U.S. Reps. Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), G. K Butterfield (D-NC), and Salud Carbajal (D-CA), members of the Congressional Social Determinants of Health Caucus, held the Caucus’s firs...
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The leaders of 33 transportation unions recently met with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to discuss worker-first solutions to supply chain and other challenges caused by the COVID-19 pande...
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U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS), John Thune (R-SD), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Todd Young (R-IN), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) raised concerns about the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) plans to ...
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The proposed elimination of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reforms by the Biden administration clash with the administration’s support for transportation infrastructure investment, the Ame...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently released recommendations for increasing aviation safety in Alaska. The recommendations were the result of a yearlong examination of safety issues ...
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On Friday, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced it had provided written comments to Federal Transit Administration with regard to the Capital Investment Grant (CIG) Program ...
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U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) and Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam joined representatives from labor and business organizations in that state to urge the House to pass the Infrastructu...
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President Joe Biden endorsed legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) that would expand existing tax credits for electric vehicles during a visit to Michigan last week. The legislatio...
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The American Public Works Association (APWA) urged the U.S. House of Representatives to adopt the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) on Tuesday. The 30,000 member organization represent...
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In a letter to members of the House of Representatives, the Transportation Trades Department (TTD) of the AFL-CIO urged the two parties to come together and pass historic infrastructure investment bil...
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President Joe Biden endorses legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI) that would expand the existing consumer tax credit for electric vehicle and add incentives for vehicles made with uni...
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On Friday, President Joe Biden signed the Surface Transportation Extension Act, which would extend funding for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s surface transportation programs through Oct. 31...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced Wednesday that it awarded $98,800,117 in grants to 11 different organizations to help...
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As the U.S. House of Representatives moves to consider the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), President Joe Biden’s infrastructure investment plan, Senate Republicans and more than 100 i...
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A new analysis of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) has found that for every $1 increase in federal highway, bridge, and public transit investments, the U.S. will see as much as $3.60 ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Monday that it will make $409.6 million in grants available for building and maintaining transit bus and van fleets across the country. The Bu...
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U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI), chief deputy whip of the House Democratic Caucus, applauded the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee’s passage of his legislation to expand tax credits for the middle cla...
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U.S. Rep. Donald Payne (D- NJ) urged the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to make the Hudson River Tunnel project’s financial plan a top priority so construction can begin on the project soon. ...
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After a more than 15-hour markup session, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure advanced legislation to invest nearly $60 billion to make the country’s infrastructure more sustain...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Tuesday it would make $25 million in funding available to help public transportation agencies return to service...
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