U.S. Rep Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, said Tuesday that President Biden’s American Rescue Plan contains nearly $10 billion in aid for tran...
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United Airlines reached an agreement Wednesday with air mobility company Archer Aviation to accelerate advanced, short-haul electric aircraft production. "Part of how United will combat global warm...
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Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said Maine has been awarded $69.2 million in federal highway and transit funding under the recently signed COVID-19 relief package. “As the Ranking Member of the Transpo...
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday that his administration would provide $1.8 million in Safe Streets to Transit Program (SSTT) grants for seven municipal projects across the state. In A...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) applauded the House of Representative’s Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Budget Reconciliation Title, which provides $30 billi...
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Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) officials are espousing the benefits of the agency's ability to execute varied statewide projects amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is a historic time f...
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Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) announced this week that he will outline the New Hampshire Infrastructure Roadmap as a means of highlighting infrastructure priorities he is slated to advocate for in this ses...
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U.S. Reps. Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Don Beyer (D-VA) have reintroduced a bill that would require several federal agencies to come together to develop a national aviation preparedness plan for any future...
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The Washington, DC-based national transportation research nonprofit TRIP has released a report detailing Maine's transportation needs, determining infrastructure issues cost motorists $1.3 billion - u...
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A coalition of transit industry organizations is calling on Congress to provide the industry with $39.3 billion in relief in the next COVID relief bill. Led by the Metropolitan Transportation Auth...
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New York state officials are touting the recent completion of 15 bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects along key transit corridors in the Southern Tier and Western New York. "New York cont...
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A new study from John Hopkins University has found that faster commuter trains between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. could positively impact Baltimore’s economy. Part of the University’s “2...
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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) officials have partnered to develop a statewide electric vehicle (EV) fast charging network to spur EV ...
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The nation’s leading independent electric vehicle (EV) advocacy group, Plug In America, has ranked U.S. states for positive support of EVs through their policies. The group listed the top 25 sta...
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The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) program has earmarked $6 million to aid Ne...
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Several congressional lawmakers on Capitol Hill are on board with plans by President Joe Biden to use millions of construction, skilled trades and engineering workers to rebuild the nation’s deterio...
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U.S. Rep. Ron Estes (R-KS) has reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would allow aviation manufacturers to get relief if their workforce is at risk of being furloughed due to the COVID-19 pandemic....
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf urged his states’ Congressional Delegation to prioritize critical infrastructure need as a part of any new COVID-19 stimulus or infrastructure package on Friday. In a ...
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The Rebuild Rural Coalition has forwarded correspondence to the Biden administration advocating efforts to address the needs of rural infrastructure in related legislative proposals. The Rebuild Ru...
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First Student, Inc., First Transit, Inc., and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC are espousing the benefits of a collaboration designed to yield electrification of school and public transportation vehicles...
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