The federal government announced Friday it will provide nearly 100 million cloth face masks for passengers to use when traveling on planes, trains, and buses. According to the U.S. Department of T...
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American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) officials said the organization has developed a tool providing the public and elected officials with insight regarding state transportat...
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Students at Penn State University (PSU) have created an online tool that will allow New York City to identify which subway stations could be used as areas to combat the spread of COVID-19. By look...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is now accepting applications for more than $291 million in grants for railroad capital projects. Wednesday, the USDOT issued a Notice of Funding Oppo...
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With June being designated National Safety Month, Amtrak officials said it is advocating rail safety onboard trains, in stations, and near tracks. “National Safety Month is an annual opportunity ...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) introduced the One Federal Decision Act (OFDA) on Tuesday that would streamline permitting and environmental reviews for major infrastructure projects. The goal of th...
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In a letter to the Trump administration, more than 40 transportation industry groups urged the federal government to infuse state departments of transportation with $49.95 billion in funding. From...
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Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Brian Schatz (D-HI), and Angus King (I-ME) have introduced legislation they maintain is designed to bolster the nation’s tourism economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandem...
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Steve McGough, chairman of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), testified to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that a long-term federal transportation inf...
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Transportation industry leaders told Congress this week that the industry needs liability protection and flexible funding in order to navigate the economic slow-down that resulted from the COVID-19 pa...
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As the clock winds down on the current surface transportation authorization, Democrats on the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee have unveiled a nearly $500 billion package design...
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Oregon will get nearly $100 million in federal funding to expand TriMet’s MAX Redline from the Beaverton Transit Center in Hillsboro. U.S. Sens Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced the funding o...
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New legislation designed to help rural communities better utilize funding and leverage existing U.S. Department of Transportation funding was introduced on Capitol Hill on Monday. U.S. Sen. Roger ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Friday it had awarded $891 million in funding to 12 transit infrastructure projects across the country. The projects are all part of the Capital Inv...
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Nearly $3 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds has been earmarked for the City of Albany to aid with transit costs during the pandemic. Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-...
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U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) spoke last week with U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao about his state’s Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant application for LA H...
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The Department of Transportation (DOT) said 15.5 million cloth facial coverings would be distributed to the nation’s transportation workforce to ensure personnel receive the needed support to execut...
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U.S. Sens Gary Peters (D-MI) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) said the Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) has been awarded $64.3 million in grant funding from the Federal Transit Administration to ...
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The U. S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Thursday it would make available $1.25 million in grant money for programs that demonstrate and evaluate innov...
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Maryland lawmakers said an $8 million infusion of federal funds will aid the upgrade of a five-mile stretch of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (NEC) mainline near Baltimore, offering numerous benefits. ...
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