A new report from Invest in America and Data for Progress has found that Americans overwhelmingly support President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan. A recent survey of likely voters found that 73...
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Louisiana received approximately $216 million for road and infrastructure projects as part of the federal 2020 Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, the $1.4 trillion relief...
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Twelve Republican members of the House of Representatives recently sent a letter to Pete Buttigieg, Department of Transportation (DOT) secretary, expressing concern over federal funding for California...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf recently announced that 43 projects in 21 counties were selected for $45.9 million in Multimodal Transportation Fund allocations. The projects cover bike, bridge, highw...
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U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) and the Louisiana Congressional delegation urged U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg Thursday to approve the state’s application for an I...
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Although President Joe Biden’s $2.7 trillion American Jobs Plan proposes paying for infrastructure investments through corporate tax hikes, a panel of transportation specialists said user-based fees...
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Five mayors from Midwest states urged the U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to expand federal investment in passenger rail and extend Amtrak rail services to better connect th...
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A temporary program by the U.S. Department of Transportation will provide grants to eligible aviation manufacturers and maintenance businesses to retain, recall or rehire their workforces during the p...
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U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), co-chairs of the Senate Career and Technical Education Caucus, joined U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson (R-PA) in re-in...
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U.S. Reps. Sam Graves (R-MO) and Garrett Graves (R-LA) joined nearly 20 other Republican House members in introducing legislation intended to reform the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Wednes...
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The chances of a reauthorization of the FAST Act appeared diminished Thursday when 11 of 12 Democrat senators on the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee backed the bill but just a...
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Transportation would be making available $1 billion in FY 2021 discretionary grant funding through the Rebuilding ...
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On Monday, the White House released state-by-state fact sheets highlighting the need for investment in infrastructure in every state in the country. The fact sheets outline what President Joe Bide...
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U.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) met with President Joe Biden on Monday to discuss the importance of the Gateway Program, as well as the American Jobs Plan and investing in America’s infrastruc...
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U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, joined virtual roundtables hosted by committee members and their local transportation leaders over th...
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On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Energy announced it would be providing $61.4 million in funding for research, development, and deployment of technologies that produce low-cost, low carbon biofuels...
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U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-IL), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Steven Palazzo (R-MS), and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) announced Tuesday that they had introduced legislation to increase funding for transit systems in s...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) would allocate $187 million in Capital Investment Grants (CIG) to ...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently awarded more than $627.7 million through the fiscal year 2021 Airport Improvement Program to airports nationwide for infrastructure and safety projec...
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Joining Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced that the Commonwealth has finalized agreements with Amtrak, CSX, and Virginia Railway Express to invest i...
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