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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A total of 47.5 million passengers will fly globally on U.S. airlines during the 18-day winter holiday travel period, according to Airlines for America (A4A). The period lasts from Dec. 19 to Jan....
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A new report from AAA notes that the national gas price average is slowly falling, with increases at the pump presently in a distinct minority of states. Over the last month, the national average h...
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International inbound travel to the United States is forecasted to grow at 2.4 percent annually through 2023, which is half of the global travel rate of 4.8 percent, according to the U.S. Travel Assoc...
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A new bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) last week -- the Preventing Opioid and Drug Impairment in Transportation Act (S. 2979) -- seeks new drug testing requirements for the U.S. Depart...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently released its quarterly report on the status of railroads’ progress toward fully implementing positive train control (PTC) systems. The 42 railr...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently issued a report containing 22 safety recommendations regarding bicycle safety, which include blind-spot detection systems, collision avoidance ...
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Supported by airport and air traffic organizations, U.S. Reps. Julie Brownley (D-CA) and Rodney Davis (R-IL) have introduced the CONTRACT Act to eliminate financial handicaps that limit federal contra...
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The newest Amtrak train, Acela, is a joint project between Amtrak and Alstom, and now, the pair are lauding what the machine will be able to do for the U.S. economy. Amtrak claims the trains will ...
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