Electric freight trucks and buses will be less expensive to purchase and operate than their combustion engine counterparts by 2027, according to a Roush Industries for Environmental Defense Fund study...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced Wednesday it had fined AirChina and FlightHub Group for violations of the Aviation Consumer Protection Rules.
The USDOT fined Air China $300...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would lower high gas prices by temporarily suspending the federal gas tax through Dec. 31.
A gallon of gas costs nearly $1 higher than it did a ye...
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member, recently sent a letter to governors vowing to e...
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The U.S. Departments of Transportation and Energy announced Thursday that nearly $5 billion would be made available to build out a national electric vehicle charging network under the new National Ele...
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Two of 75 new Amtrak locomotives went into service Tuesday, the first of a series of cleaner, faster, and more fuel efficient locomotives made in the United States, Amtrak announced Tuesday.
The lo...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Tuesday that it would be accepting applications for more than $2 million in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program grants.
The gran...
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The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL), a trade association representing industrial freight transportation shippers, recently said it supports the introduction of legislation modernizing...
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The American Transportation Research Institute recently released its annual list of the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in the United States.
The intersection of I-95 and SR 4 in Fort Lee, N....
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is seeking nominations for the Transit Advisory Committee for Safety (TRACS).
It will select up to 25 individuals from the public transportation safety com...
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On Friday, a coalition of aviation industry groups, on behalf of the Business Aviation Coalition for Sustainable Aviation Fuel, urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide greater ...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently surpassed 1 million authorizations for drone pilots.
Drone operators are required to secure approval from the FAA to operate in any airspace cont...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Thursday that more than $4.7 billion in transit funding was available to transit agencies, states, and Tribal g...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation released a guide Wednesday to help rural communities take advantage of federal funding to build out electric vehicle charging station infrastructure.
The guid...
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U.S. Reps. Adam Smith (D-WA) and John Katko (R-NY), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, introduced a bill to modernize the Transportation Security Administration’s ability to as...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would help address supply chain shortages and increase the number of truck drivers transporting goods.
The Licensing Individual ...
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently released new guidance on implementing changes to the highway safety funding program. The program received additional funding from the Bipartisan Infr...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said an estimated 31,720 people died in motor vehicle traffic crashes in the first nine months of 2021,...
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A new analysis of U.S. bridges by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has found that nearly 224,000 bridges across the country need major repairs.
Analyzing the U.S. ...
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On Monday, the White House released the first edition of its guidebook on how state, local, tribal, and territorial governments can make the most of benefits from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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