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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The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure recently advanced legislation creating an interagency working group to engage and coordinate with the advanced air mobility (AAM) sector. ...
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On Wednesday, a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure deal was reached, and the U.S. Senate voted to begin working on the legislation. Calling the package a “once-in-a-generation investment,” ...
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U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, warned that America must take steps to strengthen its cybersecurity defenses during a hearing Tues...
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U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, opposed on Monday the approval of a trust for the proposed merger of the Canadian National (CN) and K...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) wants the federal government to allow state departments of transportation to use pandemic relief funds to cover a wider ...
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U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced legislation last week that would repeal the federal excise tax (FET) on heavy trucks and trailers. Established more than 100 years ago...
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