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Amtrak service in Vermont to resume in July

By Melina Druga  |   April 12, 2021   |   News

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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Delaware Highway Safety Office launches distracted driving campaign

By Liz Carey  |   April 12, 2021   |   Featured

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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Pennsylvania accepting transportation project proposals

By Melina Druga  |   April 9, 2021   |   Air

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 sets cargo record

By Melina Druga  |   April 9, 2021   |   Maritime

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 airport first to try biometric check-in

By Melina Druga  |   April 8, 2021   |   Air

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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Hawaii joins national safe driving campaign

By Melina Druga  |   April 8, 2021   |   News

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 project begins construction in Jefferson County

By Melina Druga  |   April 7, 2021   |   City

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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Illinois DOT awards $7M for statewide road upgrade projects

By Melina Druga  |   April 7, 2021   |   Investment

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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Minnesota Gov’s Advisory Council on Connected and Automated Vehicles releases 2020 annual report

By Liz Carey  |   April 7, 2021   |   News

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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Report outlines ways Massachusetts could transform state transportation infrastructure

By Liz Carey  |   April 6, 2021   |   News

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 issues greenhouse gas reduction executive order

By Melina Druga  |   April 6, 2021   |   News

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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Transportation Secretary Buttigieg announces construction of Long Bridge in Virginia

By Liz Carey  |   April 5, 2021   |   Featured

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’s pilot program powers its electric vehicles

By Melina Druga  |   April 5, 2021   |   Investment

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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Proposed change to Florida auto insurance system would impact low-income drivers

By Melina Druga  |   April 2, 2021   |   News

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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ICC announces Transportation Electrification Rate Design & Affordability Report

By Liz Carey  |   April 1, 2021   |   Investment

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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South Dakota Transportation Commission awards $3.7M to 10 transportation alternative projects

By Melina Druga  |   April 1, 2021   |   Investment

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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Temporary bridge opens in Michigan nearly a year after flood

By Melina Druga  |   March 24, 2021   |   Investment

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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Colorado Gov. Polis signs bill to strengthen Main Streets

By Liz Carey  |   March 23, 2021   |   Investment

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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Virginia DOT receive international award for P3 projects

By Liz Carey  |   March 23, 2021   |   Investment

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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Jacksonville mayor proposes raising gas tax to fund infrastructure, transportation projects

By Liz Carey  |   March 22, 2021   |   City

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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