Eight U.S. senators recently sent a letter requesting $500 million for the Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Program in the fiscal year 2020 Transportation, Housing and Urban Developm...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently announced it is accepting applications through July 15 for a grant program. The grants are through the Better Utilizing Investments to Levera...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently awarded $1.36 billion in Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Program funds to 16 new and existing transit projects. The CIG program funds major transi...
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The Federal Transit Administration recently awarded the Spokane Transit Authority a $53 million grant through its Small Starts grant program. Funds will be used to complete the Central City Line B...
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Financing Interstate reconstruction and modernization with tolls is the best way to improve infrastructure investments, Robert Poole, director of transportation policy and Searle Freedom Trust Transp...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently awarded $53.2 million in Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) gran...
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A $96.8 million computed tomography (CT) systems contract from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was awarded last week to Smiths Detection, Inc. The contract will cover the next fi...
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A total of 106 transportation infrastructure projects in 40 Pennsylvania counties have received $54.7 million in funding through the Multimodal Transportation Fund (MTF). The projects were approve...
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As a means of expanding and strengthening the area’s rail network, CN intends to invest $120 million into Manitoba in 2019. The investment is part of a larger investment from CN throughout the y...
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As Congress continues to eye a means of repairing the nation’s stunted infrastructure sector, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) released new research this week identifying at le...
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Under the 2020 White House Budget proposal, the Port of Corpus Christi would receive $53,313,000 for a Ship Channel Improvement Project (CIP) under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The c...
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A report presented by the National League of Cities (NLC) this week aims to fix road funding through the establishment of Road User Charge (RUC) systems -- more commonly known as roadway use charges....
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A 20-cent-per-gallon fee on motor fuels is the way to raise funds for infrastructure investment, according to a proposal released by the American Trucking Association (ATA). ATA President and CEO...
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The White House released this week its budget proposal for fiscal year 2020, significantly cutting rail and transit programs by $5.9 billion, a 21.5 percent decrease from fiscal year 2019. Amtrak ...
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The administration of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan hopes to rebuild the Howard Street Tunnel and widen 3.5 miles of the I-81 corridor. The former is a project entirely pursued by the state, which pu...
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Improving highway infrastructure in the United States can help conserve fuel and reduce emissions, according to a case study by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). In 2016, the ...
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The trade association representing commercial service airports in North America recently released a report detailing a $128 billion need for new infrastructure, further shackled by a $91.6 billion de...
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The Partnership for Transportation Innovation and Opportunity (PTIO) sent letters last week to Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chairman of House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Eleanor...
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The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) recently updated its 2016 initiative Building to Win that aims to revitalize the nation’s infrastructure. “Every year, America is falling furthe...
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In their effort to find long-term means of maintaining the Highway Trust Fund, the Bipartisan Policy Center has launched a new project known as the Great American Rebuild Initiative, to be led by two...
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