In the first summit on sustainable aviation fuels, business aviation leaders came away committed to fostering large-scale production and adoption of the same. Part of a series of efforts by the bu...
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Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) has been named as the recipient of two awards from the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA), the organization announced Monday. As pa...
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San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District’s (BART) long-erm efforts to reduce crowding and increase service will get a critical funding boost thanks to a $1.2 billion grant from the federal gove...
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Baltimore City Department of Transportation officials announced Friday that the third round of their Slow Streets program would begin on Sept. 14. The program, which began on July 27, provides a s...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), along with 87 other organizations, is calling on Congress to extend the current surface transportation funding legislat...
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“Design Downtown STL,” a community-driven planning process, is seeking public input on a draft of the official 10-year comprehensive plan for the Downtown and Downtown West neighborhoods in St. Lo...
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The Iowa Department of Transportation released its update to the Iowa Public Transit Long Range Plan, after 18 months in development. The plan reflects the current operating environment, the depar...
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According to the Rail Passengers Association, Amtrak’s response to COVID-19 will drop a $2 billion "bomb on Flyover Country.” Testifying before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subco...
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More than 100 public transit agencies have joined the American Public Transportation Association in launching a new “Health and Safety Commitments Program” aimed at assuring passengers that public...
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A group of U.S. Senators, led by Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), is asking that Congress not include any increases in liability minimums for commercial truck drivers in the next transportation reauthorizati...
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U.S. Department of Transportation (UDOT) Secretary Elaine Chao announced the first loan approved under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) Rural Project Initiative (RP...
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The Airport Authority of Gulf Shores held a groundbreaking ceremony last week for a new air traffic control tower at Jack Edwards National Airport. Funded with $6.13 million in grant money from th...
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On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced it would be seeking public comments on a new pilot program to allow drivers between 1...
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District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and Virginia Gov. Ralph S. Northam announced Thursday that a project to expand passenger and commercial rail capacity along the east coast, the Long Bridge Pro...
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced Thursday her U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) would release the first-ever National Freight Strategic Plan. The plan lays out a visi...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is calling on Congress to save public transportation with an emergency infusion of $32 billion in cash. In a letter to Congress, the associatio...
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U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) weighed in on Amtrak’s recent announcement that it would furlough 2,000 workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday. DeFazio, the Ch...
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The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) released its six-year draft budget Tuesday. The $13.4 billion budget - the Draft FY 20210-FY 2026 Consolidated Transportation Program (CTP) – inc...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced more than 400 airports across the country and in U.S. territories will receive $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants from the Fed...
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that the final steel gantries of the New York Thruway’s cashless tolling system have been installed. The gantry, located on I-90 at exit 42, is the la...
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