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On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) said it had awarded $20.9 million in grants for 88 Tribal road safety projects.
Part of the Tribal Transp...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently awarded 47 state and local governments, transit agencies, and nonprofit organizations nationwide with $20 million in Areas of Persistent Poverty progr...
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On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that reauthorizes programs at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the next five years.
The bill, the Securing Growth and...
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In a new report, the United States Chamber of Commerce recently laid out the potential social and economic benefits of passenger autonomous vehicles (AVs), and assessed several related adoption scenar...
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Bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and aviation safety and infrastructure programs for the next five years has gained the support of more than 1,000 aviatio...
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With support for new powered lift aircraft in mind, U.S. Reps. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) and Jay Obernolte (R-CA) launched an effort to revamp the U.S. tax code this week, through the AAM Tax Exemption Par...
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Under bicameral legislation introduced last week by a partisan collection of federal lawmakers, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) could push forward with demonstrations of streamlined digital,...
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Thanks to eight transportation projects, the regional northeast took a slew of 2023 America’s Transportation Awards from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation (AASHTO) last we...
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Rail Passenger Association (RPA) and Amtrak officials are raising concerns regarding the House Committee on Appropriation's draft Fiscal Year 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) ...
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced it had released a free technical resource to help urban communities take advantage of federal funding for electric vehicle (EV) charging s...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently allocated about $92 million, part of a total $268 million in grants, to aid efforts assisting airports attain net-zero emissions goals by 2050.
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More than 100 trade groups representing transportation sector businesses recently sent a letter to President Joe Biden, urging the administration to scrap a proposed Environmental Protection Agency (E...
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently awarded seven projects $130.5 million in Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Transportation Projects Program grants.
The grants recog...
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The Federal Transit Administration announced Thursday that the Hudson River Tunnel (HRT) project between New York and New Jersey is moving forward.
The project, part of the expansion of the Northe...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently opened the application period for the Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Program.
The application period ends on Sept. 28.
The program co...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is seeking public feedback now through July 31 on the draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment to replace 31 outdated airport traffic control towers at sma...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded more than $2.2 billion in Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grants to 162 infrastructure projects nationw...
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A record 50.7 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home on Independence Day weekend, according to AAA projections.
This is an increase of 2.1 million people compared to 2022. The p...
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Applications for more than $5.575 billion in funding from three different surface grant programs at the U.S. Department of Transportation will be accepted under one application, Transportation Secreta...
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On Monday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded nearly $1.7 billion in infrastructure grants to 130 projects in 46 states for the purchase of American...
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