Maryland’s full Congressional delegation recently sent a letter to Gregory Slater, head of the Maryland Highway Administration, urging the state to provide the public with more information on three ...
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Amtrak officials announced this week that work will continue at New York Penn Station throughout winter and have minimal impact on scheduled train operations. Work will begin on Tracks 11 and 14 st...
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A group of seven associations and labor groups will host a 2020 Presidential Candidate Forum focused on infrastructure Feb. 1-3 at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. The purpose of the forum is...
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The Commonwealth of Virginia reached an agreement with CSX last week that lays the foundations for a $3.7 billion investment into the future of the state’s rail lines, including a new bridge, new tr...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau recently provided the North Carolina Turnpike Authority with a $501.5 million Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (T...
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A provision included in the Senate appropriations bill would extend the Section 45G credit for short-line railroad track maintenance expenditures through 2022. The extension is intended to encoura...
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The South Dakota State Railroad Board has authorized the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) to negotiate with LG Everist over the acquisition of the Sioux Valley Line, south of Canton, ...
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A dozen states across the Northeast and the District of Columbia recently released a Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) draft agreement, which outlines a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissio...
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In an announcement made this week, the Ford Motor Company pledged investments topping $1.45 billion into two of its southeast Michigan manufacturing facilities and promised to add as many as 3,000 new...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) announce Tuesday that it will provide up to $55 million into their first programs focused on the development of lo...
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Long Island Railroad and Metro-North Railroad recently implemented safety recommendations listed on the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)’s 2019-2020 Most Wanted List of Transportation Saf...
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After months of requests from Washington state’s Democratic congressional delegation, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will approve a more than $1.4 billion full funding grant agreement...
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As part of a $50 million transportation cost-share program under Gov. Mike Parson, the Missouri Departments of Transportation (MoDOT) and Economic Development (DED) recently selected 20 road and bridg...
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The Port of Corpus Christi’s new dock recently received its first shipment of crude oil. The new dock, located in the port’s Inner Harbor, received the delivery from EPIC Midstream. “With...
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The governors of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming signed a new memorandum of understanding last week, reaffirming mutual dedication to creating electric vehicle...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation recently approved 26 rail freight improvement projects throughout the state. The railroads will be awarded between $232,554 and $14.4 million. The proj...
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The states of California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont collectively pledged to create a plan that would speed up the transition to zero-emission veh...
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Virginia’s Hampton Roads region will benefit from as much as $502.9 million in Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan funds, according to the U.S. Department of Transp...
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Seeking to deter impaired driving around the holidays, Lyft and the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) recently awarded nearly $100,000 in grant funds and ride credits to five State Highway S...
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Gas monetization company Primus Green Energy Inc. has commissioned a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) study together with the IHI E&C International Corporation as the next step in creating a ne...
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