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Plug In America, a national nonprofit organization aimed at getting Americans to switch to plug-in vehicles, recently urged Congress to lift the federal tax credit cap on electric vehicles (EVs).
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With members of Congress barely beating an end-of-day Feb. 8 deadline to fund the government with a long-term spending deal or face a partial shutdown, and with President Donald Trump ambivalent about...
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Reconstruction is entering its final stage in a $58 million project that has seen work done on three bridges at New York’s Long Island Expressway/Grand Central Parkway Interchange over the last thre...
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The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) released a wide-ranging blueprint on Tuesday to help reduce the number of highway deaths, which increased 5.6 percent last year to 37,461.
The GHSA r...
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) plans to install technology at seven rest areas that will help truck drivers safely park along high-volume freight corridors.
The Regional Truck P...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently said engineer fatigue resulting from undiagnosed severe obstructive sleep apnea contributed to two commuter railroad terminal accidents in the ...
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Texas Central Partners, a company backed by private investors, recently revealed details of the train station for the Texas Bullet Train it is developing, including an artist rendering and maps.
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In an effort to reduce the number of alcohol-related highway deaths, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) recently recommended reducing legal blood-alcohol concentratio...
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The BNSF Railway Company has joined with more than 200 other freight transportation companies to create blockchain standards for the logistics industry.
The news makes BNSF the first Class I railr...
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Georgia Port Authority (GPA) Executive Director Griff Lynch previewed a plan on Monday to more than double container handling capacity at the Garden City Terminal to 10 million twenty-foot equivalent ...
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For the sixth consecutive week, the average national gasoline price rose, reaching $2.61 a gallon. That represents a 3-cent increase from a week ago and an 18-cent increase since the end of 2017.
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Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and Machinists Union Local 264 recently reached a collective bargaining agreement after months of negotiations, which will save MBTA more than $60 mil...
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Gov. Rick Scott recently directed the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to make improvements to evacuation routes and to increase fuel capacity during emergencies.
“As Florida continues...
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With 46.9 million passengers last year, the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) broke its own annual records for the seventh consecutive year.
These numbers were aided by the addition of...
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More than 80 million passengers rode the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PATH) train system in 2017, which marked a 5.4 percent increase over 2016 and set a new ridership record.
PATH a...
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Vehicle sales in the United States dropped 1.6 percent year-over-year in January to 17.16 million annualized units, according to the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (NAFCU).
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The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) recently sent a letter to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), urging the agency to support an exemption from the electro...
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The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently announced it is now issuing permits for the testing of connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies.
The first permit was issued to S...
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A new study from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) focused on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), determining that the administration is both improving its sharing of infor...
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Crediting federal tax reforms, UPS announced on Thursday that it will invest more than $12 billion in its Smart Logistics Network, including $5 billion in contributions to company pension plans and $7...
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