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Illinois awards $139M to expand local transportation options

By Liz Carey  |   May 23, 2025   |   Investment

Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation awarded more than $139 million in transportation grants for programs that expand local travel options. Part of the Illinois Transport...

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California Transportation Commission allocates $1.7B to highway system projects

By Melina Druga  |   May 22, 2025   |   Investment

The California Transportation Commission recently allocated nearly $1.7 billion for the state highway system. “Investments made today support Caltrans’ mission to build and maintain a transpor...

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Western North Carolina freight rail service interrupted by Hurricane Helene returns

By Liz Carey  |   May 22, 2025   |   Featured

Norfolk Southern Corporation has resumed customer freight rail service in Asheville and western North Carolina for the first time since Hurricane Helene destroyed the rails in September 2024. NSC ...

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MBTA board of directors approves capital investment plan

By Melina Druga  |   May 22, 2025   |   Investment

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) board of directors recently approved the Fiscal Years 2026 – 2030 MBTA Capital Investment Plan (FY26 – 30 MBTA CIP). CIP is the five-year ...

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Tennessee DOT announces multimodal freight transportation partnership

By Liz Carey  |   May 21, 2025   |   Investment

The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) announced on Monday a public private partnership between the state, Cheatham County and Ingram Marine Group to develop the Ashland City River Port pro...

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Connecticut establishes a unified federal review process

By Melina Druga  |   May 20, 2025   |   Federal

Connecticut recently announced a multimodal agreement that establishes a unified federal review process and delegates authority to the state to accelerate the review of individual transportation proje...

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Fishing Creek Bridge project completed in Kentucky

By Liz Carey  |   May 20, 2025   |   Investment

Officials with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet joined state officials to cut the ribbon on a newly renovated bridge in Pulaski County. Rocky Adkins, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s senior advis...

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North Carolina Railroad Company expands Build Ready Sites Program

By Liz Carey  |   May 20, 2025   |   Featured

The North Carolina Railroad Company announced recently that it will have two application rounds this year for its Build Ready Sites Program. The spring application round for the program opened on ...

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Maryland to hold open houses on new rapid transit service study

By Melina Druga  |   May 19, 2025   |   Investment

The Maryland Transit Administration plans to hold two open houses in June to discuss the Southern Maryland Rapid Transit Planning and Environment Linkages Study with the public and solicit feedback. ...

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Pennsylvania to open application period for Intermodal Cargo Growth Incentive Program

By Melina Druga  |   May 16, 2025   |   Investment

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is encouraging ocean carriers moving containerized cargo to apply to the Pennsylvania Intermodal Cargo Growth Incentive Program (PICGIP). The...

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Final segment of Illinois rail improvements to move forward

By Liz Carey  |   May 16, 2025   |   Investment

U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), and Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) said the final segment of the Springfield Rail Improvements Project (SRIP) can move forward now that the U.S. Departm...

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Sound Transit launches extension on 2 Line

By Melina Druga  |   May 15, 2025   |   Investment

Sound Transit recently opened a 3.4-mile extension of its light rail service between downtown Redmond and South Bellevue in east King County, Wash. The extension is on 2 Line and serves Marymoor V...

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Illinois Department of Transportation makes local transportation grants available

By Liz Carey  |   May 15, 2025   |   Investment

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation announced the department would make $400 million available for local transportation projects that focus on enhancing mobility an...

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Iowa Transportation Improvement Program draft includes $4.3B in funding

By Melina Druga  |   May 15, 2025   |   Investment

The draft Fiscal Year 2026-2030 Iowa Transportation Improvement Program includes approximately $4.3 billion in state and federal funding that will be available over the next five years for highway and...

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Flint’s Mass Transportation Authority receives $12M federal grant

By Melina Druga  |   May 12, 2025   |   Federal

The Federal Transit Administration recently awarded the Mass Transportation Authority (MTA) of Flint, Mich., a $12 million improvement grant. The grant will be used to help the MTA upgrade buses, s...

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DART warns Texas House bill would collapse North Texas Public Transit

By Liz Carey  |   May 8, 2025   |   News

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit said if House Bill 3187 passes, it would essentially dismantle the region’s public transportation system. Officials with DART said the legislation would redistribut...

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RailGreen program will reduce carbon emission for Port of Virginia shippers

By Melina Druga  |   May 8, 2025   |   News

The Port of Virginia and Norfolk Southern have collaborated to launch the RailGreen program, an emission reduction program for freight rail. Cargo owners using Norfolk Southern’s daily service to...

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Rhode Island breaks ground on I-95 construction project

By Melina Druga  |   May 7, 2025   |   Investment

The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the $144 million I-95 "Missing Move" and Quonset Ramps Construction Project. The project will be di...

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Utah DOT testing mobile retroreflective technology

By Melina Druga  |   May 6, 2025   |   Investment

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is testing mobile retroreflective technology along five designated testing zones on southbound I-15 between South Salt Lake and Draper. The technology a...

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First phase of Purple Line Small Business grant program awarded in Maryland

By Liz Carey  |   May 6, 2025   |   Featured

The Maryland Department of Transportation awarded more than 100 businesses between $1,000 and $40,000 as part of the first round of grant awards for the Purple Line Small Business Grant Program. T...

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