The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure advanced 10 bills Wednesday to the full House for consideration. “As climate change continues to drive more frequent and severe extre...
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Legislation recently re-introduced in the U.S. House would prohibit Amtrak from requiring forced arbitration agreements from passengers. If the bill, the Ending Passenger Rail Forced Arbitration Ac...
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The Florida Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently released a report grading the state’s infrastructure. The state was ranked in 14 categories and received an overall...
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U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Sam Graves (R-MO), Dina Titus (D-NV), and Daniel Webster (R-FL) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen disaster mitigation and resilience programs administere...
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U.S. Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA) introduced legislation Monday that would allow unspent COVID-19 relief funds to be used on various infrastructure investments. The legi...
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American Trucking Association’s Chief Economist Bob Costello said Monday the current truck driver shortage has risen to 80,000 – an all-time high for the industry – and may reach as much as 160,...
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently signed into law a bill requiring the New York City Transit Authority to release annual reports detailing its efforts to reduce noise throughout the system. The b...
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President Joe Biden and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, along with federal, state, and local officials, joined together to break ground on the critical Portal North Bridge Monday. The bridge proj...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and federal and local economic and elected officials recently broke ground on the new $65 million Coatesville train station. The new station ...
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On Friday, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Deputy Administrator Meera Joshi announced they had met with several transportation organizations in the Midwest to discuss strengthening...
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Legislation introduced by U.S. Sens John Cornyn (R-TX) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) to re-allocate unspent COVID-19 relief dollars toward infrastructure and disaster relief passed in the Senate last week. ...
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U.S. Reps. Cheri Bustos (D-IL), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), G. K Butterfield (D-NC), and Salud Carbajal (D-CA), members of the Congressional Social Determinants of Health Caucus, held the Caucus’s firs...
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The leaders of 33 transportation unions recently met with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to discuss worker-first solutions to supply chain and other challenges caused by the COVID-19 pande...
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Kurt Myers, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) deputy secretary, and Dr. Noe Ortega, Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) secretary, recently met with the Pennsylvania School Bu...
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U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS), John Thune (R-SD), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Todd Young (R-IN), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) raised concerns about the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) plans to ...
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A total of 94 Maine charter transportation companies and businesses recently received federal CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF). Average grants were $60,365, with 37 businesses receiving t...
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U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) recently sent a letter to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, urging him to block Oregon’s scheme to toll Southwest Washington commuters for crossing the existing I-5 ...
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The proposed elimination of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reforms by the Biden administration clash with the administration’s support for transportation infrastructure investment, the Ame...
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The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) announced Tuesday that they would accelerate the planned Sorrels Overpass Bridge Deck Replacement after a traffic accident damaged the bridge. Loc...
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Observing National Teen Driver Safety Week, representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), State Police, Department of Education, and local education and law enforcement...
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