Goodyear announced Tuesday that they had developed a non-pneumatic (airless) tire (NPT) and wheel assembly to support autonomous vehicle transportation in a city setting for in-field use with the Jack...
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Amtrak announced Wednesday that it would be entering into a $3.4 billion contract with Siemens to create a new fleet of trains to transform the rail travel industry.
The contract will provide up t...
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On Friday, the Pinellas Suncoast Authority (PSTA) unveiled four new electric depot bus chargers, made possible by a federal grant and nearly $160,000 from Duke Energy.
The chargers are the first D...
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Commercial goods transporters say they want to buy electric medium- to heavy-duty trucks, but they’re waiting on technology and production to catch-up to demand.
U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) stress...
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Ford Motor Co. recently acquired Electriphi, a California-based technology company, for an undisclosed amount.
Electriphi is a provider of charging management and fleet monitoring software for elec...
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Federal, state, and local leaders gathered Friday, on the 150th anniversary of the Baltimore and Potomac (B&P) tunnel’s groundbreaking, to unveil new plans for the B&P Tunnel Replacement Program.
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FedEx Corp. and Nuro, an autonomous delivery vehicles designer, recently signed a multi-year, multi-phase agreement to test an autonomous delivery vehicle within FedEx’s operations.
The pilot p...
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and NASA recently announced they will partner to plan for advanced technology cargo aircraft and passenger air taxi services.
The partners will ho...
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The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) urges lawmakers to include in legislation the bonding of infrastructure investments for payment and performance of public-private partnersh...
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Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn said Friday the company opposes CSX Transportation’s acquisition of New England regional Pan Am Railways because the deal, in its current form, ‘represents a significant thre...
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Port of Seattle announced last week the opening of modernized and expanded North Satellite of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
“The updated North Satellite is going to come as a surpris...
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Amtrak announced Thursday that it is beginning work to expand intercity passenger rail service to over 160 more communities by 2035.
Part of its Amtrak Corridor Vision released Thursday, the expan...
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Getting the next infrastructure investment plan passed and paid for will not only mean bringing together both parties to work in a bipartisan fashion, but using private capital in innovative ways, a p...
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Congress must come together and work in a bipartisan manner if the United States is to see any progress on infrastructure, an independent think tank said.
The New Center said in its recent policy p...
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Texas Central Railroad announced Monday it has signed a $1.6 billion contract with Kiewit Infrastructure South Co. (Kiewit) and its affiliate Mass. Electric Construction Co. (Mass Electric), to instal...
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On Tuesday, the City Council of Charlotte, N.C., approved a pilot program and public-private partnership between the Charlotte Area Transit System CATS) and eTransEnergy, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, ...
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As part of the American Rescue Plan, Amtrak will receive $169 billion from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg anno...
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Amtrak released its FY20 Sustainability report on Monday, showcasing its sustainability projects across its operations.
The report included details on Amtrak’s progress toward annual and long-te...
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A bill recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would help local communities and private companies build climate-resilient infrastructure to withstand extreme weather events better.
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MTA will test battery-operated railcars on the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) in a pilot program on the railroad’s Oyster Bay branch, officials said Monday.
MTA LIRR President Phillip Eng announced...
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