As part of a running series on equity, the National Academies’ Transportation Research Board (TRB) recently laid out in detail the resources aiding transportation accessibility in the U.S. for peopl...
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The electric vehicle DC fast charging station network known as Electrify America LLC received a major monetary boost this week, gaining its first external investor and a $450 million equity investment...
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Airlines for America (A4A) President and CEO Nicholas E. Calio recently sent U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg a letter, urging airline operations remain safe and reliable over the summer t...
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Amtrak recently ordered 50 more 125 diesel-electric locomotives from Siemens Mobility. This brings Amtrak’s order to 75 locomotives. The units are more environmentally-friendly and will reduce ni...
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The House of Representatives pushed through a bill known as the Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act (S.B. 516) this week, setting up some improvements to planning and coordination be...
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Amtrak recently completed infrastructure improvements along a 16-mile segment of track between New Brunswick and South Brunswick, N.J. Trains now will travel at speeds of up to 150 miles per hour. ...
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Reconstruction and modernization of Penn Station is underway in a big way, uniting New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New Jersey TRANSIT and Amtrak in a hunt for proposals from archit...
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This summer, Amtrak will be performing more than $55 million in infrastructure improvements between Washington, D.C., and New York City. Work includes updating up to 25 miles of track in the Southe...
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Hyundai Motor Group recently announced plans to build a new smart factory at the Bryan County Megasite in Georgia, which will invest billions of dollars and attention to the state’s first fully dedi...
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Waymo recently announced it would introduce its autonomous vehicles at Sky Harbor International Airport in downtown Phoenix. The company has more than 20 million autonomous public road miles of exp...
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Metrolink, a regional passenger rail service serving southern California, recently held a press conference to announce its switch to renewable fuel. Metrolink is the first agency in the country t...
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced Wednesday that Envision AESC, a Japanese electric vehicle battery technology company, will invest $2 billion to build a new, state-of-the-art Gigafactory in Bowlin...
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ChargePoint, an electric vehicle charging network, and the Colorado Energy Office (CEO) announced the completion of the first of six electric vehicle fast-charging corridors along Highway 40. The ...
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan welcomed Hitachi Rail Monday, as the company announced it would be establishing a new railcar manufacturing operation in Washington County in his state. The company said ...
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The Federal Railroad Administration recently awarded the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) a $31.8 million Consolidated Rail Infrastructure...
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General Motors (GM) and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) announced Tuesday they would collaborate on a pilot program to use GM electric vehicles (EVs) as on-demand backup power sources for homes in PG&...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will partner with Norfolk Southern (NS) to finalize improvements to increase passenger-rail service west of Harrisburg on the NS-owned corridor....
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Nissan announced Thursday it will invest $500 million in its Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant in Mississippi to transform it into a center for electric vehicle productions. The assembly plant will be...
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Waymo Via, the self-driving technology unit for Alphabet, said Wednesday that it will partner with truck fleet operator C.H. Robinson to test automated trucks in Texas. The two companies will run ...
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Siemens Mobility announced Monday that it had won a 12-year contract to support rail services in San Diego. The $80 million Technical Support Spares Supply Agreement with North County Transit Dist...
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