The Board of Directors for the Metro Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas has approved a referendum for the Nov. 5, 2019, ballot, allowing voters to consider $3.5 billion in bonding authority for...
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The Texas Transportation Commission approved last week the state Department of Transportation’s 10-year transportation plan, which includes more than $77 billion specifically marked for safety impro...
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The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) has created a new program under which applicants can appeal for state funding for transportation projects that improve safety, support job retention and ...
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According to New York state estimates, an average of $13.4 billion could be spent on capital infrastructure projects over each of the next five years, but State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli warns that ...
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A partnership between the state of Maine and the Efficiency Maine Trust launched the new Electric Vehicle Accelerator Program last week, which aims to incentivize people to turn electric through vehic...
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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced plans to award local agencies with more than $34 million in transportation planning grants for fiscal year 2020-2021. This aid will ...
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to activate its all-electronic tolling system at the Goethals Bridge on Wednesday. The bridge connects Elizabeth, N.J., to Staten Island, N.Y. ...
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In an ongoing dispute over federal funding for New Jersey’s Portal Bridge replacement and Gateway Tunnel projects, state politicians are calling on the Trump Administration for urgent action. La...
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Roadblocks remain for Louisiana’s Interstate 10 Calcasieu River Bridge project on the path to federal appropriations, and U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) this week urged Gov. John Bel Edwards to do wh...
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Fraud and abuse in the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program are largely responsible for the recently published final rule in the Federal Register that makes sweeping changes to the program. U.S. Citizen...
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Amtrak, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, is launching a passenger train Friday called the Valley Flyer. The Valley Flyer will run daily along the Connecticut Rive...
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At the first infrastructure stakeholder summit to be held under its new chairman, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, the National Governors Association (NGA) discussed potential solutions to U.S. infrastructu...
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The Ray, a living transportation innovation laboratory along 18 miles of Interstate 85 in Georgia, has been finalized. The public-private-philanthropic partnership, comprised of the Georgia Depart...
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The Raleigh-Charlotte rail system of North Carolina will benefit from $76,888,000 million in grant funding recently announced by the Federal Railroad Administration. Specifically, this money will g...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) a more than $41 million Federal-State Partnership for State of Good Repair Grant program...
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Twelve transportation projects from four U.S. regional competitions are now eligible for the 12th annual America’s Transportation Awards. The Grand Prize winner will be selected by an independen...
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The Washington State Department of Transportation has awarded a design-build contract to Flatiron West, Inc.-The Lane Construction Corporation Joint Venture (Flatiron/Lane) for the I-405, Renton to Be...
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will seek public comments until Sept. 6 on its N.C. Zero-Emission Vehicle Plan. Zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) are fully electric or plug-in hy...
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The California Transportation Commission recently allocated more than $1.1 billion, including nearly $994 million for 47 projects funded by the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. The bill...
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The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and The Ray announced a new pact this week that will see all three parties committed to testing the implementatio...
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