Amtrak, along with its partner organizations, announced Thursday they had received more than $2.1 billion to improve and expand Amtrak routes across the country. While many grants will go directly to...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed requiring repair stations outside of the U.S. to test employees who work on certain aircraft to undergo drug and alcohol testing in order to reta...
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On Tuesday, U.S. Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) and Larry Bucshon (R-IN) introduced legislation that would strengthen the supply chain, as well as to help America remain competitive with new techno...
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The Federal Highway Administration recently awarded 19 wildlife crossing projects $110 million in Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program grants. The program supports the U.S. Department of Transportation...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) included Northeastern Pennsylvania in its Corridor Identification and Development (Corridor ID) Program. The program is an intercity passenger rail planni...
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The Federal Transit Administration recently awarded the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) Ferry Division a $400,000 Ferry Service for Rural Communities Program grant to study the...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will be making available $343 million in Fiscal Year 2024 All Stations Accessibility Program (ASAP) funds to states to finance capital projects that make legac...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation will be awarding $1.5 billion in the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grants for 2024. The RAISE program helps projec...
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On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced more than $220 million in grants to modernize American ferry systems. Part of the Bipartisan I...
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On Wednesday, U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined leaders from the heavy-duty vehicle industry to urge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize emission ru...
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently announced a finalized performance measure designed to provide State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPO...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Monday it had awarded 13 grants totaling $3.4 million to transportation projects in underserved communities across the country. Part of the Rural and...
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Spending federal transportation funds on improving road and highway maintenance is either a somewhat or very important priority for 92 percent of respondents to the Mineta Transportation Institute’s...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Wednesday that it will make approximately $4.7 million in grant funding available for project to improve access...
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On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced it had awarded projects in 10 states $34 million to help with digital construction. The fundi...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) announced last week that Craig Thompson, Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary, would take the helm as presid...
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently made available to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) $3 million in quick release Emergency Relief funds. The Emergency Relief ...
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced it would open its proposed rules to strengthen state agencies’ ability to oversee rail transit ...
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Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would encourage research and deployment of innovative construction materials in transportation and water infrastructure projects. The I...
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On Friday, U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Edward Markey (D-MA) joined U.S. Reps. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) and Mark Takano (D-CA) in introducing legislation ensuring truckers are compensated fairly for...
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