Ohio launches $3.2B construction season
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) recently launched a record $3.2 billion construction season. This year’s season includes 955 projects statewide, 38 with a value above $10 million, a...
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Transportation Secretary applauds plan to restore maritime dominance
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said his department will help lead President Donald Trump’s vision restoring America’s maritime dominance through shipbuilding and revitalizing the U.S. Me...
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Initiative will protect Hudson Line from climate change
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) recently announced an initiative designed to protect the Hudson Line from the effects of climate change. The Metro-North Hudson Line Climate Resilien...
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Research to delve into truck parking at public rest areas
The American Transportation Research Institute said research into truck parking has resulted in a public truck parking dashboard showing every state’s public truck parking capacity at rest areas. ...
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Report: Traffic fatalities fell 3.8 percent in 2024
Traffic fatalities dropped approximately 3.8 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) early estimates. It also is the first ti...
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Sierra Northern Railway tests zero-emission switching locomotive
Sierra Northern Railway, the freight division of Sierra Railroad Co., recently announced that it successfully completed testing of a four-axle hydrogen-fueled, zero-emission switching locomotive. S...
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Sullivan County International Airport enters final phase, Hochul says
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said construction on the Sullivan County International Airport in the Catskills is entering its final stage toward completion. The project will transform the airport int...
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Maryland names next Aviation Administration executive director and CEO
Maryland Transportation Secretary Paul J. Wiedefeld recently named Shannetta R. Griffin as Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) executive director and CEO, effective Monday. In this role, Griffin...
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Rinaldi appointed EVP of Gateway Development Commission
The former president of MTS’s Metro-North Railroad, Catherine Rinaldi, has assumed the position of executive vice president for the Gateway Development Commission (GDC). Officials said Rinaldiâ€...
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Senators introduce legislation ensuring infrastructure funding for Great Lakes
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators have introduced legislation to ensure the Great Lakes ports will received their fair share of exiting federal funding for infrastructure upgrades and repairs. U...
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Amtrak releases top stations in the Southeast for 2024
The top Amtrak stations in the Southeast during fiscal year 2024 were in Virginia and North Carolina. Trains operating to the top stations cities offer frequent service and the ability to travel to mu...
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New York starts work on $20.5M I-90 bridge replacement project
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the New York State Department of Transportation will start work on replacing a bridge over I-90 in Herkimer, NY. The $20.5 million project will replace the bri...
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TX Rail Products increases line of credit
Kentucky-based TX Rail Products, a rail and rail products supplier to the U.S. coal mining industry, short line railroads and tunneling contractors, recently signed with its existing lender for an inc...
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Democrats call Trump elimination of resilience initiative short-sighted
Eliminating the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant program is short-sighted, U.S. Reps. Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Greg Stanton (D-AZ) said. Larsen, the ranking member of t...
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Joint resolutions express disapproval of California’s electric vehicle waivers
Joint resolutions recently introduced in the U.S. Senate express disapproval of California’s electric vehicle (EV) waivers that prohibit the sale of new gas-powered light-duty vehicles by 2035. The ...
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Legislation would prohibit certain countries from owning port facilities
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently advanced legislation that would prohibit certain foreign entities from entering into contracts for the ownership, leasing, or operation o...
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The Transport Project, members endorse new RNG fuel credit proposed in Congress
The Transport Project and its natural gas vehicle fleet and fueler members support a newly introduced bipartisan, bicameral bill that would create a $1.00-per-gallon tax credit for motor vehicles that...
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Shipping from Pacific Northwest to Chicago decreased by three days
BNSF Railway and its connecting partners Norfolk Southern and the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) recently announced the launch of a service that provides inland point intermodal traffic from the P...
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Bridges face likelihood of being struck by ships, study finds
Although ship strikes should be extremely rare, some of the busiest bridges in the United States will likely be hit, according to a recent Johns Hopkins University assessment of bridge vulnerability f...
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Port of Long Beach unveils 10-year Capital improvement plan
The Port of Long Beach outlined the capital projects it intends to invest more than $3.2 billion on over the next decade. As part of a 10-year program, the port said it would be investing in impro...
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