London-based investor Ancala announced the formation of a U.S.-based short line rail specialist Phoenix Rail with its acquisition of Lehigh Valley Rail Management (LVRM) in Pennsylvania. The compan...
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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and the city of Boston have partnered to improve transit reliability and travel times by upgrading Boston’s Traffic Management Center. The center...
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The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) recently awarded four projects statewide $8.7 million in Local Major Bridge Program grants. The program funds bridge replacement, bridge rehabilitation,...
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U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) announced they had reintroduced legislation that would strengthen the American supply chains. The Promoti...
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PA Turnpike), the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency recently partnered with the National Weather Service ...
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Metra, the primary commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area, announced it will be exploring alternative finance measures to address its infrastructure backlog. The transit agency said...
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In response to workforce challenges across almost all transit agencies, the Mineta Transportation Institute released a report identifying methods and initiatives to building the industry’s workforce...
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Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would increase the number of truck drivers transporting goods to address supply chain shortages. The Licensing Indivi...
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An independent analysis of New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority’s proposed five year capital plan would generate $106 billion in the state’s economic activity and contribute to more than 70...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) dedicated an approximately $73.4 million air traffic control tower at Teterboro Airport in New Jersey on Dec. 11. The 157-foot-tall tower atop a 19,000-squ...
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Rail industry stakeholders testified about their priorities and suggestions for future surface transportation legislation during a hearing of the Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Subcommit...
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During fiscal year 2023-24, 99 percent of California High-Speed Rail Authority’s high-speed rail system project’s expenditures went to California businesses and workers. Two out of every three...
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Tokyo-based Sumitomo Corp.’s subsidiary Sumitomo Corporation of Americas recently announced a strategic investment in St. Louis-based Evertrak, a manufacturer of railroad ties primarily made from re...
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Customers of Norfolk Southern Corporation advanced nearly 150 industrial development project totaling $4.3 billion for new or expanded facilities in 2024, the company said Wednesday. Of the 149 pr...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently appointed Andrew Fremier, of the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association’s (IBTTA) 2023 president, to the Federal System Funding Alternat...
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Legislation that would address concerns about behind closed doors decision making at Amtrak has been reintroduced in Congress. U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) announced Wednesday that the Amtrak Tran...
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A bipartisan bill proposed Jan. 16 on Capitol Hill would increase the railroad track maintenance credit in an effort to make it easier for local rail lines to keep operating and remain in good repair....
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A bipartisan coalition of senators has reintroduced legislation that would accelerating the use of biofuels in aviation fuel by expanding existing U.S. Department of Agriculture programs. The Farm...
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The American Trucking Association and its Technology and Maintenance Council applauded the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for its exemption to the training time for new technicians. T...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is developing a $5.46 million Service Development Plan (SDP) to make the Scranton to New York Penn Station (NYP) Passenger Rail Corridor project...
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