A recent report highlights private equity firms’ role in financing, managing, and accelerating the completion of critical infrastructure projects. Private equity firms manage nearly $45 billion...
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After states tapped into their FY 2022 federal highway formula funds, they managed to kick off nearly 25,000 new improvement projects across the United States following the passage of the Infrastructu...
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The General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded three contracts for projects funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law projects to modernize Texas land ports of entry. “America’s l...
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On Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it had reached settlements with two New England companies over illegal tampering with diesel truck emission controls. Under th...
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Voters voiced their support for state and local ballot initiatives to fund transportation improvement projects when they went to the polls on Nov. 8., the American Road & Transportation Builders Assoc...
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Voters approved 14 out of 19 public transit measures when they went to the polls on Tuesday, according to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). The public's approval bring this ye...
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The International Road Federation’s (IRF Global) Executive Committee recently elected Dr. William Sowell as its next chairman. He was elected to a two-year term. Sowell has designed, develope...
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On Monday, U.S. Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA) asked U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to fund the Los Angeles Metro's West Santa Ana Branch (WSAB) Transit Corridor Project. The WSAB Transi...
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The Action Network, a group of more than 50 public, private, and nonprofit organizations, recently released its Shared Mobility 2030 Action Agenda. The agenda is a to-do list on how network members...
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U.S. Sens. Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) joined U.S. Reps. Jim Langevin (D-RI) and David Cicilline (D-RI) Monday to celebrate an $82.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transp...
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Looking to dispatch federal funds to fix many of the problems public transit systems face from extreme weather events, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) this week released the Resilient Transit Act ...
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently released guidance to help states address roadway deaths as part of the National Roadway Safety Strategy. The guidance clarifies how states should ...
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A new report from TRIP, a national transportation research non-profit, has found that America's rural transportation system has significant deficiencies, high crash rates, and inadequate connectivity ...
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President Joe Biden and Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf recently met at Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh to highlight the impact of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law on Pennsylvania's transportation networ...
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Victoria Sheehan will take the helm at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) on Dec. 5, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced Wednesday. Sheehan, currently a Ne...
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Two U.S. agencies and the Ukrainian minister of infrastructure recently signed a joint statement of intent to create a U.S.-Ukraine Infrastructure Task Force. The task force's goal is to focus on U...
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President Joe Biden on Oct. 17 signed the Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act into law, establishing an interagency working group to more effectively engage the federal government wi...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently released an update to its National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS). Nearly 95 percent of transportation deaths occur on streets, roads, and highways. T...
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U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) are urging the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to withdraw a proposal to implement greenhouse gas emissions performance measures...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) will be providing $600 million in grants through the fiscal years 2022 and 2023 Rail Vehicle Replacement Program. The program provides funding for the repla...
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