Legislation originally introduced after the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine in February 2023 to support first responders to train derailments has been reintroduced, officials said....
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Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering have developed a measuring metric to evaluate consecutive charging coverage for electric vehicles on a...
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The California Transportation Commission (CTC) announced last week the allocation of $1 billion for projects aimed at making the state’s highways more resilient to climate change and solving mobilit...
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Legislation to give the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration more tools to protect consumers has been introduced in Congress, officials said. The legislation, the Household Goods Shipping C...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy recently signed a memorandum authorizing a series of actions that rescind policies enacted under the Biden-Harris Administration. The memo directs secretari...
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The Port of Savannah received four electric ship-to-shore cranes designed by Finland-based Konecranes on Jan. 25. The cranes bring Ocean Terminal’s fleet of Super Post Panamax cranes to eight. T...
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U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) announced they had reintroduced legislation that would strengthen the American supply chains. The Promoti...
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In response to workforce challenges across almost all transit agencies, the Mineta Transportation Institute released a report identifying methods and initiatives to building the industry’s workforce...
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Rail industry stakeholders testified about their priorities and suggestions for future surface transportation legislation during a hearing of the Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Subcommit...
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Customers of Norfolk Southern Corporation advanced nearly 150 industrial development project totaling $4.3 billion for new or expanded facilities in 2024, the company said Wednesday. Of the 149 pr...
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A bipartisan bill proposed Jan. 16 on Capitol Hill would increase the railroad track maintenance credit in an effort to make it easier for local rail lines to keep operating and remain in good repair....
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(Corrects first paragraph to reflect the Federal Railroad Administration released the study and not Amtrak.) The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently released a study that evaluated the r...
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U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) introduced legislation Thursday that would prohibit foreign adversaries from owning and operating critical infrastructure in the United States. Specifically, the Secur...
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King County Metro in Washington state will receive $79.7 million to support a bus rapid transit line that will provide service for cities south of Seattle. The grant for the RapidRide I Line that ...
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey received a nearly $2 billion Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) for its Midtown Bus Terminal Reconstruction project. The...
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A new final rule announced on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration will end a waiver that allows manufactured products used in federal-aid highway projec...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration awarded the Chicago Transit Authority nearly $2 billion to make investments into the transit service’s Red Line Extension Pro...
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More than $635 million in EV charging and alternative fueling infrastructure grants to fund projects across the country, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration said F...
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The Atlanta Regional Commission Board adopted a Regional Transportation Electrification Plan (RTEP) Tuesday, the first of its kind in metro Atlanta, that will drive EV infrastructure in the region. ...
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President Joe Biden recently signed into law a bipartisan bill that will streamline the process for individuals applying for or renewing enrollment in multiple security threat assessment (STA) program...
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