City of Portland Sunday Parkways recently celebrated 10 years of their free community event, organized by the Portland Bureau of Transportation and presented by Kaiser Permanente. Sunday Parkways a...
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One of the busiest rail crossings in the country is one step closer to a massive infrastructure update, thanks to redirection of funds from the Port of Seattle. The port has, under a memorandum of ...
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The Port of South Louisiana recently held the ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new petroleum liquid-storage facility, Pin Oak Terminals. The terminal, located on a 431-acre site on the banks of the ...
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Had Illinois not passed a budget by June 30, a prolonged delay in road projects caused by a government shutdown would have cost the state $345 million weekly, according to the American Road & Transpor...
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel recently opened a newly-modernized, six-way intersection at Damen, Elston, and Fullerton Avenues, a project which aims to significantly reduce traffic congestion and improve...
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New York State Police issued 21,148 tickets during its 2017 "Speed Week" campaign, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. The campaign, which ran Aug. 2-8, is aimed at preventing unsafe driving behaviors. Tr...
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Due to increasing gasoline production levels, high seasonal demand and rebalancing attempts on the global oil market, gas prices are expected to continue rising over the summer, according to the Ameri...
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Boston Transportation Commissioner Gina N. Fiandaca recently announced that the City of Boston will hold 28 workshops this fall to plan the location of 70 new bike share stations. Citizens will al...
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In what was its busiest July ever, the Port of Savannah handled more than 336,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), contributing to an overall 10.8 percent increase in TEUs for the Georgi...
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Buoyed by increased volume of commodities like steel, grain, and fertilizer, Port of Vancouver USA recently reported that its 2017 mid-year operating margin was 8 percent higher than the 2016 mid-year...
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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) recently submitted public comment to the Federal Railway Administration and to New Jersey Transit on the construction of the trans-Hudson rail tunnel. The hearing was ...
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After repeated power failures in the New York City subway, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has ordered Con Edison to take action to improve reliability, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said recen...
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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in partnership with Transurban, operator of the I-95 Express Lanes, recently broke ground in the I-395 extension project. The extension of the I-3...
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Approximately 150 representatives of the auto industry, alternative fuel vehicle market, and major utilities gathered in Lansing, Michigan last week to tackle issues governing the future of alternativ...
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The Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida was filled with truckers this week competing for the title of champion in the 80th Annual National Truck Driving and Step Van Driving Championsh...
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William P. Hobby International Airport in Houston became the latest to incorporate facial recognition biometric exit technology for select flights this week, building a pilot program launched at Harts...
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The University of Michigan Dearborn campus plans to implement an autonomous shuttle next year, which was designed by graduate students and was inspired by the National Academy of Engineering initiativ...
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Port Manatee, Florida recently set a record for container volume with two months left in the fiscal year. Between Oct. 1, 2016, and July 31, 2017, the port moved 32,907 twenty-foot-equivalent con...
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The national average for gasoline is $2.35, representing a 23-cent increase from August 2016, according to the Energy Information Administration. The increase is also 9 cents higher than July and...
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A joint resolution that establishes a safety oversight body for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), called the Washington Metrorail Safety Commission, unanimously passed the Se...
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