On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released its update on the DOT Equity Action Plan. The plan, part of the department’s implementation of President Joe Biden’s executive...
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Legislators in Minnesota are considering the creation of a new non-regulatory advisory board to handle coordination between the state’s infrastructure agencies, officials said Wednesday. The Min...
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Legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would prohibit President Joe Biden from closing commercial ports of entry and having Customs and Border Protection staff process illegal aliens. ...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently urged the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to require all existing airplanes install a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and a flight data reco...
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Texas recently held a groundbreaking ceremony in Laredo for the $360 million US 59 Loop project, part of the future I-69 corridor. The project will upgrade the US 59 Loop to improve traffic flow an...
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday that work had begun on a $161 million project to replace seven bridges along the Grand Central Parkway in Queens. The project will replace concrete brid...
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The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), a nonprofit research organization studying freight transportation, recently released its 13th annual Top Truck Bottleneck List. The list measu...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation will be offering a $5 million funding opportunity for a research initiative on the use of steel slag in cement and concrete. The entire amount will be awarded to...
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On Thursday, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced his state would spend $9.5 million to monitor and bolster safety on corridors throughout the state that are prone to wrong-way crashes. The pilot ...
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U.S. Sens. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) recently sent a letter to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, urging the inclusion of $350 milli...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Build America Bureau recently approved a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan of up to $417.2 million for the North Carolina ...
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On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) threw its support behind a proposed junk fee ban that would protect towing fees for truckers. In a comment filed on the Federal Trade Comm...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) opened the application period for approximately $1.5. billion in grants on Thursday. Funding will be available through two programs. The Low- or No-Emis...
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The White House recently held a roundtable on clean bus manufacturing that focused on U.S. capacity to manufacture clean transit buses at a scale and pace that can meet market demand and achieve natio...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) with a $8 million Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highway Projects program gran...
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Boston plans to use $350,000 in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds monthly to extend its fare free bus program, which was scheduled to end this month, until March 2026. The program applies to ...
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On Monday, U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) called for the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to explain why SkyWest Charter’s application for Commu...
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The American Institute of Steel Construction and the National Steel Bridge Alliance recently awarded the State Route 34B Bridge over Salmon Creek in Tompkins County, N.Y., with the 2024 Prize Bridge M...
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On Tuesday, Amtrak announced it had selected Kiewit/J.F. Shea Joint Venture to build the passenger rail tunnel that will serve electrified Amtrak and MARC commuter trains in the Frederick Douglass Tun...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently awarded eight public transportation providers and state Departments of Transportation in six states and one U.S. territory nearly $110 million in Publ...
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