On Wednesday, the Problem Solvers Caucus released their infrastructure proposal to break the gridlock on the infrastructure negotiations. The 58-member bipartisan group, co-chaired by U.S. Reps. J...
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A survey done by RSM US and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has found that executives at middle market businesses agree that the state of the U.S. infrastructure is hampering economic growth nationally, ...
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The Airports Council International (ACI) World and the five ACI regions announced Monday they had set a global commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. In collaboration with its memb...
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U.S. Reps. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) announced Tuesday they would be introducing legislation to dedicate federal funds to maintain rural bridges across America. The Support for Communi...
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More than two dozen equipment manufacturing executives and representatives of American Equipment Manufacturers’ (AEM) staff met with U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg Monday to discuss Pr...
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U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood (R-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Garret Graves (R-LA), and Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) reintroduced legislation that would establish a dedicated source of funding to repair Amer...
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The American Association of State highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) and the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) have sued the Federal Communications Commission (FCC...
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Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn said Friday the company opposes CSX Transportation’s acquisition of New England regional Pan Am Railways because the deal, in its current form, ‘represents a significant thre...
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A new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Thursday found that traffic fatalities increased during 2020, despite American’s...
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U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), chair of the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit; and Donald M. Payne...
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Nearly two dozen Congress members from across New England called on Congress to authorize the North Atlantic Rail Corporation (NARC) to receive federal funds to design, build and oversee a high-speed ...
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On Tuesday, Business Roundtable and the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) said the only winning solution to infrastructure investment was a bipartisan one. In a statement, the two groups said some co...
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Tuesday the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) has awarded more than $1 billion in construction project contracts since January 2020, a sign, he said, that the stat...
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U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) commended President Joe Biden for including appropriations for two Washington state Transit projects in his FY 2022 budget proposal. The Biden budget includes Capital...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Friday that he recommends spending $2.5 billion in FY 2022 to construct or complete 25 rail, bus rapid transit, and streetcar projects in 12 stat...
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The $11.6 billion Hudson Tunnel Project, which would build a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey and repair an existing 110-year-old tunnel, will advance after rec...
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N.J. Transit said it will continue to aggressively advance its zero-emissions bus program as it released its roadmap to a 100 percent zero-emission bus fleet by 2040. The roadmap includes several ...
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Amtrak announced Thursday that it is beginning work to expand intercity passenger rail service to over 160 more communities by 2035. Part of its Amtrak Corridor Vision released Thursday, the expan...
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Getting the next infrastructure investment plan passed and paid for will not only mean bringing together both parties to work in a bipartisan fashion, but using private capital in innovative ways, a p...
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A group of more than a dozen senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would invest in nationally and regionally significant bridges. The group, including U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jim...
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