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US Transportation Department announces $900 million Maryland Purple Line Light Rail project

By Alex Murtha  |   August 31, 2017   |   Featured

A $900 million federal grant agreement for the development of the Maryland Purple Line Light Rail Project was recently announced by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Transit Admi...

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American Trucking Association renews featured product agreement with EROAD

By Alex Murtha  |   August 31, 2017   |   News

The American Trucking Association (ATA) recently announced it will renew a featured product agreement with EROAD for use of its electronic compliance, tax, safety and fleet management services. ER...

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Hurricane Harvey increases gasoline prices 4 cents nationally

By Melina Druga  |   August 31, 2017   |   Federal

Hurricane Harvey, which hit Texas on Friday, has pushed the price of gasoline nationally to $2.37 a gallon, 4 cents higher than prior to the storm. The increase is the result of a quarter of the Gu...

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Sen. Cantwell issues statement on infrastructure council resignation

By Melina Druga  |   August 31, 2017   |   Federal

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, recently released a statement addressing her resignation from President Donald Trump’s National I...

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Mississippi opposes changes to vehicle weight limits

By Melina Druga  |   August 31, 2017   |   Federal

The Mississippi Transportation Commission recently sent a letter to Congress opposing changes to vehicle weight limits on the Interstate Highway System. Changes would potentially allow six-axle Twi...

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Passenger Ferry Grant Program to offer $30 million in funding

By Melina Druga  |   August 30, 2017   |   Federal

Congress recently authorized the Passenger Ferry Grant Program to provide approximately $30 million in competitive grant funding for fiscal year 2017. The program was authorized by the Moving Ahe...

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United giving bonus miles to those who donate to Hurricane Harvey relief charities

By Melina Druga  |   August 30, 2017   |   Air

United Airlines recently announced it will give up to three million bonus miles to MileagePlus members who donate to Hurricane Harvey relief charities. The charities are the American Red Cross, Am...

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Ryan Martinez

Southwest names Martinez investor relations managing director

By Melina Druga  |   August 30, 2017   |   Air

Southwest Airlines recently promoted Ryan Martinez from senior director of the Financial Planning & Analysis Corporate Team to Managing Director Investor Relations, which will go into effect on Sept. ...

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Matson purchases three cranes for Honolulu Harbor terminal

By Melina Druga  |   August 30, 2017   |   Maritime

Matson, a U.S. shipping company in the Pacific, recently purchased three 65 long-ton capacity cranes from Paceco Corp. for its Sand Island Terminal in Honolulu Harbor. Three existing cranes will also...

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Sen. Blumenthal urges FAA action after an increase in small aircraft crashes

By Alex Murtha  |   August 30, 2017   |   Air

Following a string of small aircraft crashes throughout the country, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) recently sent a public letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael P....

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Unions representing air traffic controllers, flight attendants support House bill to reauthorize FAA

By Kim Riley  |   August 29, 2017   |   Air

Two of Capitol Hill’s prominent aviation-related labor unions have found more than one thing to support in the House proposal that aims to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Spe...

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Brownsville Navigation District, Texas, signs memorandum on international trade

By Melina Druga  |   August 29, 2017   |   Federal

The Brownsville, Texas, Navigation District (BND) Board of Commissioners recently signed a memorandum with the Mission Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to develop a variety of projects, includin...

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Blocking of rail line abuses environmental act, ARTBA says to federal court

By Melina Druga  |   August 29, 2017   |   News

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) recently told a federal appeals court that a lower court ruling blocking the 16-mile, light rail Maryland Purple Line is an abuse of an ...

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Hurricane Harvey leads to evacuations, closures for ExxonMobil

By Chris Galford  |   August 29, 2017   |   Featured

As Hurricane Harvey continues to run rampant over Texas, the ExxonMobil Baytown Complex has been shut down and all the company’s personnel have been evacuated from offshore facilities affected by th...

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Airports Council International – North America reaches 2 million downloads for its passenger travel facilitating app

By Alex Murtha  |   August 29, 2017   |   Air

The Airports Council International - North America (ACI-NA) recently announced that its free mobile passport control app that facilitates passenger travel at airports has surpassed 2 million downloads...

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Coast Guard, American Waterways Operators hold meeting for industry safety, security, and environmental protection

By Alex Murtha  |   August 29, 2017   |   Federal

A semiannual meeting to discuss cooperative efforts related to safety, security and environmental protection in the tugboat, towboat and barge industry was recently held by the National Quality Steeri...

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Minnesota transportation department displays technology at Minnesota State Fair

By Melina Druga  |   August 28, 2017   |   News

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is hosting exhibits at this year’s state fair, through Sept. 4, to explore the innovation and technology MnDOT uses to efficiently work constructio...

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Chicago’s Clark Street Bridge project completed 10 days ahead of schedule

By Melina Druga  |   August 28, 2017   |   News

Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) recently completed its Clark Street Bridge 10 days ahead of schedule, earning the commendation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The vertical lift bridge, which spa...

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NextGen success linked to FAA pilot data

By Melina Druga  |   August 28, 2017   |   Air

The Controller Pilot Data Link Communications – Departure Component (Data Comm) of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) NextGen program shows NextGen’s potential, the National Business Av...

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U.S. weekly rail traffic rose by 4.4 percent during week ending on Aug. 19, according to railroad association report

By Alex Murtha  |   August 28, 2017   |   Federal

For the week ending on Aug. 19, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 554,021 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.4 percent compared to the same week in 2016, according to the Association of American Rai...

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