President Joe Biden on Monday announced a new proposed rule to strengthen consumer protections for air travelers as they purchase tickets. Under the proposed rule, airlines and travel search websit...
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U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm recently released the U.S. Department of Energy’s plan to replace 100 percent of domestic aviation fuel with sustainable fuel by 2050. The Sustainable Avi...
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On Thursday, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Board announced it had approved measures to allow progress on the King of Prussia (KOP) Rail and Trolley Modernization. ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Thursday it would make $6.5 million in research funding available for innovative transit bus automation demonst...
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On Wednesday, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and Electreon announced they had entered into a five-year agreement to develop and implement a scalable, wireless, public in-road EV char...
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U.S. Rep. Sam Groves (R-MO) joined U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-IL) and Rick Crawford (R-AR) in calling for a review of a railcar contract from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SE...
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The U.S. Departments of Energy and Transportation announced Gabe Klein, former head of the Washington D.C. Department of Transportation, will take the helm of the Joint Office of Energy and Transporta...
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) announced partnerships with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) an...
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On Sept. 8, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously passed a “Ship it Zero” resolution that would call on top maritime import polluters in the U.S. to commit to making all imports 100 percent zer...
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In letters to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) asked Congress to include at least $129 million in emergency funds for public tra...
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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Acting Executive Deputy Secretary Melissa Batula joined local officials in Philadelphia to celebrate the completion of major construction on the Chestnut Stre...
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The Biden Administration announced Friday it had organized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between four federal agencies that will accelerate the nation’s affordable and equitable clean transpor...
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U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined Seattle leaders on Friday to celebrate the reopening of the West Seattle Bridge. Repairs to the bridge will eliminate detours and long commutes, said Cantwell, ...
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last week released a new statewide Future Mobility Plan that would address mobility challenges by growing the mobility workforce, providing more accessible transportatio...
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Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that it had awarded $1.5 billion in grants to 26 projects across the county to improve highways, multimodal freight, and rail operations. ...
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President Joe Biden announced a tentative agreement had been reached between rail worker unions and major freight carriers Thursday. The agreement is expected to avert a potential strike in advanc...
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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont joined state and local officials Wednesday to break ground on a new train station and roadway safety and track improvement project in Windsor Locks. The new station, lo...
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U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) applauded the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) funding of the Ogden Junction on Chicago’s west side. The department awarded ...
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U.S. Sens. Richard Burr (R-NC), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transp...
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U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Greg Stanton (D-AZ) applauded the House’s passage of legislation regulating infrastructure inspection using drones. The bill, the Drone Infrastructure Inspect...
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