A new report from the Discovery Institute urges Congress to embrace competition when it comes to revitalizing passenger rail in the United States. "What passenger rail in America needs now is comp...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently launched a new web-based system as part of the Aviation Complaint, Enforcement, and Reporting System (ACERS). The system will be for submit...
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The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) will be allocating $46 million for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure through fiscal year 2027 to support the strategic bu...
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Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings recently upgraded the credit rating for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) Transportation Revenue Bonds from “A-” to “A” with a stable...
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The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is accepting applications for the fall 2025 round of the agency’s Cost Share Program through Sept. 18. A total of $6 million in grants will be awar...
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The Maryland Department of Transportation is seeking proposals now through Oct. 14 for the Bowie State MARC station transit project. The Bowie State MARC Station is located adjacent to the Bowie St...
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U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said his department would invest $175 million in ferry boat service across the country. Part of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA)...
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Revised guidance surrounding the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program will allow states to build electric vehicle charging stations quickly and efficiently, U.S. Transportat...
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Union Pacific announced it will launch a new, truck-competitive domestic intermodal service that will connect Los Angeles with Chicago. The new route will use Southern California’s Inland Empire...
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Patriot Rail announced it had launched the Gettysburg Excursion Railway, a heritage rail experience that would expand its tourism rail from Gettysburg to Mount Holly Springs in Pennsylvania. The l...
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Subway crime in New York is down 8 percent compared to 2024, the lowest level for any July since 1995, excluding the COVID-19 Pandemic years, the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced this week. ...
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Amtrak announced last week that it had added a new track and platform at Washington Union Station to expand its service capacity. The new track will primarily serve Virginia Railway Express (VRE) ...
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Amtrak recently announced that its NextGen Acela high-speed trains, which connect the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., New York City, and Boston, will be ready for passenger travel startin...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is demanding an investigation and report into storage of decommissioned electric buses following a number of battery fire...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced its support for new legislation designed to strengthen public transit safety and clarify dispute authority. The Safe Transit Account...
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The New Jersey Alliance for Action, an organization representing business, labor, government, utility, education, and professional leaders, recently awarded the New Jersey Department of Transportatio...
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Florida-based CSX Corp., a rail, intermodal, and rail-to-truck transload services and solutions provider, and Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) plan to build a at FSCJ’s Fire Academy of t...
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New York’s Interborough Express (IBX) will move into the next stage of development, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Wednesday. The Metropolitan Transit Authority’s Board authorized a joint ...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently announced it plans to cancel two grants worth more than $26 million that previously were awarded to the Baltimore-Washington Superconducting Magnetic...
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Union Pacific is purchasing east-coast Class 1 Norfolk Southern for $85 billion. The purchase will create a U.S. transcontinental railroad. Union Pacific will retain the name, and the combined com...
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