Construction costs for the Hudson Tunnel Project have gone up, officials said, and the reason is environmental review delays. The Gateway Program Development Corporation, the company that oversees...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced it will allow railroads to use new inspection technology to have continuous railroad testing to more quickly i...
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The New Jersey Treasury Department announced Friday that the gas tax rate in that state will increase by nearly 10 cents per gallon on Oct. 1. According to the treasury departments, a 2016 law requ...
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A redesigned mobile app from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will help users ensure their cars’ equipment is not the subject of a recall. According to the U.S. Department of T...
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On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced it would be providing early $14 million in grants to 25 projects in 24 states as part of the Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) initiat...
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U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Cory Booker (D-NJ), along with U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), ann...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration has awarded Kansas $50.8 million in grant funding for the Kansas City Streetcar Main Street Extension project, U.S. Sen. Jerry ...
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Communities looking to install safe travel projects in the state of Illinois have until Nov. 2 to put in their application for state grant funding. The Illinois Department of Transportation announ...
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A coalition of business associations, headed up by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is taking steps to intervene in litigation over reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Chambe...
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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced Monday that Suffolk County, N.Y., and the New York City Department of Transportation will receive mor...
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U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Brad Schneider (D-IL) introduced legislation Monday to incentivize private investment into the freight railcar manufacturing industry. The Freight Rail Assistanc...
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Advocates of the nation's rural transit system hope new legislation introduced in U.S. Congress this month would provide the needed funding to keep the system afloat. U.S. Sens. Tina Smith (D-MN), ...
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The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) reported Friday that many of the U.S. major roadways continue to experience significant impacts from COVID-19 pandemic. Five month...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced Friday the Federal Aviation Administration has awarded $7.5 million in grants to universities for research into unmanned aircraft systems. Part ...
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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced Thursday that she is cosponsoring a bill that would provide emergency relief funding to motorcoach companies, school bus companies, ferries, and other tra...
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A group of 15 organizations associated with the transportation industry recently asked the White House for an “immediate infusion” of $37 billion in federal funding for state departments of transp...
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced Wednesday that the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity will provide $39.5 million in grants to support economic development across the states. ...
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced Tuesday that his state had been awarded more than $3 million in funding from the Federal Transit Administration to purchase public transit vehicles. The fundin...
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U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND), a member of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Committee, announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had selected the Univer...
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Amtrak has completed implementing Positive Train Control on all Amtrak-owned or controlled tracks, the company said in a press release on Monday. The final mile of the project, one mile of slow-sp...
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