Twenty-two House members of the Texas delegation signed a letter last week urging the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to support infrastructure funding efforts for the Permian Basin in West ...
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced last week the Build America, Buy America Act, which seeks to guarantee that all taxpayer-funded infrastructure and public works projects utilize American...
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A collection of U.S. representatives united this week to introduce the Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act, intending to improve critical infrastructure development through a revamp of the permitti...
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Seattle-Tacoma International Airport recently completed phase one of the $658.3 million North Satellite Modernization Project. The project included a 255,000 square-foot expansion, featuring housin...
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The Motor Carriers Accountability Act, introduced in the House Tuesday, would require motor carriers to lessen hardships due to unwarranted and excessive passenger delays in interstate motor carrier t...
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Legislation introduced Wednesday aims to reduce carbon pollution from the national highway system. The transportation sector is the country’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, producing 28 pe...
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The Fair and Open Skies Act was introduced in the House this week, pledging to prohibit the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) from granting foreign air carrier permits to those airlines seekin...
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In the first of six planned construction projects, the Puget Sound Gateway Program this week awarded a contract for the 70th Avenue East Bridge Project in Washington. Guy F. Atkinson Construction ...
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Amtrak released this week its fiscal year 2018 Sustainability Report measuring company performance of year-over-year sustainability goals. “Sustainability is becoming a consistent component in Am...
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The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) and the Missouri Department of Transportation recently partnered to initiate a pilot program designed to alerts drivers when motorist-assist vehicles are...
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Construction recently began on improvements to State Route 152 and Interstate 5 in California’s Merced County under funds provided by Senate Bill 1, which allow for work to keep 18 bridges functioni...
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Experts in the transportation industry told a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday that passing long-term surface transportation legislation is critical to maintaining the country’s highways, bridges, tra...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants to 264 airports throughout the country, as well as in the Pacific Islands and the District of Col...
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Arizona State University’s Metis Center for Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering recently awarded the Arizona Department of Transportation’s (ADOT) Laguna Creek Bridge improvement project wi...
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A group of legislators recently pressed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for a review of the nation’s Move Over laws following multiple accounts of police officers being struck and killed ...
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Louisiana Gov. Bel Edwards this week signed off on a capital outlay bill that will provide almost $1.5 billion into construction and infrastructure improvement projects for the state. “From road...
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In a letter sent last week, Catherine Chase, president of the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, urged New Jersey Gov. Philip Murphy to sign into law Senate Bill 824 -- legislation that requires i...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed last week legislation eliminating the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority (MDX) and replacing it with the Greater Miami Expressway Agency. In so doing, he transf...
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Three New York Congress members recently sent a letter to Evelyn Martinez, manager of the FAA Airports District Office in Jamaica, New York, urging the agency to hold a public meeting on overhead nois...
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a notice in the Federal Register last week seeking comments on a proposed regulation change that would modify fire protection on airplanes. ...
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