After three months of negotiation, the Illinois Senate has advanced a $45 billion package of infrastructure bills that will give the state its first construction plan in a decade. In the years sin...
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Amtrak is continuing work on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) that connects Washington, D.C., to Boston. Currently, crews are upgrading 31 miles of track between Washington Union and Baltimore Penn st...
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The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has split $128,508,608 between 16 construction projects throughout the state. In all, the money will be split between three types of projects: const...
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Arizona officially passed a state budget last week that will fully fund the widening of I-17 between Anthem and Black Canyon City. In all, $130 million will be invested over three years into the c...
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The Federal Aviation Administration recently awarded $7.4 million to Morristown Municipal and Atlantic City International Airports in New Jersey. “These important federal investments not only hel...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects program recently awarded the West Virginia Division of Highways with a $100 million grant. Funds w...
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The Washington State Department of Transportation recently selected Omaha Track as the next operator for the P&L branch of the 298-mile state-owned Palouse River and Coulee City (PCC) rail system. ...
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The National League of Cities recently released its sixth annual State of the Cities report, and infrastructure ranked as one of the top topics. Issues and subtopics for the report were derived fro...
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US 290 East in Lee County, Texas, is now officially under construction, following its groundbreaking this week. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is funding the project, which will re...
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan launched a challenge for innovators at this week’s Mackinac Policy Conference, pledging to display the most innovative smart infrastructure initiatives and technolo...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation plans to provide $15.4 million in Automated Red Light Enforcement (ARLE) funding to 38 municipalities for 50 safety projects. ARLE provides automated e...
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Grace Crunican, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) general manager, recently urged the federal government to continue funding a BART project. The Transbay Core Capacity Program ha...
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A request for proposals (RFP) has been issued by the Southwest Chief and Front Range Passenger Rail Commissions, together with the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), seeking information on ...
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The Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus has released a report calling for bipartisan policy recommendations on national infrastructure. “We can’t afford to play political games and keep kicki...
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Daimler Trucks recently announced it launched the Autonomous Technology Group, a global organization for exploring the strategy and implementation of the automated driving. The group, which launche...
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Thirty-one transportation associations and groups recently sent a letter to Congressional leaders urging them to repeal a $7.6 billion rescission in Federal-aid highway contract authority scheduled fo...
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The House Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) approved last week an appropriations bill for 2020 that would boost funding levels for public trans...
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Earlier this month, bipartisan Congress members introduced the Building U.S. Infrastructure by Leveraging Demands for Skills (BUILDS) Act to spur industry partnerships to encourage workforce training ...
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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) awarded $40.5 million to local agencies this week to assist transportation projects focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the effects ...
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United Airlines recently renewed its biofuel contract with World Energy. United signed its first contract in 2013. Under the renewal, the airline will purchase up to 10 million gallons of aviation ...
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