Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said 31 airports throughout Maine would receive $9.7 million to aid in easing financial pressure faced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Like other airports around the worl...
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Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) personnel indicated $33 million earmarked for state infrastructure projects via federal stimulus efforts would have a far-reaching impact. The transport...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday that it would be making nearly $2 billion in federal grants available for airports affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The grants are part of ...
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U.S Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Sam Graves (R-MO), the chair and ranking member of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, urged President Joe Biden to fully use the Harbor Mainte...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced it will provide $180 million in grant funding for low- or no-emission vehicles and facilities via a Notice of F...
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The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure advanced out of committee nearly $100 billion in aid as part of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan. “By...
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U.S. Rep Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, said Tuesday that President Biden’s American Rescue Plan contains nearly $10 billion in aid for tran...
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said Maine has been awarded $69.2 million in federal highway and transit funding under the recently signed COVID-19 relief package. “As the Ranking Member of the Transpo...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) applauded the House of Representative’s Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Budget Reconciliation Title, which provides $30 billi...
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U.S. Reps. Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Don Beyer (D-VA) have reintroduced a bill that would require several federal agencies to come together to develop a national aviation preparedness plan for any future...
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A coalition of transit industry organizations is calling on Congress to provide the industry with $39.3 billion in relief in the next COVID relief bill. Led by the Metropolitan Transportation Auth...
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The nation’s leading independent electric vehicle (EV) advocacy group, Plug In America, has ranked U.S. states for positive support of EVs through their policies. The group listed the top 25 sta...
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Several congressional lawmakers on Capitol Hill are on board with plans by President Joe Biden to use millions of construction, skilled trades and engineering workers to rebuild the nation’s deterio...
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U.S. Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS) has reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would allow aviation manufacturers to get relief if their workforce is at risk of being furloughed due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
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The Rebuild Rural Coalition has forwarded correspondence to the Biden administration advocating efforts to address the needs of rural infrastructure in related legislative proposals. The Rebuild Ru...
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First Student, Inc., First Transit, Inc., and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC are espousing the benefits of a collaboration designed to yield electrification of school and public transportation vehicles...
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A new independent economic analysis of public transit agencies has found that the industry faces a projected $39.3 billion shortfall through 2023 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Accord...
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The Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has earmarked $581,201 for the Vermont Agency of Transportation (AOT) to research COVID-19 public transit safety. The ...
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New forecasts from Airports Council International (ACI) World predict that the aviation industry could collapse without government policy support and assistance. ACI World’s recent COVID-19 impa...
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A recently released Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) report details the proposed innovation, development, and adoption of zero-emission transit technologies. The Transit Vehicle...
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