U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA) introduced legislation Monday that would allow unspent COVID-19 relief funds to be used on various infrastructure investments. The legi...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently advanced Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority’s (VTA's) Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Silicon Valley Phase II project. The Expedited Project ...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and federal and local economic and elected officials recently broke ground on the new $65 million Coatesville train station. The new station ...
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Legislation introduced by U.S. Sens John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) to re-allocate unspent COVID-19 relief dollars toward infrastructure and disaster relief passed in the Senate last week. ...
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A total of 94 Maine charter transportation companies and businesses recently received federal CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF). Average grants were $60,365, with 37 businesses receiving t...
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A new tool can estimate the increased traffic and pollution resulting from proposed highway expansions. The State Highway Induced Frequency of Travel (SHIFT) Calculator will enable transportation a...
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On Friday, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced it had provided written comments to Federal Transit Administration with regard to the Capital Investment Grant (CIG) Program ...
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President Joe Biden endorsed legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) that would expand existing tax credits for electric vehicles during a visit to Michigan last week. The legislatio...
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently sent the final Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) program payments to motorcoach, school bus, passenger vessel and pilotage co...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Thursday that more than $3.5 million in competitive grant funding would be available for projects that improve ...
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In a letter to members of the House of Representatives, the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO urged the two parties to come together and pass historic infrastructure investment bil...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it had awarded more than $479 million in airport infrastructure grants to 123 projects at airports across the ...
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President Joe Biden endorses legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) that would expand the existing consumer tax credit for electric vehicle and add incentives for vehicles made with uni...
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On Friday, President Joe Biden signed the Surface Transportation Extension Act, which would extend funding for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s surface transportation programs through Oct. 31...
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As the U.S. House of Representatives moves to consider the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), President Joe Biden’s infrastructure investment plan, Senate Republicans and more than 100 i...
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U.S. Reps. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) and Garret Graves (R-LA) introduced legislation Wednesday that would authorize $200 million in grants to use drones in inspecting infrastructure. The bill, the Drone...
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A new analysis of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) has found that for every $1 increase in federal highway, bridge, and public transit investments, the U.S. will see as much as $3.60 ...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded more than $431.8 million in grants through the Airport Improvement Program to 60 airports in 31 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islan...
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More than 40 projects that did not receive federal funding will now be eligible to apply for credit assistance as part of a new program, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Monday. Acc...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Monday that it will make $409.6 million in grants available for building and maintaining transit bus and van fleets across the country. The Bu...
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