The Seattle Department of Transportation received federal help in efforts to expand electric vehicle growth in the city last week, via a $1.9 million grant from the Department of Energy (DOE). The ...
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The 12 finalists were recently announced for the 2017 America's Transportation Awards, which are sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), the U.S. ...
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Average weekday ridership in July through the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH), a subsidiary of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, increased 9.2-percent from 2016, reaching n...
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The Port of Los Angeles and GE Transportation recently signed a commercial agreement worth approximately $12 million, extending for five additional years an existing partnership that uses a digital so...
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The Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) awarded $1.3 billion to 388 construction contracts during fiscal year 2017, ending June 30. “FY 17 has seen a continuation in Georgia DOT’...
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The Idaho Transportation Board approved Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) bonds at its August board meeting. The bonds will be used for US-95, from Garwood Road to Sagle, in northern Id...
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Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) recently announced that its Ventra mobile application, launched with the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), recently hit a milestone of more than two million downloads...
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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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