On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation secured binding and enforceable protections from Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines prior to the close of their merger. The protections would p...
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On Monday, the American Trucking Association (ATA) filed comments with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency deriding California’s Advanced Clean Fleets Rule as “ill-conceived” and “unattai...
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On Friday, U.S. Reps. Mark Green, MD (R-TN); Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) and John Moolenaar (R-MI) said a joint investigative report has exposed a threat from China to U.S. port infrastructure security. ...
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Federal bipartisan legislation introduced last week would prohibit the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) from entering into, extending, or renewing a contract with or awarding a grant to an enti...
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On Wednesday, U.S. Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) introduced legislation to help rail lines stay in operation and in good repair. The Short Line Railroad Tax Credit Modernizati...
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The Board of Directors for Norfolk Southern Corp. unanimously voted on Wednesday to oust Alan Shaw as the railroad company’s president and CEO, effective immediately. The board also voted to fill...
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A new report has found that EV chargers need other amenities and sources of revenue around them in order to succeed. The report from the Next 10 and the Institute for Transportation Studies at UC ...
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On Thursday, US. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that Siemens would build a new high-speed railcar manufacturing hub in Upstate New York. Schumer said the company would build high-speed trains...
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On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it had awarded more than $2 billion in grants for airports across the country to help with infrastr...
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With federal COVID relief funds near exhaustion, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) on Sept. 5 proposed raising fare rates and eliminating several discounts in an effort to...
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A new consumer survey released Wednesday by Plug In America, the electric vehicle (EV) advocacy nonprofit, in collaboration with EPRI’s EVs2Scale2030 initiative found that almost 90 percent of EV dr...
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The Colorado Energy Office (CEO) and Community Access Enterprise (CAE) recently announced an additional $9 million for the Vehicle Exchange Colorado (VXC) EV rebate initiative. The initiative off...
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On Friday, the California Department of Motor Vehicles asked for input on its draft regulations. The draft regulations offer the most comprehensive standards in the country with regard to operatin...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) recently honored two Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) projects as regional winners with 2024 America’s Tra...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) on Monday denied a joint request from five railroads for a special waiver to run their trains free from the oversight of the mandated safety technology Positi...
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On Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced his state would invest a record $148 billion into transportation infrastructure. The investment includes more than $104 billion for the 10-year transpor...
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The federal government on Tuesday announced $521 million in grant awards that will help the nation continue building out electric vehicle (EV) charging and alternative-fueling infrastructure across 29...
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On Friday, the Texas Department of Transportation began the work to terminate the SH 288 Comprehensive Development Agreement (CDA), which would reduce tolls on managed lanes. The state said termin...
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On Thursday, CSX announced it had reached a five-year tentative collective bargaining agreement with its labor partners to provide higher wages and better benefits for railway workers. The labor a...
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On Tuesday, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry joined state and local leaders to break ground on construction of the new Jimmie Davis Bridge crossing the Red River. Along with Joe Donahue, LA Secretary of...
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