The White House released this week its budget proposal for fiscal year 2020, significantly cutting rail and transit programs by $5.9 billion, a 21.5 percent decrease from fiscal year 2019. Amtrak ...
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The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) recently launched Emergency Notice, a service that allows law enforcement officials to contract a driver’s next of kin in emergency situations and serious...
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A report from the Transportation Investment Advocacy Center reveals that 37 states have introduced nearly 200 bills with the goal of boosting transportation investment at the beginning of 2019, outpa...
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Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont last week urged investments for the New Haven Line, which he said is the busiest commuter rail line in the United States. The line, he said, has failed to keep up with ...
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The state-owned public terminals at the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore handled 10.9 million tons of general cargo in 2018, a record and the third consecutive year of exceeding 10 million tons...
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A report released this week by the think tank Circulate San Diego demonstrated that a San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) ballot measure could fund transit projects and create new potential p...
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The administration of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan hopes to rebuild the Howard Street Tunnel and widen 3.5 miles of the I-81 corridor. The former is a project entirely pursued by the state, which pu...
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The Washington state Senate Transportation Committee advanced a transportation revenue package Wednesday that includes $450 million toward a new I-5 bridge, which is part of Washington’s and Oregon...
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The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved $7.5 million to be awarded to 21 local projects Monday as part of the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). Projects are outside of the Oklah...
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The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) recently awarded $5.1 million in funding to regional transit authorities. The funding includes $1.1 million in capital funding from MassDOT...
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Improving highway infrastructure in the United States can help conserve fuel and reduce emissions, according to a case study by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). In 2016, the ...
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The trade association representing commercial service airports in North America recently released a report detailing a $128 billion need for new infrastructure, further shackled by a $91.6 billion de...
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The Partnership for Transportation Innovation and Opportunity (PTIO) sent letters last week to Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chairman of House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Eleanor...
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The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) recently updated its 2016 initiative Building to Win that aims to revitalize the nation’s infrastructure. “Every year, America is falling furthe...
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More than $26 million will be invested into safety and reliability upgrades for a daily train route which passes through Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico, thanks to a pledge of fund matching by Amtrak...
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United Airlines and Los Angeles World Airports broke ground last week on a $352 million, 407,408-square-feet Technical Operations Center at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The center, lo...
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Adding a second Amtrak train between Chicago and Minneapolis/St. Paul has a potential economic return of $25 million for Minnesota, according to a Rail Passengers Association assessment. “Amtrak...
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Shutting down the Hudson River Tunnels to repair Superstorm Sandy damage without having new tunnels already in place would cost the national economy $16 billion, according to a report released by civ...
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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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A partnership between Visa and Planet Informatica has yielded the Visa Secure Access Module (SAM) -- a new technology meant to help public transit operators collect payments through contactless cards...
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