Syracuse airport receives $6.7M grant
The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration’s Airport Improvement Program recently awarded Syracuse Hancock International Airport with a $6.7 million grant. The ...
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New Jersey airports receive more than $7M in grants
The Federal Aviation Administration recently awarded $7.4 million to Morristown Municipal and Atlantic City International Airports in New Jersey. “These important federal investments not only hel...
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West Virginia receives $100M highway grant
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects program recently awarded the West Virginia Division of Highways with a $100 million grant. Funds w...
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Mayors increasingly focus on infrastructure, according to annual report
The National League of Cities recently released its sixth annual State of the Cities report, and infrastructure ranked as one of the top topics. Issues and subtopics for the report were derived fro...
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San Francisco official urges federal funding of BART project
Grace Crunican, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) general manager, recently urged the federal government to continue funding a BART project. The Transbay Core Capacity Program ha...
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Problem Solvers Caucus urges end to partisanship on infrastructure issues
The Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus has released a report calling for bipartisan policy recommendations on national infrastructure. “We can’t afford to play political games and keep kicki...
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Transportation organization urge Congress to repeal rescission of contract
Thirty-one transportation associations and groups recently sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to repeal a $7.6 billion rescission in Federal-aid highway contract authority scheduled fo...
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APTA applauds House Subcommittee advancement of FY 2020 transportation, rail funding
The House Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) approved last week an appropriations bill for 2020 that would boost funding levels for public trans...
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Legislation introduced to promote workforce training programs
Earlier this month, bipartisan Congress members introduced the Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills (BUILDS) Act to spur industry partnerships to encourage workforce training ...
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Uber, GHSA collaborate on rear seat belt campaign
Uber and the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) have teamed up on a nationwide safety campaign that urges back-seat passengers to buckle up. The Make it Click campaign will rely on social...
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North Carolina airports awarded nearly $13.6M in grants
The North Carolina Board of Transportation recently approved nearly $13.6 million in state and federal funding for projects at nine North Carolina airports. The grants are intended to help the air...
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USDOT ends cooperative agreement on California high-speed rail project
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has terminated a 2010 Cooperative Agreement formed with the California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) and will rescind nearly $929 million in unspent f...
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USDOT to award $779M in supplemental funding to airports
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will provide 127 airports nationwide with $779 million in supplemental funding for infrastructure grants. The funding is provided by the Consolidate...
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Public interest groups release report stressing need for strategic infrastructure investment
As part of the national “infrastructure week,” three public interest groups have released a new report showing a need for targeted investments to alleviate infrastructure woes. Though the fede...
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Rhode Island airport awarded $30M grant for improvements, repairs
The Rhode Island Airport Corporation was recently awarded a $30 million grant through the Airport Improvement Program. The funds will be used to complete reconstruction of Runway 16-34, extend and ...
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Congressional members urge Trump Administration to resist auto tariffs
In a letter sent to Direct of the National Economic Council Larry Kudlow, 159 members of Congress recently pressed the Trump Administration not to impose car and auto parts tariffs they fear may harm ...
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Committee leaders urge House leadership to consider bipartisan infrastructure efforts
Leaders and ranking members of several House committees encouraged House Leadership to further infrastructure legislation under any future budget agreements through correspondence sent last week. H...
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EVgo fast charging network goes 100 percent renewable
EVgo, the largest public electric vehicle (EV) fast charging network in the United States, will now rely entirely on renewable power, according to the company. EVgo is going green through the purc...
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Ford GoRide Health expands nationally, launches first public transportation service
The Ford Motor Company is expanding the reach of a non-emergency medical transportation business known as GoRide Health, taking it from Ohio to a national audience. The company intends to expand o...
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US Transportation Department releases $2M for emergency road relief in Missouri
In response to destructive March flooding, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has authorized the release of $2 million in emergency relief funds to patch damaged roads in Missouri. In Ma...
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