Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) researchers are working with manufacturing, infrastructure owner-operator, and public safety industry personnel to study scenarios involving automated dri...
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Sacramento Regional Transit awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to build 20 new light rail vehicles (LRV) totaling an estimated $100 million. The contract will cover 20 new LRVs. It is the first n...
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The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) announced Thursday it applauds vehicle manufacturers for their pledge to install 5 million radios for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) applications ov...
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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and Lightsource BP have signed a long-term power agreement to provide solar energy to the transit organization and the state, the two com...
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Global software company EOX Vantage is offering a suite of communication tools for free through the end of the year, as part of an offer called TeamedUp2020 – an effort it believes could help small ...
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Department of Transportation (DOT) announced last week that the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) would receive more than $1 billion in emergency funds in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic....
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The major economic disruption brought about by the coronavirus pandemic has put experts on different sides of the fence about whether an idea to expand the scale of the EB-5 program as part of a broad...
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Ford Motor Company announced Tuesday they will be offering an all-electric cargo van for sale by 2022. The company said the conversion will allow them to lead the transition to zero emissions whil...
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Following an announcement noting the addition of 1,000 Chanje V8100 electric delivery vehicles to its fleet last November, FedEx now plans to electrify 42 FedEx stations in California. The effort, ...
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Still three years away from the beginning of construction, the I-5 Rose Quarter Expansion project in Portland, Oregon, is moving forward, despite concerns about budget increases and environmental impa...
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As public spending on infrastructure declines, America will underinvest in its infrastructure by an estimated more than $2 trillion between 2016-2025, a new report from the American Society of Civil E...
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The Delaware Valley Regional Center (DVRC) is different from other regional centers around the nation because it focuses on infrastructure development rather than commercial real estate projects to br...
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The Department of Energy (DOE) and Hyundai Motor Company announced this week their collaboration to assess and validate the status of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies. The effort, which includes...
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ChargePoint, the world’s largest electric-vehicle charging network, and the National Association of Truck Stop Operators (NATSO), have joined forces to provide electric-vehicle charging stations acr...
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Following an investigation into Tesla practices, U.S. Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) last week released recommendations to improve the company’s autopilot drive assistance program and keep drivers from c...
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Buoyed by the Trump administration’s proposal to revamp the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), a new coalition known as Building a Better America is highlighting infrastructure modernizationâ...
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Gains from infrastructure, such as transportation, power and water, may be fully realized only when projects generate true public benefits, a fact that makes it difficult for many governments — incl...
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Beginning this year, JetBlue has announced that it will offset the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from all of its domestic flights -- figures that annually amount to between 15 and 17 billion pounds. ...
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Badger State Ethanol of Wisconsin reached a major renewable milestone last week by crossing the billion-gallon production mark for its ethanol. The company employs just 50 people, but since its cre...
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The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) recently awarded a $352.2 million contract to Hawkins Construction of Omaha for the construction of the Lincoln South Beltway. The project will con...
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