President Donald Trump said via tweet Friday that he will approve a $22 billion freight rail project that will connect Alaska and Alberta, Canada. Trump tweeted that after recommendations from Sen...
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The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) applauded House leaders for including airports, airlines, and airport concessionaires into an updated version of the HEROES Act, a second large st...
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Current transportation system investment trends could produce dire consequences for the American people and economy, a new report from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) says. With the...
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The University of Texas Austin’s Webber Energy Group and The Ray, a highway innovation organization, have partnered together to create a road map for areas on the U.S. interstate system that have po...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced Thursday that it is moving forward in its national leadership in the realm of Highly Automated Vehicles (HAV). “As automated and...
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More than 27 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration expressing their concerns over a recent report on airplane noise metrics. In t...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced Wednesday that it has selected projects to receive grant funding from the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsome on Wednesday signed an executive order requiring all new passenger vehicles sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2035, as well as other measures to eliminate harmful ...
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As the seasons change to colder weather, the National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Safety Alert for pilots concerning the risk of wet snow and icing conditions. The “Flight in Snow...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called for the development and implementation of rapid, accurate, affordable, easy-to-operate, scalable, and systematic COVID-19 testing for all ...
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iWith federal funding declining, local option sales tax ballot initiatives may be the wave of the future for funding road projects, leaders in transportation funding said this month in a webinar. ...
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The American Public Transportation Association applauded the U.S. House of Representatives’ move to introduce legislation extending federal funding through Dec. 11, 2020, in a statement on Monday. ...
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U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) introduced legislation Monday to extend the Payroll Support Program for airline workers through March 2021. Wicker, the chairman of th...
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U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced legislation Friday that would require the Transportation Security Administration to implement temperature screenings at airport checkp...
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The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) announced Friday that is was awarded nearly $47 million in additional funding from the Federal Highway Administration for statewide road projects. It...
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According to letters sent from New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to 11 of its largest suppliers, without an infusion of $12 billion in cash from the federal government, all curren...
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According to a new poll, Americans continue to support railroads and public transit to help with climate change. In a poll conducted by Engine Insights on behalf of OneRail Coalition, 75 percent o...
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A report from the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has found that serious flaws in design, management, and oversight of the Boeing 737 MAX led to two deadly crashes that killed 346...
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U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced $1 billion in grants for 70 projects in 44 states Wednesday. The Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Tran...
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On Tuesday, House Republicans announced their “Commitment to America” framework that outlines their legislative plan for rebuilding the American economy through a five-year investment in infrastru...
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