The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has created an interactive map tracking federal investment into major infrastructure projects in and around Opportunity Zones to drive investment into und...
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The National Transportation Safety Board is swearing in two new members this month, bringing the board to its full complement of five members for the first time in nearly a year. A certified airlin...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last month proposed a new rule that would require all drones operating in U.S. airspace to be identifiable remotely. It is the latest effort by the FAA to...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently announced a proposed rule that would safely integrate Unmanned Aircraft Systems into American airspace by equipping drones with remote identification...
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Congressional committee leaders received a letter Dec. 20 from nine transportation-focused organizations urging federal funding for automated speed enforcement in work zones throughout the United Stat...
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The U.S. transportation infrastructure market is expected to continue growing in 2020, according to projections from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA), but the outlook fo...
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The first nine months of 2019 saw traffic deaths fall by 2.2 percent -- to 26,730 people -- according to the latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data, with the third quarter ...
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A group of seven associations and labor groups will host a 2020 Presidential Candidate Forum focused on infrastructure Feb. 1-3 at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. The purpose of the forum is...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) last week released a request for information to the public, seeking greater insights into rural transportation, including challenges to its infrastructure...
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A provision included in the Senate appropriations bill would extend the Section 45G credit for short-line railroad track maintenance expenditures through 2022. The extension is intended to encoura...
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House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and U.S. Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) recently sent a letter to the House and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety ...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released an update on automakers’ progress manufacturing vehicles with low-speed automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems. Tw...
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Long Island Railroad and Metro-North Railroad recently implemented safety recommendations listed on the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)’s 2019-2020 Most Wanted List of Transportation Saf...
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In a statement issued last week, the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) denounced a unanimous decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow other users onto the pr...
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The governors of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming signed a new memorandum of understanding last week, reaffirming mutual dedication to creating electric vehicle...
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The states of California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Vermont collectively pledged to create a plan that would speed up the transition to zero-emission veh...
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A partnership between four organizations is seeking to ensure the safe transportation of lithium batteries by air. Each year, consumer demand for lithium batteries grows 17 percent. The number of u...
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Ridership on public transportation grew 2.2 percent nationally during the third quarter compared to the same quarter of 2018, according to an American Public Transportation Association (APTA) report. ...
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Seeking to deter impaired driving around the holidays, Lyft and the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) recently awarded nearly $100,000 in grant funds and ride credits to five State Highway S...
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Leaders from the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, as well as the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, wrote Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao this week to ...
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