The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced Thursday it had saved $90 billion in regulatory costs due to regulatory reform efforts by the Trump administration. Since 2017, USDOT has se...
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The American Trucking Association praised the Trump Administration for its efforts to reform the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which it says will speed up the review process for infrastruc...
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In an effort to reduce pollution, 15 states have come together to boost the sales of electric trucks, school buses, and tractor-trailers in their states. Leaders from New York to California have join...
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A new report from a national transportation non-profit shows that the aging U. S. Interstate system faces increased usage, mounting congestion, and deteriorating conditions, that will require more tha...
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U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI) introduced legislation to help the bus and passenger ferry industries Friday as both suffer slowdowns because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Cor...
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House leaders Thursday introduced legislation that would provide relief to the maritime industry during national emergencies like the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and other natural disasters. Reps. P...
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U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) earlier this month unveiled two bipartisan bills to ramp up investment in local infrastructure projects during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Empowering our local leaders t...
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A lack of federal funding could put the brakes on public transportation, a coalition of 24 Senators said in a letter to Senate leaders Wednesday. Led by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the partisan coal...
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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers settled on a memorandum of understanding over funding for the Bourne and Sagamore bridges, the parties ann...
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A first-of-its-kind dashboard will show how states spent transportation tax dollars in years past. Provided by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, the “Highway Dashboard: ...
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Three government agencies recently issued health guidance to airlines and airports as a means of aiding the transportation system’s COVID-19 recovery efforts. Department of Transportation, Homel...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation would launch a $3 million public safety campaign to reduce the number of child vehicular heatst...
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A new report on a two-year-old multi-vehicle crash in Illinois shows that transportation safety improvement still has work to do. The report from the National Transportation Safety Board found tha...
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Members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works agreed on the urgency of an infrastructure bill, while conceding a rapidly moving House version, slated for passage this week, stands no...
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Calling it “not a serious” proposal, the White House said it opposed the House of Representative’s “Moving America Forward” Act, criticizing it on how it would be paid for. The $1.5 tril...
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A study commissioned by NJ TRANSIT would have Rutgers University’s Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) look into the use of ultraviolet-c light for disinfecting the agency...
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Americans will take an estimated 700 million trips this summer, AAA says, a decrease of nearly 15 percent compared to July through September of last year. Looking at economic indicators and state ...
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Republicans on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee this month warned that the Chinese Communist Party may be abusing America’s EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and called for a federal review of the p...
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Already at a crisis point prior to COVID-19, America’s infrastructure faces “dire” new challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) h...
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Mayors from across the country called for a restructuring of infrastructure investment that would stimulate the economy and create thousands of good jobs. Called “America’s new Playbook on Inf...
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