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MTA will test battery-operated railcars on the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) in a pilot program on the railroad’s Oyster Bay branch, officials said Monday.
MTA LIRR President Phillip Eng announced...
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Twelve Republican members of the House of Representatives recently sent a letter to Pete Buttigieg, Department of Transportation (DOT) secretary, expressing concern over federal funding for California...
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf recently announced that 43 projects in 21 counties were selected for $45.9 million in Multimodal Transportation Fund allocations.
The projects cover bike, bridge, highw...
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U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) and the Louisiana Congressional delegation urged U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg Thursday to approve the state’s application for an I...
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Florida’s Attorney General Ashley Moody is enlisting the help of the largest private-sector employer in Sarasota County, PGT Innovations, a company with its own team of CDL-certified truck drivers, ...
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The city of Lynn, Mass. got its first-ever bus lane, as well as a network of bike lanes, as part of a series of quick-build multimodal road treatments, the city, MassDOT and MBTA announced Thursday.
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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) recently announced it will conduct a supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the I-94 East/West Corridor project.
The project would ...
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Delaware Transit Corporation (DTC) announced Tuesday it will launch DART Connect, the state’s first on-demand microtransit service.
In partnership with Via, a leader in TransiTech, the service w...
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Louisiana’s House Joint Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee recently approved priority infrastructure projects for fiscal year 2021-2022.
Projects include aviation, highways, po...
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The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Public Transportation Advisory Committee recently approved 119 projects totaling more than $211 million for fiscal year 2021-23.
Funding will be divid...
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On Monday, the White House released state-by-state fact sheets highlighting the need for investment in infrastructure in every state in the country.
The fact sheets outline what President Joe Bide...
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This year, the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) plans to invest $1.92 billion in 956 transportation projects statewide, including 4,596 miles of pavement and 876 bridges.
Included in the to...
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The application period has opened for Rebuild Illinois, a capital plan to improve public ports statewide.
A total of $110 million will be awarded later this year.
Illinois’ 19 public port di...
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The U.S Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently proposed a more than $1.5 million civil penalty against Anniston, Ala., for alleged safety violations at Anniston Regional Airport.
The FAA al...
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Municipalities across Wisconsin received more than $99 million in the second quarterly payments for 2021 for General Transportation, Connecting Highway, and Expressway Policing Aids.
Milwaukee Coun...
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Amtrak passenger rail service and inter-city bus service will resume in Vermont on July 19.
Service was suspended on March 26, 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 state of emergency. The state’s re...
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The Delaware Office of Highway Safety (OHS) announced it will launch its new “Be Alert and Arrive Alive” campaign during National Distracted Driving Awareness Month (April) to focus Delawareans on...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Office of Public-Private Partnerships (P3) is accepting unsolicited proposals from the private sector for transportation projects now through Ap...
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South Carolina Ports (SC Ports) set a record in March for the most cargo handled in one month, moving 248,796 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) across the Port of Charleston’s Wando Welch and North Ch...
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San Francisco International Airport and United Airlines are testing SITA Smart Path, a low-touch, biometric-enabled check-in technology for boarding some domestic flights.
This will be the first ...
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