Washington State University (WSU) has been selected to lead a new national University Transportation Center that aims to address one of the nation’s key transportation priorities: improving the dura...
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Testifying before Congress last week, union affiliates of the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) advocated for aviation safety, calling attention to a host of issues they see as suspect....
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Top executives from 40 public transport organizations from 23 countries gathered last month at the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) Global Public Transport Summit in Stockholm to d...
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Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) Director Brian Ness attended a meeting of the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee last week, using the opportunity to urge investments into transport...
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The introduction of ultra-high-speed ground transportation could shorten the commute between the largest cities of the American Northwest, improve mobility, and boost economic growth all around, accor...
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Under new legislation proposed in the Senate and House last week, states would be able to use federal highway funds to build roads that are safer for all users -- not just drivers. The Complete Str...
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A collection of U.S. representatives united this week to introduce the Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act, intending to improve critical infrastructure development through a revamp of the permitti...
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The Fair and Open Skies Act was introduced in the House this week, pledging to prohibit the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) from granting foreign air carrier permits to those airlines seekin...
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Experts in the transportation industry told a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday that passing long-term surface transportation legislation is critical to maintaining the country’s highways, bridges, tra...
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A group of legislators recently pressed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for a review of the nation’s Move Over laws following multiple accounts of police officers being struck and killed ...
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In a letter sent last week, Catherine Chase, president of the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, urged New Jersey Gov. Philip Murphy to sign into law Senate Bill 824 -- legislation that requires i...
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The Oklahoma Transportation Commission recently announced the creation of Office of Mobility and Public Transit within the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT). The office was established ...
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The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be opening more than $660 million in projects for bids by February. Approximately 40 percent of CDOT's projects will be in rural areas. The ful...
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The average train length has grown approximately 25 percent since 2008, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study. The average train lengths in 2017 were between 1.2 and 1.4 mile...
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Illinois officials marked last week the passage of the largest capital plan in its history and the first in nearly 10 years, investing $45 billion into efforts to fix battered infrastructure and spur ...
Read MoreThe Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will spend $2.07 billion on 1,034 projects throughout the state this year. The projects are funded by the state and federal motor fuel taxes and are int...
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As the world’s mobility options increase, cities are finding it more and more challenging to manage transportation, and in response, a worldwide coalition of such entities has united to form the Ope...
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The U.S. House this week approved a $383.3 billion package of 2020 appropriations bills, including critical funding for public transit and passenger rail infrastructure. If passed by both the Sena...
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The Pennsylvania state House recently advanced a resolution that urges the federal government to make the resiliency of the country’s infrastructure a priority. The resolution asks the federal go...
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The cities of Oakland and San Francisco will benefit from $300 million in Capital Investment Grants (CIG) in the days ahead, authorized by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to improve capacity ...
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