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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced last week that it will roll out the first 72 new rail cars starting April 17.
Part of Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH), the 13.8-mile rapi...
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The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) recently awarded $30.1 million in fiscal year 2023 Local Freight Impact Fund grants to 13 municipalities and three counties to promote the safe move...
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On Monday, the Mississippi legislature voted to fund nearly $2 billion in state infrastructure projects through the Mississippi Department of Transportation.
MDOT received $1.5 billion earmark-fre...
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The proposed RIReady Municipal Road Fund Program in Gov. Dan McKee’s fiscal year 2024 budget would make available $20 million for bridge, road, and sidewalk projects on locally maintained city and t...
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On Tuesday, an event in Harrisburg, Pa., urged motorists to slow down and pay attention in work zones.
The event is part of National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW), which runs from April 17 to ...
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On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced it had awarded $21.15 million in federal grants to 64 communities to help them access federal funding for infrastructure projects.
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and NASA recently entered into a five-year non-reimbursable Space Act agreement to collaborate on initiatives within the Port District’s airspace.
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Washington, D.C., recently launched the 2023 PaveDC campaign, an annual District Department of Transportation (DDOT) campaign to eliminate all roads in poor condition by 2024.
This year’s plan is...
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Philadelphia recently began construction on the Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Drive Bridge project, possible because of a $20.1 million investment from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Th...
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New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), serving 12 counties in Downstate New York, recently unveiled a new overpass in Garden City that will carry the Long Island Rail Road’s (LIRR...
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The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) recently announced it awarded $197.5 million in Illinois Competitive Freight Program funds to 22 projects that will improve freight movement.
The pr...
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On Thursday, the Tennessee Department of Transportation announced its state legislature had passed Gov. Bill Lee’s $3.3 billion transportation bill.
Lee’s legislation, the Transportation Moder...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded Michigan more than $7 million in Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grants for use on four projects that impact tr...
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Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Administrator Shailen Bhatt joined U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) to discuss the resumption of the North Houston Highway Improvement Project earlier this mon...
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Phillip Eng
Phillip Eng was recently named as the next Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) general manager, effective April 10.
Eng is an engineer with nearly 40 years of experience in transporta...
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday the state would invest $8.3 million to replace the Beaver Island Parkway Bridge over the Niagara Thruway (I-190) in Erie County.
The project will includ...
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California state officials recently reaffirmed a $110 million investment in a training facility at the San Pedro Bay ports complex for supply chain workers.
Funding will be spread across three fisc...
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation announced Wednesday it had received a federal grant of $1.5 million to improve road safety, particularly in work zones.
The funding, made possible b...
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The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) recently released its five-year Capital Plan for fiscal years 2023-2027, developed with feedback from stakeholders.
The plan outlines the implem...
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Last week, SEPTA announced it would be pausing the King of Prussia Rail project due to inflation and high interest rates.
The project would have extended the existing Norristown High Speed Line (N...
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