Five mayors from Midwest states urged the U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to expand federal investment in passenger rail and extend Amtrak rail services to better connect th...
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U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), co-chairs of the Senate Career and Technical Education Caucus, joined U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA) in re-in...
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The chances of a reauthorization of the FAST Act appeared diminished Thursday when 11 of 12 Democrat senators on the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee backed the bill but just a...
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation would be making available $1 billion in FY 2021 discretionary grant funding through the Rebuilding ...
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U.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) met with President Joe Biden on Monday to discuss the importance of the Gateway Program, as well as the American Jobs Plan and investing in America’s infrastruc...
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The L.A. County Metro Board awarded Sepulveda Transit Corridor Partners – Bechtel (STCP) a $69.9 million pre-development contract to create a rail transit solution running from the San Fernando Vall...
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The Delaware Office of Highway Safety (OHS) announced it will launch its new “Be Alert and Arrive Alive” campaign during National Distracted Driving Awareness Month (April) to focus Delawareans on...
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U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-IL), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) announced Tuesday that they had introduced legislation to increase funding for transit systems in s...
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The National Transportation Safety Board released its “Most Wanted” list of safety recommendations Monday without one key component – positive train control. The removal comes not from the d...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) would allocate $187 million in Capital Investment Grants (CIG) to ...
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U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rick Larsen (D-WA), chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation, called on the U.S. Department of Tran...
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Joining Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced that the Commonwealth has finalized agreements with Amtrak, CSX, and Virginia Railway Express to invest i...
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President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure package, the America Jobs Plan, includes $621 billion for the transportation sector, with the largest chunk of that funding aimed at growing the el...
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U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Chris Coons (D-DE) reintroduced the bipartisan Driving for Opportunity Act Tuesday. The legislation would create an incentive to stop debt-based driver’s licen...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Monday a total of $30.5 billion in federal funding would be available for the nation’s public transportation ...
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A new report from the Reason Foundation says that public transportation may never return to its pre-COVID-19 pandemic service levels. The pandemic has changed not only the behavior of individuals ...
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The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) issued a statement Thursday applauding U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s repeal of administrative rulemaking roadblocks. The...
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In order to pay for President Joe Biden’s $3 trillion infrastructure package, Congress will have to look at new ways methods to raise capital, including public-private partnerships and Vehicle Miles...
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U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, identified her priorities for infrastructure during a hearing on surface transportation Wednesd...
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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and U.S. Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) introduced legislation in both houses of Congress Tuesday to provide for permanent federal funding for Amtrak. The bill, the In...
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