U.S. Reps. Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), G. K Butterfield (D-NC), and Salud Carbajal (D-CA), members of the Congressional Social Determinants of Health Caucus, held the Caucus’s firs...
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U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS), John Thune (R-SD), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Todd Young (R-IN), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) raised concerns about the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) plans to ...
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The proposed elimination of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reforms by the Biden administration clash with the administration’s support for transportation infrastructure investment, the Ame...
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Philadelphia's Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability (OTIS) recently released a report that examines progress toward goals it set in 2018. "In 2018, I committed my administrat...
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On Friday, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced it had provided written comments to Federal Transit Administration with regard to the Capital Investment Grant (CIG) Program ...
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced Tuesday the NJ Transit Board of Directors had awarded Skanska/Traylor Bros. Joint Venture the construction contract for the new Portal North Bridge project. T...
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Restoring daily Amtrak service to the North Coast Hiawatha line potentially would generate $271 million annually in economic benefits to the seven states served by the line, according to a restoration...
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Business aviation leaders pledged to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 at the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) 2021 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition. The h...
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President Joe Biden endorsed legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) that would expand existing tax credits for electric vehicles during a visit to Michigan last week. The legislatio...
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Recent figures from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics show that U.S. airlines employment went up slightly in August 2021, but is still below the numbers employed by the airline industry in Augus...
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In a letter to members of the House of Representatives, the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO urged the two parties to come together and pass historic infrastructure investment bil...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it had awarded more than $479 million in airport infrastructure grants to 123 projects at airports across the ...
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The Oklahoma Department of Transportation said Monday that it would be using federal grants and additional state funding to support more than 1,600 critically needed highway construction and safety pr...
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On Friday, President Joe Biden signed the Surface Transportation Extension Act, which would extend funding for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s surface transportation programs through Oct. 31...
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According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the recovery in air travel decelerated in August, due to government action in response to concerns over the COVID-19 Delta variant. W...
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Newark Liberty International Airport recently reopened one of its major runways five days ahead of schedule. The runway was closed for three months to repave the surface and perform upgrades. The run...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently released a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting public input on potential transit worker safety mitigations. ...
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The Ford Motor Company announced Monday that they would be building two new environmentally and technologically advanced electric vehicle campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky to produce the next generat...
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As the U.S. House of Representatives moves to consider the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), President Joe Biden’s infrastructure investment plan, Senate Republicans and more than 100 i...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday that the Build America Bureau (the Bureau) would provide the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission (HRTAC) with up to $1.66 bi...
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