Congressional leaders on transportation from both sides of the aisle and both houses of Congress joined together on Tuesday to commend Congress for passing pipeline safety legislation. The Protect...
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Congressional leaders in House and Senate transportation committees joined together to applaud the final passage of the Aircraft Certification, Safety and Accountability Act last week. The bill, w...
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The four leaders of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure applauded the House passing the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 as part of the year-end omnibus and COVID-19 relief...
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On Monday, Congress approved an additional COVID-19 relief package and government funding legislation that included more than $45 billion in emergency aid for the transportation industry. In addit...
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U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, said his committee’s look into the Federal Aviation Administration revealed some troublesome fin...
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined several officials within the railroad industry in that state to celebrate the Federal Railroad Administration’s certification of the NJ TRANSIT’s Positive Train ...
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and the Kansas Department of Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz announced that the state had finalized an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration to establish a c...
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Airlines for America (A4A) has joined more than a dozen other airline industry groups to urge New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to prioritize airline workers as essential employees when it comes to vaccine d...
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New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) adopted its 2021 budget, along with its financial plan for 2021-2024, on Wednesday with the hopes that Washington will provide some $4.5 billio...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has launched a new demonstration program to establish infrastructure accelerators that will speed up the process of financing and delivering infrastructur...
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A new report from the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has projected a 5.5 percent decline in transportation construction activity in 2021. The report, released earlier...
Read MorePresident-elect Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he would nominate South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg to serve as Secretary of Transportation when Biden assumes office in January. “Mayor...
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More than 30 members of Congress, including U.S. Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D-IL), and Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), introduced legislation on Thursday calling for equal funding ...
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The U.S Department of Transportation supported a record 35 licensed commercial space launches so far in 2020, beating the record of 33 established in 2018. And there may be more on the way before ...
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday that his state would be releasing the Maryland Connected and Automated Vehicle Strategic Framework. The framework will guide connected and automated vehi...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Friday that it would take additional action to improve access to grant funding and provide relief from some reg...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced Friday that it has issued a final rule modernizing brake safety standards. The new rule would extend the a...
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The Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) approved its 2021-2026 Six-Year Improvement Plan (SYIP) COVID-19 update at its December meeting, the board announced Thursday. A budget amendme...
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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), and the City of Malden announced Thursday the completion of a series of multimodal road...
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Two federal agencies have officially recommended that the Kansas City Streetcar Main Street Extension to the University of Missouri Kansas City receive full federal funding. The Federal Transit Ad...
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