United Airlines has partnered with Clorox and the Cleveland Clinic to implement United CleanPlus, a new cleaning, safety, and social distancing initiative amid the COVID-19 pandemic. "Safety has al...
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A truck driver school association is calling on Congress to pass an infrastructure bill to help boost the economy, solve the unemployment issue, and rebuild U.S. roads and bridges. The Commercial ...
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U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) is praising new stimulus legislation designed to provide relief for the COVID-19 pandemic for including multiple transportation and infrastructure initiatives. DeFaz...
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George Harms Construction of Farmingdale, N.J., has secured a $247 million NJ TRANSIT contract for the initial construction phase of the Raritan River Bridge replacement project. NJ TRANSIT Board o...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced last week that 24 small shipyards will receive $19.6 million in discretionary grants via DOT’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) as part of an a...
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The Mississippi Transportation Commission has awarded contracts for 14 statewide road maintenance projects officials said would enhance overall transportation infrastructure. The Mississippi Depart...
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With more than a third of all U.S. bridges requiring replacement or major repair work, states are moving to fill their funding needs for transportation infrastructure amid strained budgets. But bec...
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U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), ranking member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, co...
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A bipartisan group of House of Representatives lawmakers recently encouraged House leadership to support auto industry jobs and economic stabilization in future coronavirus relief packages. The con...
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An effort to drum up support for struggling state Departments of Transportation has gained extensive support across the transportation industry. U.S. Reps. Conor Lamb (D-PA) and Bob Gibbs (R-OH) i...
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Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) is asking transportation organizations for their feedback on President Donald J. Trump’s 2021 budget, as well as recently passed stimulus bills and other legislation impacti...
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A new report from TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit in Washington, D.C., estimates that rural roads and bridges face a backlog of improvements, but could see a decrease in funding due...
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Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) officials have initiated the second phase of expedited infrastructure projects in the wake of continued lower traffic volumes resulting from COVID-19. â€...
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has been awarded $22.9 million in federal funding for public transit agencies throughout the state. The money, part of the ...
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On Thursday, the American Public Transportation Association urged Congress to provide an additional $23.8 billion in emergency funding to America’s public transit agencies. In a letter to Sen. M...
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The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) recently joined 70 other organizations in lending its name to correspondence supporting the Trump administration’s goal of future federal infrastruc...
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Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jack Reed (D-RI) are calling for the U. S. Department of Treasury to provide assistance and support to the motorcoach industry. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Ste...
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More than 14,000 New Yorkers rode the bus between 1 and 5 a.m. Wednesday, while Metropolitan Transit Authority employees shut down and cleaned the city’s subways. The first-ever closure of the s...
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Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) officials said the collaboration with the City of Sweetwater and Florida International University (FIU) personnel yielded plans for a pedestrian bridge to a...
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Aviation industry panelists testifying before a U.S Senate committee on Wednesday met with some resistance from lawmakers over their actions during the COVID-19 pandemic and projections of what the fu...
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