Home » Policy » State » Page 70
Kurt Myers, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) deputy secretary, and Dr. Noe Ortega, Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) secretary, recently met with the Pennsylvania School Bu...
Read More
A total of 94 Maine charter transportation companies and businesses recently received federal CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF).
Average grants were $60,365, with 37 businesses receiving t...
Read More
U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) recently sent a letter to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, urging him to block Oregon’s scheme to toll Southwest Washington commuters for crossing the existing I-5 ...
Read More
The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) announced Tuesday that they would accelerate the planned Sorrels Overpass Bridge Deck Replacement after a traffic accident damaged the bridge.
Loc...
Read More
Observing National Teen Driver Safety Week, representatives from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), State Police, Department of Education, and local education and law enforcement...
Read More
Municipalities across Wisconsin recently received $129.7 million in the fourth quarterly payments for 2021 for General Transportation, Connecting Highway, and Expressway Policing Aids, the Wisconsin D...
Read More
Philadelphia's Office of Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability (OTIS) recently released a report that examines progress toward goals it set in 2018.
"In 2018, I committed my administrat...
Read More
On Friday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the state had awarded Sumter County a $6 million Florida Job Growth Grant Fund to complete a one and a half-mile road expansion serving a 300-acre indust...
Read More
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently released recommendations for increasing aviation safety in Alaska.
The recommendations were the result of a yearlong examination of safety issues ...
Read More
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) announced Thursday that it would be giving residents additional time to comment on a proposed air pollution reduction planning standard.
The new st...
Read More
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) recently launched its 2021-2022 Infrastructure Funding Program through its Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program.
“This program serves as a...
Read More
Connecticut recently launched a pilot program that will provide the visually impaired with assistance using the public transportation system and other essential services.
The free service, called A...
Read More
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced Wednesday they had been selected by the Federal Highway Administration and the Roadway Safety Foundation for their 2021 National Roadwa...
Read More
Beginning Oct. 1, a new rear seat belt law will go into effect, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said Sept. 27.
According to Lamont, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), and AAA, the n...
Read More
Michigan recently launched an initiative to develop the nation's first wireless charging infrastructure on a public road.
"Michigan was home to the first mile of paved road, and now we're paving th...
Read More
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) recently partnered to establish a new distracted driving safety corridor in central Ohio along a 12-mile stretch o...
Read More
U.S. Rep. Donald Payne (D- NJ) urged the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to make the Hudson River Tunnel project’s financial plan a top priority so construction can begin on the project soon.
...
Read More
The Iowa Transportation Commission recently approved $1.5 million through the state Public Transit Infrastructure Grant Fund to fund six public transit projects statewide.
The fund, made available ...
Read More
South Carolina’s Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers issued their first state report card Wednesday, giving the state’s infrastructure a cumulative D+.
The grade falls below the...
Read More
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that the state would take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution from the transportation sector.
Hochul signed legislation that ...
Read More