The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) has joined other highway safety stakeholders in advocating federal lawmakers remove program constraints hampering efforts to implement lifesaving progra...
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U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) introduce legislation Friday to their respective houses of Congress that would promote public transportation and provide fare-free public...
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Americans will take an estimated 700 million trips this summer, AAA says, a decrease of nearly 15 percent compared to July through September of last year. Looking at economic indicators and state ...
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Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) said his bill, the Moving Forward Act, would bring at least $7.6 billion for rail projects along the Northeast Corridor into New Jersey. Payne co-sponsored the legisl...
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Airlines for America (A4A) said member carriers supporting the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in conducting public and employee temperature screenings would offer ticket refunds to those...
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Republicans on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee this month warned that the Chinese Communist Party may be abusing America’s EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program and called for a federal review of the p...
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Already at a crisis point prior to COVID-19, America’s infrastructure faces “dire” new challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) h...
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Mayors from across the country called for a restructuring of infrastructure investment that would stimulate the economy and create thousands of good jobs. Called “America’s new Playbook on Inf...
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Five senators joined forces on Tuesday to introduce legislation that would address environmental issues in port communities and help ports be more climate-friendly. U.S. Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR),...
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A coalition of trade associations working to support infrastructure solutions has come out in support of an Infrastructure investment act amendment that would study procurement practices used to selec...
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Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced Tuesday the inclusion of auto safety provisi...
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Decrying the recently introduced INVEST in America Act as “hyper-partisan,” Rep. Troy Balderson (R-OH) offered multiple amendments to the legislation during the House Committee on Transportation a...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued its final rule authorizing the bulk transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail. The...
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Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association officials maintain MEMA members need additional COVID-19 assistance to assure sector viability. The organization recently submitted two comments to the H...
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After more than 24 hours of debate in committee and the consideration of more than 175 amendments, an infrastructure spending bill will move to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Call...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will fund 20 projects in 20 states totaling nearly $1 billion through its Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) discretionary grant program. ...
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Stephen M. Dickson recently noted the Boeing 737 MAX would only return to service following completion of a comprehensive and rigorous review proces...
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U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced bipartisan legislation this week aimed at improving aircraft safety and certification reform. The legislation would implement pr...
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Four members of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced new legislation that would invest in infrastructure and pay for it through a newly created Infrastructure Bank for America. Reps. ...
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U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) introduced new legislation to incentivize airports to be more efficient in completing construction projects. The bill, the Expedited Delivery o...
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