The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) joined 68 other organizations last week, urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to schedule “floor time” for th...
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Meera Joshi, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration deputy administrator, visited the Port of New York & New Jersey Wednesday to discuss ongoing supply chain disruptions after the COVID-19 pandem...
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The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) recently received $28.7 million in federal funding through the American Rescue Plan, the coronavirus relief bill allocated by the...
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U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) applauded the Senate Commerce Committee on its passage of a $78 billion surface transportation bill. Capito, a member of the committee, said the bill’s pass...
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Major transportation groups applauded the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee's advancement of a $78 billion surface transportation act. Groups representing both railroads ...
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U.S. Reps. Conor Lamb (D-PA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced legislation supporting funding for "off system" bridges. The Support for Community Bridges Act would set aside 2.5 percent of f...
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The U.S. House of Representatives advanced Tuesday legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA), ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Aviation, that would expedite airport infrastru...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently launched its Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection (AMJP) program. The program, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, provides funding to...
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A new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has found that America’s private shipyards support $42.4 billion in gross domestic product. The report,...
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and NASA recently announced they will partner to plan for advanced technology cargo aircraft and passenger air taxi services. The partners will ho...
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As part of its 2021 APTA-UITP Rail Conference, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) released a new report on assessing high-performance rail’s return on investment. The report, ...
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced $250 million in federal funding allocations Friday for transit projects. The funding is part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and w...
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The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) urges lawmakers to include in legislation the bonding of infrastructure investments for payment and performance of public-private partnersh...
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The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved two major pieces of legislation to modernize America’s roads, bridges, highways, rail, transit, and wastewater systems. Com...
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U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Roger Wicker (R-MS), ranking member of the committee, introduced legislation authorizing $7...
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On Wednesday, the Problem Solvers Caucus released their infrastructure proposal to break the gridlock on the infrastructure negotiations. The 58-member bipartisan group, co-chaired by U.S. Reps. J...
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A survey done by RSM US and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has found that executives at middle market businesses agree that the state of the U.S. infrastructure is hampering economic growth nationally, ...
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Five Georgia projects are included in the Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation (INVEST) in America Act, the five-year, $547 billion surface transportation reauthori...
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The INVEST in America Act, the federal surface transportation bill, includes three Denver area projects totaling nearly $20 million that will improve the safety and efficiency of the city’s transpor...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would invest $95 billion in passenger and freight rail. The five-year $547 billion INVEST in America Act would provide funding f...
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