A group of U.S. Senators, led by Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), is asking that Congress not include any increases in liability minimums for commercial truck drivers in the next transportation reauthorizati...
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On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced it would be seeking public comments on a new pilot program to allow drivers between 1...
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced Thursday her U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) would release the first-ever National Freight Strategic Plan. The plan lays out a visi...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is calling on Congress to save public transportation with an emergency infusion of $32 billion in cash. In a letter to Congress, the associatio...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced more than 400 airports across the country and in U.S. territories will receive $1.2 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants from the Fed...
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Construction costs for the Hudson Tunnel Project have gone up, officials said, and the reason is environmental review delays. The Gateway Program Development Corporation, the company that oversees...
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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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