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 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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U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Roger Wicker (R0MS), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) introduced legislation recently that would reauthorize the National Oceanic and Atmospheric A...
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Legislation re-introduced by U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, would prohibit the U.S. Department of Transportation from using Chinese ...
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Legislation to improve aviation safety by requiring aircraft and helicopters to use Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) technology was introduced recently by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-T...
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Lee Zeldin, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, said his agency has proposed rescinding the 2009 Endangerment Finding that states greenhouse gases in the atmosphere endanger public...
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Trucking organizations like the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association applauded the U.S. Department of Transportation’s move to withdraw a 2022 proposal requiring speed limiters on commerci...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced that grant recipients for its Low or No Emission Grant Program will have the flexibility to change project prop...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently launched the Control Tower Operator Partnership (CTO-P), a new pathway to becoming an air traffic controller at a Federal Contract Tower (FCT). ...
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Last year, U.S. traffic fatalities decreased for the third straight year, according to a recent report by TRIP, a national transportation research nonprofit organization. Despite the drop, traffic...
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Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study why there is a high cost associated with procuring pub...
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Chris Spear, president and CEO of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), recently testified in front of the Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety, urging law...
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are demanding Delta Air Line answer questions about its plan to use Artificial Intelligence to set surveillance-based ...
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As part of President Donald Trump’s push to revitalize the shipbuilding industry in the United States, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Maritime Administration (MARAD) had awarded $8.75 ...
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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Friday the Massachusetts Department of Transportation had received notice that the Trump administration is terminating $327 million previously awarded to the ...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Wednesday the Federal Railroad Administration had terminated approximately $4 billion in unspent federal funding for California’s High-Speed Rail Aut...
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Discussions in the freight rail industry about a merger between a major eastern rail carrier and a western one to create a coast-to-coast freight operator are gaining momentum. The success of merging...
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Researchers with the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) said a new study has found notable shifts in the U.S. truck driver workforce. The analysis, Evolving Truck Driver Demographic...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy awarded nearly $500 million in infrastructure improvement grants Tuesday. The grants, part of the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUI...
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The House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2026 bill for the Transportation, House and Urban Development, and related agencies subcommittee on Monday. U.S. Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR...
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