During an oversight hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee last week, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) addressed Amtrak CEO and President Richard Anderson, demanding details on efforts to preserve and imp...
Read MoreFive measures focused on transportation and infrastructure were included in an appropriations act that passed the House Tuesday. The legislation is called the Commerce, Justice, Science, Agricultur...
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The U.S. House this week approved a $383.3 billion package of 2020 appropriations bills, including critical funding for public transit and passenger rail infrastructure. If passed by both the Sena...
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The Pennsylvania state House recently advanced a resolution that urges the federal government to make the resiliency of the country’s infrastructure a priority. The resolution asks the federal go...
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Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS), chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Gary Peters (D-MI) sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last week urging represe...
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Fuel-economy standards have increased the price of new vehicles, and this is preventing many families from making new car purchases, Heidi King, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ...
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The cities of Oakland and San Francisco will benefit from $300 million in Capital Investment Grants (CIG) in the days ahead, authorized by the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to improve capacity ...
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The Modernize the Truck Fleet (MTF) coalition rallied in Washington, D.C., last week to urge Congress to support two bipartisan House bills that would repeal the 12 percent federal excise tax (FET) on...
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The International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA) supports a recent report by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) on funding infrastructure, IBTTA CEO and Executive Director Pat...
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U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) secured commitments for several key Illinois and national projects during a recent Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing. “I’m glad these transpor...
Read MoreThe Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA’s) Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program and the Special Transportation Circumstances Program will provide more than $...
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Investment is slacking at airports, leaving runways, terminals, gates and other improvements lagging behind, and the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) has its sights on a federal cap o...
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At a meeting of the Economic Club of Canada, Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau took the opportunity to address the recent approval of the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) project and how he feels i...
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The Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Interchange Project completed last year to connect the more than 1,900-mile I-95 from Maine to Miami is proving to be a success on several fronts. The most s...
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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) recently asked federal lawmakers to protect the eligibility of public infrastructure projects under the government’s employment-based E...
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Nine highway projects across the country are wasting at least $25 billion, according to the U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group’s fifth edition of their Highway Boondoggles report. The gr...
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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) filed an amendment to the fiscal year 2020 transportation appropriations bill Monday that would prohibit the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (...
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has put up $60 million for grants designated to fund new technologies that improve transportation efficiency, while states, cities, and other agencies ar...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced this week a Notice of Funding Opportunity to apply for $297 million in grant funding for the new Port Infrastructure Development Program. The...
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In a letter sent to automakers last week, U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) requested the manufacturers disclose to Congress whether their cars collect personal data from drivers. Merkley asked automak...
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