In the wake of a new consensus study conducted by the National Academies, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, called on the Federal Federal ...
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In what the White House has dubbed a federal gas tax holiday, President Joe Biden requested Congress to suspend the federal gas tax through September, and on states to follow suit with some direct rel...
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In its latest update on 5G, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) laid out last week a phased approach by which it says commercial air travel and 5G C-band deployment could co-exist, without inter...
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Building off of a previous $354 million federal grant, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced an up to $203.3 million loan issued last week in support of Indiana’s rail extensions und...
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With the bicameral introduction of the Good Jobs for Good Airports Act, U.S. Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) and U.S. Rep. Jesús García (D-IL), along with a host of cosponsors, seek to boost pay, benefits...
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Several bills advanced by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure this week included major attempts to revamp aircraft maintenance and the aerospace supply chain, among other measures...
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The House of Representatives pushed through a bill known as the Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act (S.B. 516) this week, setting up some improvements to planning and coordination be...
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The Ocean Shipping Reform Act (S.B. 3580), which advanced through the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday, now awaits the signature of President Joe Biden. The bipartisan, bicameral legislatio...
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Building on efforts from Gov. Larry Hogan’s administration to counter congestion and assess future traffic demand for the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland progressed to a $28 million, Tier 2 National Enviro...
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Reconstruction and modernization of Penn Station is underway in a big way, uniting New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New Jersey TRANSIT and Amtrak in a hunt for proposals from archit...
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Seeking to bolster research and development, infrastructure and the workforce of the United States maritime industry, this week U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) introduced the ...
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded $518 million to 416 airports nationwide through the second round of 2022 Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants. Grants will fu...
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Mass transit authorities must examine how autonomous vehicle technologies will affect the operation of and the workforce driving public transportation, according to a policy brief by Traffic21, a tran...
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More than $39.8 million of funding possibilities from the United States Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) opened to four new marine highway projects last week after the ...
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Last week, the Biden administration announced that more than $368 million in grants from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) will sponsor attempts to modernize rail infrastructure, improve suppl...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced this week that $59 million has been earmarked for the acceleration of biofuels and bioproducts production to reduce emissions in hard-to-decarbonize secto...
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U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) joined state and local leaders in South Amboy to celebrate the beginning of construction on the South Amboy ferry project Tuesday. Pallone, an advocate for fede...
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President Joe Biden’s administration announced Tuesday that Retired Gen. Stephen Lyons, former commander of the U.S. Transportation Command would be its appointee as the new Port and Supply Chain En...
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Continuation of the University Transportation Centers (UTC) program at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) was assured by the passage of the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, and no...
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U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) recently introduced the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Security Threat Assessment Application Modernization Act, which would help re...
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