The Association of American Railroads (AAR) applauded the passage of a $550 billion infrastructure package in the Senate on Tuesday and urged the House to follow the Senate’s lead. The Infrastru...
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More than 700 transit agencies have filed compliant safety plans in accordance with a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) rule issued in 2018. The deadline for creating plans was July 20. The ...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently announced it will offer up to $38 million in competitive grant funds through its Passenger Ferry Grant Program. "Passenger ferries are a critical ...
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An Executive Order from President Joe Biden will move America forward on clean cars and trucks, the White House said in a statement Thursday. The executive order will position America to outcompet...
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In response to the dramatic rise in air rage incidents since the beginning of the year, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, called on the...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced Thursday that it would be proposing new fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light t...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Thursday that it is proposed new greenhouse gas emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks that will secure pollution reductions t...
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Members of the American Public Works Association (APWA) are encouraged by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the group’s president said Wednesday. The group said that the leg...
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According to an International Air Transport Association (IATA) report, the number of passengers who flew in 2020 dropped 60.2 percent when compared to 2019, according to an International Air Transport...
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U.S. Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) praised Tuesday’s vote by the U.S. Senate to include their highway study bill as an amendment to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. ...
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The federal bipartisan infrastructure agreement includes $60 billion, including $45 billion in new grant funding, for bridge projects. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act includes increasing...
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On Tuesday, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released their new set of recommended actions to support more equitable outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). The...
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An analysis of the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, recently conducted by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), found that nearly half of the $1.2 trillion measure wo...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Monday that it had awarded $5 million to the International Transportation Learning Center (ITLC) to support the...
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The American Truck Dealers group applauded the letter U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) sent to Democratic House leaders calling for the repeal of the 12 percent federal excise tax (FET) on new heavy-duty...
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The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) said Friday the state could receive as much as $5.8 billion in infrastructure funding if the U.S. Senate passes the Infrastructure Inv...
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the recently negotiated bipartisan infrastructure deal provides record funding for New York infrastructure. Billions of dollars in federal funds wi...
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The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed an appropriations minibus for fiscal year 2022, including U.S. Rep. David Price’s (D-NC) Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development funding bill...
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it would provide $60 million to 24 research and development projects to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars and light- and h...
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A recent report released by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) examined the public transit industry’s potential in the United States. The report, Mobility Innovation: The Case ...
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