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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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The Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) and the four county police departments are joining the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) annual U Drive U Text U Pay campaign as...
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New York state recently began construction on a $5.4 million project in Jefferson County.
The project will improve a 1,800-linear-foot section of County Road 57 in Lyme along with the shoulder.
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The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) recently awarded $7 million to 21 projects statewide to upgrade roads to accommodate local truck traffic.
Funding is through IDOT’s Truck Access R...
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The Minnesota Governor’s Advisory Council on Connected and Automated Vehicles said in its annual report Monday that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the state was able to move forward toward readiness...
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A new report from the MASSPIRG Education Fund and Frontier Group outlines several ways to transform transportation infrastructure in Massachusetts to lead to better health outcomes for the state’s r...
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Maine Gov. Janet Mills recently signed an executive order that calls for a clean transportation roadmap that would increase the number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road by 2030.
The Governor...
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Joining Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced that the Commonwealth has finalized agreements with Amtrak, CSX, and Virginia Railway Express to invest i...
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Hawaiian Electric, serving 95 percent of the state’s residents, recently partnered with AMPLY Power, a company providing fully managed charging service to the public sector and commercial businesses...
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Florida’s Senate Bill 54 and House Bill 719 would eliminate the state’s existing no-fault auto insurance system and replace it with a mandatory bodily injury coverage system.
According to dat...
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The Illinois Commerce Commission announced a new report looking at the impact of electricity rate design on transportation electrification (TE), TE infrastructure adoption, and beneficial electrificat...
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The South Dakota Transportation Commission recently awarded $3.7 million to 10 Transportation Alternatives (TA) projects statewide.
“The TA program helps fund a variety of smaller-scale transpor...
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A temporary bridge recently replaced the M-30 causeway bridge in Michigan that washed away
nearly a year ago during a flood causing more than $100 million worth of damage.
The $4.3 million, appro...
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A bill, signed into law on Friday by Col. Gov. Jared Polis, will provide an additional $30 million in funding to revitalize main streets across that state.
The governor’s office said the funding...
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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Office of Public-Private Partnerships have been named a Public Sector Procurer of the Year by industry publication P3 Bulletin.
The 2020 P3...
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On March 18, Jacksonville, Fla., Mayor Lenny Curry, along with the Jacksonville Transportation Authority, proposed raising the Local Option Gas Tax to fund nearly $1 billion in infrastructure and tran...
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