The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently advanced its biennial re-assessment of its 2017-2026 Capital Plan and will present the plan to the board of commissioners today.
The plan refl...
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Private and academic interests have aligned in the form of autonomous vehicle research, culminating in a five-year, $15 million research partnership between Carnegie Mellon University and the self-dri...
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During a visit to Texas this week, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) was releasing $495 million in airport infrastructure grants to 327 ...
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The Pennsylvania state House recently advanced a resolution that urges the federal government to make the resiliency of the country’s infrastructure a priority.
The resolution asks the federal go...
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The cities of Oakland and San Francisco will benefit from $300 million in Capital Investment Grants (CIG) in the days ahead, authorized by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to improve capacity ...
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey launched the PATH Improvement Plan last week, pushing for a 40 percent capacity increase on the Newark to WTC line and a 20 percent increase across three ...
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U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) secured commitments for several key Illinois and national projects during a recent Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing.
“I’m glad these transpor...
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The Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA’s) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program and the Special Transportation Circumstances Program will provide more than $...
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Delta Air Lines, in partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), will install facial recognition at three airports over the next month.
The technology will be installed at boarding ga...
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The CTrail Hartford Line, which marked its one-year anniversary this week, has surpassed Connecticut Department of Transportation expectations.
During its first 12 months of service, the 62-mile l...
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project completed last year to connect the more than 1,900-mile I-95 from Maine to Miami is proving to be a success on several fronts.
The most s...
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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) recently asked federal lawmakers to protect the eligibility of public infrastructure projects under the government’s employment-based E...
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The New York State Thruway Authority Board of Directors recently approved the selection of Cashless Tolling Constructors as the design-build team for the installation of cashless tolling on the Thruwa...
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently awarded New York City’s Department of Transportation $3.05 million through the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP).
The funds will be u...
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Ground was broken this month on an anxiously awaited highway project outside of Washington, D.C., one of the latest examples of the public and private sector acting as partners to advance critical sta...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) has granted $2,010,000 to the Twin Cities & Western Railroad Company of Minnesota for improvements to rail infrastructure and safety.
Specifically, t...
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Funding for the Iowa Transportation Improvement Program is now locked in through 2024, thanks to the approval of the Iowa Transportation Committee, guaranteeing investments in many infrastructure area...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded Washington State University (WSU) a $7.5 million grant to lead a national university transportation center.
The center, one of seven in the Un...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has issued a $2.8 million Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant to push forward plans for an Amtrak connection at the T.F. Gr...
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A total of 16 New Mexico airports will benefit from construction and maintenance projects funded by $13,810,189 in federal dollars, care of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
That money is ...
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