Maryland will receive $125 million from the federal Infrastructure For Rebuilding America Grant Program for revamping the 124-year-old Howard Street Tunnel. The state’s application was submitted...
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Several U.S. representatives introduced the Green Transportation Act this week, pledging a legislative effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the state and local levels. The legislation prop...
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Washington State University (WSU) has been selected to lead a new national University Transportation Center that aims to address one of the nation’s key transportation priorities: improving the dura...
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Two Kentucky general aviation airports will receive nearly $11 million in federal discretionary grants from the U.S. Department of Transportation to improve aviation infrastructure and boost safety an...
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Congress must provide a permanent revenue solution for the federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF), Bob Alger, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) chairman, recently testified. Th...
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Under new legislation proposed in the Senate and House last week, states would be able to use federal highway funds to build roads that are safer for all users -- not just drivers. The Complete Str...
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Twenty-two House members of the Texas delegation signed a letter last week urging the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to support infrastructure funding efforts for the Permian Basin in West ...
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced last week the Build America, Buy America Act, which seeks to guarantee that all taxpayer-funded infrastructure and public works projects utilize American...
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Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co. confirmed on Friday they will collaborate on electric vehicles and invest billions of dollars in Argo AI, a Pittsburgh-based autonomous vehicle technology platform com...
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Experts in the transportation industry told a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday that passing long-term surface transportation legislation is critical to maintaining the country’s highways, bridges, tra...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants to 264 airports throughout the country, as well as in the Pacific Islands and the District of Col...
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More than 200 organizations and elected officials recently sent a letter to Congress urging the a change to the federal transportation program. “For decades, federal policy has prioritized high...
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As the world’s mobility options increase, cities are finding it more and more challenging to manage transportation, and in response, a worldwide coalition of such entities has united to form the Ope...
Read MoreFive measures focused on transportation and infrastructure were included in an appropriations act that passed the House Tuesday. The legislation is called the Commerce, Justice, Science, Agricultur...
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During a visit to Texas this week, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) was releasing $495 million in airport infrastructure grants to 327 ...
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U.S. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) sent a letter this week to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine Chao urging the agency to approve a grant application from the Vi...
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The Pennsylvania state House recently advanced a resolution that urges the federal government to make the resiliency of the country’s infrastructure a priority. The resolution asks the federal go...
Read MoreThe Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA’s) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program and the Special Transportation Circumstances Program will provide more than $...
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Delta Air Lines, in partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will install facial recognition at three airports over the next month. The technology will be installed at boarding ga...
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Investment is slacking at airports, leaving runways, terminals, gates and other improvements lagging behind, and the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) has its sights on a federal cap o...
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