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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently announced it is accepting applications through July 15 for a grant program.
The grants are through the Better Utilizing Investments to Levera...
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Seeking to counter deaths caused at railroad crossings, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) kicked spring off with the relaunch of a $5...
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In a move believed to be a first in the U.S. transit industry, TriMet recently introduced its all-electric buses powered only by wind energy.
TriMet, based in Portland, Ore., has previously commit...
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A competitive two-step process to find innovative proposals that reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions will result in $3 million awarded to the winners.
Funding is provided throug...
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A new bill introduced in Louisiana is sparking controversy over changes it would make to vehicular inspection requirements.
Such inspections are currently required under law before a vehicle may be...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan, Restore Pennsylvania, would invest $4.5 billion in the next four years to rebuild the state’s infrastructure.
The plan would be funded through a severance ta...
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The Safety is Not for Sale Act,
introduced last week in the Senate, would require airline carriers to adopt
additional safety features and require aircraft manufacturers offer or provide all
non-requ...
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A bipartisan collection of federal legislators introduced legislation this week to expand electric vehicle and hydrogen fuel cell tax credits beyond current unit limitations.
The Driving America ...
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The Federal
Transit Administration (FTA) recently awarded $1.36 billion in Capital
Investment Grants (CIG) Program funds to 16 new and existing transit projects.
The CIG program funds
major transi...
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The Vehicle Innovation Act is being reintroduced to both chambers of Congress, pledging to promote investments in research and development for cleaner and safer vehicles through increased fuel effici...
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In the era of connected cars, new rules and guarantees are going to be necessary for drivers, according to experts speaking at the Washington Auto Show, which means guarantees of vehicle data access ...
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Mesa Airlines, SkyWest -- a regional carrier for United Airlines -- and Envoy Air -- a regional carrier for American Airlines, notified Columbia Regional Airport (COU) in Columbia, Mo. Saturday eveni...
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A study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) provides criticism of rising speed limits throughout the United States, blaming them for the deaths of nearly 37,000 people.
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The Rail Passengers Association (APA) this week honored six sitting U.S. senators with the Golden Spike Award for efforts made to save the Amtrak train known as the Southwest Chief.
That train net...
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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Uber, and Lyft are working together to increase the availability of wheelchair-accessi...
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The U.S.
Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently awarded
$53.2 million in Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies
Deployment (ATCMTD) gran...
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The American Trucking Associations (ATA) have appealed the outcome of a case against Rhode Island’s truck-only toll, which was dismissed by the district court in March.
Their appeal argues that ...
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The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced the Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019 this week, earning praise from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) in ...
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As Boeing rushes to fix fatal flaws in its 737 MAX aircraft, U.S. Sens. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Rick Larsen (D-WA) have written to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requesting another indepe...
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A total of 106 transportation infrastructure projects in 40 Pennsylvania counties have received $54.7 million in funding through the Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF).
The projects were approve...
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