The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently launched the Voluntary Safety Reporting Program, providing an additional way for its aviation safety employees to report safety-related issues and co...
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The application portal for the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) grant program is now open, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, ranking member of the Transportation Appropriations S...
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U.S. Sens Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Senate Majority Whip, and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced legislation Monday designed to improve federal support for rural transportation and infrastructure by creating ...
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U.S. Sens. Todd Young (R-IN), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) reintroduced legislation to incentivize efficient airport construction this week. The Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrast...
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The Federal Aviation Administration recently awarded Ohio airports more than $2.2 million in economic relief from the COVID-19 pandemic through the Airport Coronavirus Relief Program. The bicameral...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) joined 68 other organizations last week, urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to schedule “floor time” for th...
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Meera Joshi, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration deputy administrator, visited the Port of New York & New Jersey Wednesday to discuss ongoing supply chain disruptions after the COVID-19 pandem...
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The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation recently advanced legislation containing multiple provisions led by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KA). Moran’s provisions in the Surfa...
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U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) applauded the Senate Commerce Committee on its passage of a $78 billion surface transportation bill. Capito, a member of the committee, said the bill’s pass...
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Major transportation groups applauded the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee's advancement of a $78 billion surface transportation act. Groups representing both railroads ...
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U.S. Reps. Conor Lamb (D-PA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced legislation supporting funding for "off system" bridges. The Support for Community Bridges Act would set aside 2.5 percent of f...
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The U.S. House of Representatives advanced Tuesday legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA), ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Aviation, that would expedite airport infrastru...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently launched its Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection (AMJP) program. The program, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, provides funding to...
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A new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has found that America’s private shipyards support $42.4 billion in gross domestic product. The report,...
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced $250 million in federal funding allocations Friday for transit projects. The funding is part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and w...
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The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) urges lawmakers to include in legislation the bonding of infrastructure investments for payment and performance of public-private partnersh...
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The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved two major pieces of legislation to modernize America’s roads, bridges, highways, rail, transit, and wastewater systems. Com...
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U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Roger Wicker (R-MS), ranking member of the committee, introduced legislation authorizing $7...
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On Wednesday, the Problem Solvers Caucus released their infrastructure proposal to break the gridlock on the infrastructure negotiations. The 58-member bipartisan group, co-chaired by U.S. Reps. J...
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A survey done by RSM US and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has found that executives at middle market businesses agree that the state of the U.S. infrastructure is hampering economic growth nationally, ...
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