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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) recently received a draft of Focus40, MBTA’s plan to meet the needs of the region in 2040.
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The Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) introduced online drivers tests in March, with approximately 23,000 exams taken as of May.
The program, Permit Test @ Home, is ...
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The Arizona State Transportation Board recently approved funding for projects to improve several state routes that move goods and produce to and from Mexico.
Projects include expanding Interstate 1...
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The Wisconsin Local Bridge Improvement Program recently received $38.6 million in additional funding for the 2018-2022 cycle.
The Local Bridge Program replaces bridges on the existing bridges’ l...
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The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) instituted the first of five planned bridge closures this week over a stretch of the I-85 corridor, with the intent of fully replacing, widening, and ad...
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The Ford Motor company and Florida’s Miami-Dade County have teamed up with other companies like AT&T, Dell Technologies and Microsoft on the City of Tomorrow Challenge, opening the area to crowdsour...
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Five western state departments of transportation (DOTs) recently received top honors in America's Transportation Awards competition.
Projects were recognized in three categories: Best Use of Techn...
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During a recent visit to Luby Equipment Services in Caseyville, Ill., U.S. Rep. Mike Bost (R-IL), who serves on the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, discussed opportunities to d...
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Transit authorities from across the United States were recognized for safety and security efforts this week through the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA’s) 2018 Rail Safety and S...
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The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility recently awarded grants to five states to assist them in combating drug-impaired driving.
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The American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently expressed its displeasure with RhodeWorks, Rhode Island’s infrastructure investment plan.
The plan proposes charging a user fee on large commerci...
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Plymouth Harbor in Massachusetts, which has filled with silt preventing many vessels from entering and exiting, recently received $13.5 million in federal funding from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
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Despite efforts to crack down on New York City’s legendary drivers, New York University and connected car company Dash discovered that residents are still speeding through the streets, and getting w...
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South Florida community leaders and Heidi King, deputy administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), recently urged Florida residents to check their vehicle identificat...
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Austin Transportation recently launched a Data and Performance Hub designed to provide real-time data about signal operations in the city.
The information is available to the public, and new data ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently awarded a $71 million federal transportation grant to the city of Memphis, Tennessee in efforts to cut congestion on freight-critical Lamar Avenu...
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The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced this week that vehicle to infrastructure (V2I) technology is being tested on a section of M-97 (Groesbeck Highway) in Macomb County,
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A new collaboration between the Ford Motor Co. and Pittsburgh is joining public and private partners in the launch of a crowdsourcing platform for the city, with the goal of improving its mobility.
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The locomotive engineers of CN Illinois Central are officially operating under a new contract that will see their wages and benefits improve from now through Dec. 31, 2019.
A bargaining agreement w...
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As the state of Michigan embraces an autonomous vehicle future, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) issued a call for projects for the $8 Million Michigan Mobility Challenge.
The chall...
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