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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced Wednesday it had approved a contract that would allow Metro-North Railroad to outfit a train to use lasers as a way to combat fallen leaves on...
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The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), in partnership with the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA), recently awarded 32 grants totaling $35.8 million under the Transpo...
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On Friday, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced it would extend its Intermodal Cargo Growth Incentive Program (PICGIP) through July 2024.
Previously slated to end in J...
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NDDOT) recently awarded five short line railroads approximately $2.1 million in matching grant funds through the Freight Rail & Rail Crossing Safety Im...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced Wednesday it had released its 2045 Freight Movement Plan (FMP), a comprehensive plan for moving goods throughout the state.
The FM...
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The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) recently awarded transit districts statewide more than $28.5 million in Statewide Transportation Improvement Fund (STIF) grants to support bus service, m...
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and other state and local officials celebrated the opening of the U.S. 60 Cumberland River Bridge in Smithland with a ribbon cutting on Monday.
The 1,912-foot-long blue ...
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The Federal Highway Administration has prepared an environmental assessment for the Central Business District Tolling Program in New York City.
The New York State Department of Transportation, Ne...
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The Connecticut Department of Transportation recently began construction on the $925 million Norwalk River Railroad (Walk) Bridge Replacement Project in Norwalk.
The Walk Bridge, which was built in...
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The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and Metro-North Railroad set post-pandemic ridership records on May 9.
The LIRR carried approximately 221,290 riders while Metro-North carried approximately 205,069...
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American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently issued a statement supporting Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signing into law legislation that reforms lawsuit financing.
The law requires lawsuit lenders...
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Rhode Island will join seven other states in adopting a policy aimed at reducing carbon pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions.
"The Act on Climate put us on the clock for meeting major carbon r...
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On Tuesday, the Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray and other elected officials broke ground on a new transit facility and parking garage they say will improve transportation for Kentucky resid...
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) recently launched the Advance Mobility NC initiative.
The initiative aims to create a shared, autonomous, and connected multimodal transporta...
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The Build America Bureau recently provided the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) with three low-interest loans totaling $327 million for transit system improvements.
Th...
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced her fiscal year 2024 budget, which includes a long-term financial plan for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) as it navigates its returns fro...
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During the first quarter of 2023, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recorded numbers that surpassed pre-COVID-19 pandemic figures.
The Port Authority’s commercial airports, John F. Ke...
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The Delaware Department of Transportation recently broke ground on the more than $280 million I-95/Route 896 interchange improvement project.
The construction project will reconfigure the existing ...
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The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) recently awarded three projects overseen by the New York State Department of Transportation with the 2023 Engineering Excellence Awards.
The $1....
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New regulations passed by the California Air Resources Board are anticipated to net more than $32 billion in health benefits, officials said.
CARB passed the rule to reduce emissions from locomoti...
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