In preparation for an increase in service frequency and ridership, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) will implement using electrostatic sprayers to more easily and effectively c...
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A pilot program on Arizona’s Interstate 17 has shown that the state’s thermal camera system can detect wrong-way vehicles and alert law enforcement and other drivers of the often-impaired drivers,...
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California electric vehicle users will find additional charging stations at rest areas near highway 46 East in San Luis Obispo County, Caltrans announced Wednesday. The solar-powered direct curren...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation would launch a $3 million public safety campaign to reduce the number of child vehicular heatst...
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A new report on a two-year-old multi-vehicle crash in Illinois shows that transportation safety improvement still has work to do. The report from the National Transportation Safety Board found tha...
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The Iowa departments of Public Health and Transportation announced a coordinated, statewide plan to encourage pregnant and postpartum women to buckle up. A report on Iowa’s maternal mortality ra...
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Major U.S. airlines announced Monday that they would require passengers to make three “health acknowledgments” to fly during the current pandemic. Members of Airlines for America (A4A), includ...
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Calling it “not a serious” proposal, the White House said it opposed the House of Representative’s “Moving America Forward” Act, criticizing it on how it would be paid for. The $1.5 tril...
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U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) introduce legislation Friday to their respective houses of Congress that would promote public transportation and provide fare-free public...
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A study commissioned by NJ TRANSIT would have Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) look into the use of ultraviolet-c light for disinfecting the agency...
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Americans will take an estimated 700 million trips this summer, AAA says, a decrease of nearly 15 percent compared to July through September of last year. Looking at economic indicators and state ...
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Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) said his bill, the Moving Forward Act, would bring at least $7.6 billion for rail projects along the Northeast Corridor into New Jersey. Payne co-sponsored the legisl...
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The Georgia Department of Transportation has awarded 32 construction contracts totaling more than $58.5 million for road and bridges projects across the state. The recent contract awards bring the...
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Already at a crisis point prior to COVID-19, America’s infrastructure faces “dire” new challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) h...
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Mayors from across the country called for a restructuring of infrastructure investment that would stimulate the economy and create thousands of good jobs. Called “America’s new Playbook on Inf...
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Five senators joined forces on Tuesday to introduce legislation that would address environmental issues in port communities and help ports be more climate-friendly. U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR),...
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Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Monday that his state would evaluate the adoption of new low and zero emission electric cars and trucks regulations as part of a “Clean Cars Nevada” initiative....
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A coalition of trade associations working to support infrastructure solutions has come out in support of an Infrastructure investment act amendment that would study procurement practices used to selec...
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Decrying the recently introduced INVEST in America Act as “hyper-partisan,” Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) offered multiple amendments to the legislation during the House Committee on Transportation a...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued its final rule authorizing the bulk transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail. The...
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