The Great Lakes Hyperloop project, which is slated to be America’s first multi-state hyperloop system, is closer than just a pipe dream, Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) Executive...
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The U.S. House of Representatives advanced four bills Monday aimed at strengthening the nation’s infrastructure. The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure previously approved the bills....
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Legislation introduced by U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) last week seeks greater aviation safety through enforcement of a series of...
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Larry Willis, president of the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO, published an open letter to Congress this week urging passage of H.R. 2440 -- a bill that would reform the Harbor ...
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An additional $50 million in federal funding directed to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s annual operating costs would make the federal government pay its share for a transportat...
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Load and capacity calculation errors by FIGG Bridge Engineers, Inc., along with an inadequate peer review from Louis Berger, all contributed to the fatal collapse of a pedestrian bridge at the Florida...
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public transit infrastructure cuts. The bipartisan Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations Act 2020 reduces public transportation funding by $457 ...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will delay a requirement for installation of secondary cockpit barriers in favor of a full rulemaking process despite a Congressional order -- a stance that h...
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Building off of an Executive Order issued by President Donald Trump earlier this year, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) has proposed a change to the Hazardous Materials Regulatio...
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Active transportation infrastructure currently contributes more than $34.1 billion to the U.S. economy annually, according to a report by the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC), the nation’s largest...
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Federal lawmakers gathered in Washington, D.C. this week in a call of support for evolving mass transit technology to benefit the United States -- namely, hyperloop technology. U.S. Reps. Troy Bald...
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Dynamic Infrastructure -- a New York and Tel Aviv-based startup -- announced this week that it would apply the world’s first artificial intelligence solution for bridge and tunnel owners and operato...
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The closer a metropolitan neighborhood is to public transit services, the higher their real estate value, according to a new report from the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and the N...
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U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced the introduction of the Build Local, Hire Local Act (S. 2404) last week, pledging reformation of the way federally-funded infrastructure projects are handled. ...
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U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) is urging her constituents to take advantage of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) new Rural Opportunities to Use Transportation for Economic Success (ROUTES)...
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Every day, there are more than 26,000 truck trips made in Minnesota, yet there are only 4,846 available truck parking spaces, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). The 20...
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With the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) held up in Congress, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) has come out in support of the agreement and publicly urged lawmakers to ...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) made $396 million in grant funding for rail-related projects available this week as part of the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program. ...
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A new draft of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Major Rehabilitation Evaluation Report on the Cape Cod Canal Bridges earned praise from Massachusetts legislators last week. The report concluded th...
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The U.S. freight transportation system is under negative pressure, according to a new report released by the national transportation research nonprofit TRIP. The report, America’s Rolling Wareho...
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