  |  November 9, 2026

The Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) recently awarded airports statewide $12.1 million in Alabama Airport Improvement Funding Program grants. The program provides financial assistance and technical support to public-use airports for planning, construction and maintenance. Combined with $53.6 million in federal funding and $7.3 million in airport contributions, funding will help airport owners address infrastructure needs. ALDOT’s Aeronautics Bureau will work with airport own...

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New Jersey puts port and terminal operators on notice against accepting Russian diesel

By Liz Carey
November 5, 2026

In a letter to New Jersey port and terminal operators this week, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill warned that importing Ru...Read More »

Wabtec, Transnet Engineering sign $390M services agreement

By Liz Carey
November 4, 2026

Wabtec, a Pittsburgh-based global supplier of equipment, systems, digital solutions and other services for the freight a...Read More »

USDOT awards $1.24B into rail safety upgrades

By Liz Carey
November 3, 2026

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration said it has awarded more than $1.2 billion in ...Read More »

Norfolk Southern, Schneider partner on expanding domestic intermodal capacity

By Liz Carey
November 2, 2026

Norfolk Southern Corporations and Schneider National, Inc., a provider of multimodal transportation services, announced ...Read More »

Norfolk Southern completes six improvement projects during 26-hour work window

By Liz Carey
October 30, 2026

Norfolk Southern announced its work crews had completed six infrastructure improvement projects in one single 26-hour ma...Read More »

Amtrak announces completion of D.C. infrastructure upgrades

By Liz Carey
October 28, 2026

Amtrak announced its intensive nine-day infrastructure upgrade program is finished, just in time for the holiday travel ...Read More »

FTA moves forward on Florida commuter rail project in Broward County

By Liz Carey
October 27, 2026

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Florida’s Broward County Comm...Read More »

Amtrak’s Hiawatha West receives federal grant funding for extension of service

By Liz Carey
October 26, 2026

Amtrak announced its Hiawatha West service will receive funding through the Federal Railroad Administration’s Consolid...Read More »

MTA chooses designer for Hudson Line Climate resilience initiative

By Liz Carey
October 23, 2026

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced STV, in a joint venture with WSP, will lead design and prelimi...Read More »

American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association awarded federal grant to enhance work force development training

By Melina Druga
October 22, 2026

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently awarded the American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (AS...Read More »

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