Kansas City officials celebrated the groundbreaking of the $351 million streetcar expansion last week, joined by Federal Transit Administrator Nuria Fernandez. Mayor Quinton Lucas joined Fernandez...
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Metro, in Washington, D.C., announced the release of its first-ever Strategic Plan for Joint Development Thursday. The plan is a detailed roadmap, the transit agency said, to increasing private de...
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President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Wednesday that the federal government would invest more than $20 billion into American ...
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U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Donald M. Payne (D-NJ) encouraged the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to finalize its fatigue risk management program rulemaking in a letter this week. De...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) dedicated a new air traffic control tower at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C. Construction ...
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills focused on disaster recovery this week. H.R. 5641, the Small Project Efficient and Effective Disaster (SPEED) Recovery Act, was advanced by the H...
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On Monday, Caltrans announced it awarded $34.7 million in state and federal funds to cities, counties, tribes, and transit agencies to plan sustainable transportation projects. The money includes ...
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On Monday, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy submitted a bill to the legislature appropriating the anticipated funding the state will receive from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), al...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Friday that it had developed new, landmark fuel economy standards. The new standards woul...
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U.S. Reps. Peter Meijer (R-MI) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) introduced legislation last week to ensure accountability and oversight of infrastructure spending authorized through the Infrastructure Investme...
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U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, recently applauded the passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act by the Senate on Thursday. The bill...
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U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, introduced legislation last week to strengthen the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) oversigh...
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The Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) announced Wednesday that it allocated $412 million of federal funding toward the state’s transportation infrastructure. The announcement covers a porti...
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A new plan to invest in Michigan’s infrastructure is the largest in the state’s history, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office said Wednesday. The $5 billion Building Michigan Together Plan aims to...
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed HB 1239 into law on Tuesday, giving local governments the ability to cut car tax rates and prevent huge tax hikes driven by increases in used car values. The le...
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A new report from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has found that state “gas tax holidays” do little to lower prices at the gasoline pump. In a report released T...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) expressed support for President Joe Biden’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget request, citing its increased funding for public transit and passenger ...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said President Joe Biden’s 2023 Budget Request includes an additional $37 billion to make transportation safer, more reliable, and more affordable. T...
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A new national poll has found that both Republican and Democratic voters support more and better trains and are willing to spend more federal dollars to get them. According to the Rail Passengers ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced Friday that it had purchased two vessels to continue modernizing the Ready Reserve Force (RRF). A subset of the ...
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