On June 11, a group of Republican senators introduced legislation to correct efficiency calculations on electric vehicles. U.S. Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on...
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On Thursday, the Nebraska Department of Transportation broke ground on the long-awaited US-30 Grand Island West expansion project. The groundbreaking was the start of construction of a 4-lane expr...
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Legislation from U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) to streamline repair and maintenance projects at land ports of entry (LPOE) advanced out of committee in the U.S. House this week. The legislation, ...
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Massachusetts recently awarded 14 projects more than $13 million in Fair Share funding for local transportation infrastructure and other needs. It is matching funds for projects and initiatives e...
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced it had appointed six new members to the Federal Aviation Administration’s Management Advisory Council (MAC), as well as reappointed four...
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The Iowa Transportation Commission recently approved the Fiscal Year 2025-2029 Iowa Transportation Improvement Program at its June meeting. The program is developed and approved annually and docum...
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On Monday, U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) introduced legislation aimed at addressing concerns about accountability and transparency at Amtrak. The legislation, the Amtrak Transparency Act, aims to t...
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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) board of directors recently approved the Fiscal Years 2025-2029 MBTA Capital Investment Plan (CIP). A CIP is the five-year financial plan that ...
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The Connecticut Department of Transportation recently held a ground-breaking ceremony for the second phase of a project to reconfigure the highway interchange connecting Interstate 91, Interstate 691,...
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DHL eCommerce announced recently that it had invested $57.5 million in a new location near the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The company, a division of DHL Group, said it had relocated ...
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On Monday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state was starting a $45 million pavement revitalization project on the New York State Thruway (I-90) in Chautauqua County. The project, part of more...
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U.S. Reps. Sharice Davids (D-KS) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD) recently created the Congressional Sustainable Aviation Caucus. The caucus will work to reduce the aviation industry’s environmental impa...
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On Monday, Lifoam Industries, LLC, based in Greer, S.C. announced it had won the GreenBiz Circularity Conference’s Sustainable Packaging Innovation Award for compostability. Lifoam, a subsidiary...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation recently unveiled the Aviation Economic Impact Calculator that will allow airports to view the economic impact of potential facility updates and activitie...
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Yellow Diamond Logistics, a leading TSA-certified third-party logistics company, announced last week it will be using Descartes Systems Group’s technology management system. Descartes, a leader ...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently issued new vehicle fuel economy standards that will increase economy by 2 percent annually for passenger cars for model years 2027-2031. Fue...
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Oregon recently began the statewide 12-stop Statewide Transportation Safety and Sustainability Outreach Tour. The state’s Joint Committee on Transportation planned the tour as a way to inform the...
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On Friday, Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell filed an ordinance with the Metro Council to allow the transportation improvement program to be included on the Nov. 5 ballot. The Metro Council, the...
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Under the Biden administration, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently announced a round of $7.8 million to benefit 17 public transportation projects focused on supporting those with disabi...
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The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) recently launched a multimodal transportation survey to gather public input on the Momentum 2050 statewide plan for the future of South Carolina...
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