The New Jersey Treasury Department announced Friday that the gas tax rate in that state will increase by nearly 10 cents per gallon on Oct. 1. According to the treasury departments, a 2016 law requ...
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On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced it would be providing early $14 million in grants to 25 projects in 24 states as part of the Accelerating Innovative Mobility (AIM) initiat...
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The leasing of state-owned toll roads to private interests could allow states struggling through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and affiliated recession to make ends meet and fund other transportation ...
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A coalition of business associations, headed up by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is taking steps to intervene in litigation over reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Chambe...
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U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Brad Schneider (D-IL) introduced legislation Monday to incentivize private investment into the freight railcar manufacturing industry. The Freight Rail Assistanc...
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Advocates of the nation's rural transit system hope new legislation introduced in U.S. Congress this month would provide the needed funding to keep the system afloat. U.S. Sens. Tina Smith (D-MN), ...
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The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) reported Friday that many of the U.S. major roadways continue to experience significant impacts from COVID-19 pandemic. Five month...
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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced Thursday that she is cosponsoring a bill that would provide emergency relief funding to motorcoach companies, school bus companies, ferries, and other tra...
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A group of 15 organizations associated with the transportation industry recently asked the White House for an “immediate infusion” of $37 billion in federal funding for state departments of transp...
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U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND), a member of the Senate Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Committee, announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had selected the Univer...
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Seven projects in five northeastern states have received regional recognition in a national transportation industry awards competition. Projects in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and...
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Members of the San Diego Association of Governments gathered together virtually on Friday to discuss their vision for transportation in the region next year. “This is the most important work SAN...
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According to an industry analysis by Airlines for America (A4a), New York and New Jersey suffered the biggest loss of air service so far during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an analysis of published s...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration released the quarterly status update for on the railroads’ self-reported progress towards the implementation of positive tra...
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A coalition of aviation manufacturing companies called on Congress to pass two bills that would save jobs in the aviation manufacturing industry, its supply chains, and the aviation maintenance repair...
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A report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has found that there are both opportunities and barriers to co-locating high voltage transmission over the nation’s transportation corridor. ...
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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced Wednesday that his state’s Transportation Cabinet was awarded more than $6.4 million in CARES Act funding for public transit agencies. The funding from t...
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New research from AAA has found that vehicles with active driving assistance system experienced some type of issue every eight miles, on average, including keeping the vehicle in their lane or coming ...
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Transit systems are going through rather dynamic times during the COVID-19 pandemic, a panel of experts said during a webinar on innovation this month. While ridership is down, officials said, it...
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Alaska Airlines announced Wednesday that it will not permit passengers to travel without a mask covering their nose and mouth. Effective Aug. 7, all guests over the age of 2 will be required to we...
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