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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Multiple energy and rail industry companies and the Government of Canada have formed a consortium with the TransRail Innovation Groups (TRIG), with the goal of testing and commercializing technology ...
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The 2019 package of spending bills recently passed into law by Congress includes significant funding for infrastructure development in the United States, including rural water and wastewater infrastr...
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A collection of Georgia’s federal legislators are urging the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, R.D. James, to maintain funding for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project (SHEP). SH...
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently awarded $10.2 million in Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) grants. Funds will be used to test user-based alternatives to...
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Looking to improve rail safety and efficiency, the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) put up $56.9 million in grant funding last week for railroad projects in 16 states. The funds ...
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A bipartisan Senate bill would raise the federal statutory cap on Private Activity Bonds (PABs) issued by or on behalf of state and local governments for highway and freight improvement projects from ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced Tuesday more than $60 million in funding for University Transportation Centers (UTCs) currently investigating solutions for transportation issue...
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President Donald Trump delivered his second State of the Union speech before Congress this week, and while he touched on the nation’s infrastructure needs, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chairman o...
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The Center for American Progress recently released a report listing benchmarks for judging any comprehensive, progressive infrastructure package. “Any progressive infrastructure plan must put th...
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