A new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has found that America’s private shipyards support $42.4 billion in gross domestic product. The report,...
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced $250 million in federal funding allocations Friday for transit projects. The funding is part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and w...
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The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved two major pieces of legislation to modernize America’s roads, bridges, highways, rail, transit, and wastewater systems. Com...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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U.S. Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), the chair and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, respectively, Wednesday applauded the committee’s ...
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A new report from TRIP shows that as the summer travel season begins, vehicle travel has returned to near pre-pandemic levels, in some states surpassing them. The Washington-based travel non-profi...
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U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) joined Eugene, Ore. Mayor Lucy Vinis, and Amtrak President Stephen Gardner Monday to celebrate Amtrak resuming service after the COVID-19 pandemic case service reduction...
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U.S. Sens. Tom Carper (D-DE), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ben Cardin (D-MD), and Kevin Cramer (R-ND) announced the release of a bipartisan surface transportation reauthorization bill. Carper, the...
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U.S. Reps. Brad Schneider (D-IL), Dan Kildee (D-MI), and Julia Brownley (D-CA) introduced legislation on Thursday that would reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainable fuel use in the aviation in...
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As United States lawmakers grapple with how to address much-needed infrastructure investment, House Republican Committee leaders introduced their own proposal this week in the form of the more than $4...
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U.S. Reps. Don Young (R-AK), Rick Larsen (D-WA), and Angie Craig (D-MN) introduced legislation on Wednesday that would promote career opportunities in the transportation industry. Called the Promo...
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