On Thursday, the American Public Transportation Association urged Congress to provide an additional $23.8 billion in emergency funding to America’s public transit agencies. In a letter to Sen. M...
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The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) recently joined 70 other organizations in lending its name to correspondence supporting the Trump administration’s goal of future federal infrastruc...
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Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI) are calling for the U. S. Department of Treasury to provide assistance and support to the motorcoach industry. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Ste...
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Aviation industry panelists testifying before a U.S Senate committee on Wednesday met with some resistance from lawmakers over their actions during the COVID-19 pandemic and projections of what the fu...
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The U. S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration will give more than $22 million in grants to three intercity rail projects spanning eight states. The funding, made avail...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected eight companies to aid the Remote Identification (Remote ID) development initiative, which the agency said would ultimately integrate drones into...
Read MoreA group of several dozen transportation industry groups has written a letter to President Donald Trump asking him and his administration to push forward with an investment in infrastructure. The g...
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials said the agency would make up to $100 million in competitive grants available as part of an effort to expand the biofuels infrastructure. The competi...
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The City of Long Beach, Calif., acting through its Board of Harbor Commissioners, has secured a $500 million Department of Transportation (DOT) loan for construction of the Gerald Desmond Bridge Repla...
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Despite money from the second Coronavirus stimulus act, public transportation needs another influx of cash, officials said on Friday. In a Congressional briefing, American Public Transportation As...
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Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) and Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-MS) announced last week that a $5.45 million grant award from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to the Southern...
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Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) researchers are working with manufacturing, infrastructure owner-operator, and public safety industry personnel to study scenarios involving automated dri...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced Thursday that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would award more than $1 billion in airport safety and infrastructure grants to more than 40...
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The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) has received $410,817,650 in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds earmarked for the state’s airports. The fundin...
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On Wednesday, American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Chairman Steve McGough urged the Trump administration and Congress to enact a multi-year plan to invest in infrastructure an...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday it will address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Essential Air Service (EAS) air carriers through subsidies. The department issued a...
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Airports Council International (ACI) World and International Air Transport Association (IATA) officials are encouraging governments to grant financial relief to aid the airline industry amid the COVID...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it will be able to allow on-demand airline operators to get standardized training. The FAA outlined its fr...
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Infrastructure funding is critical to getting America’s economic gears moving again, especially at the local level, argue stakeholders who seek to shape the next COVID-19 recovery package. “In...
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On Friday, two U.S. Representatives requested $5 billion in funding for the bus and motorcoach industry as part of the second round of funding through the CARES Act. In a letter to Treasury Secret...
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