Railroad officials along with Shawn D. Wilson, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development secretary, and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards recently inspected the rail line for a proposed pas...
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U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, asked U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to provide information about the Fr...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday that it would provide up to $1.76 billion in low-interest loans for the Purple Line Light Rail Transit Project in Maryland. The loan is par...
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Metrolink, a regional passenger rail service serving southern California, recently held a press conference to announce its switch to renewable fuel. Metrolink is the first agency in the country t...
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The NJ TRANSIT Board of Directors recently approved a $6.08 million construction contract to Union Paving for the first construction phase of a project in New Brunswick. The Delco Lead Storage and ...
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Kansas City officials celebrated the groundbreaking of the $351 million streetcar expansion last week, joined by Federal Transit Administrator Nuria Fernandez. Mayor Quinton Lucas joined Fernandez...
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The Tennessee Department of Transportation recently released its annual three-year transportation program. The multimodal program contains aviation, rail, and waterway projects; addresses congestio...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently awarded public transportation projects in Pennsylvania more than $617.5 million allocated through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The ...
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U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Donald M. Payne (D-NJ) encouraged the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to finalize its fatigue risk management program rulemaking in a letter this week. De...
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The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Office of Public-Private Partnerships (P3) is accepting unsolicited proposals for transportation projects from the private sector through April ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation recently recommended $4.45 billion to advance seven new rail and bus rapid transit projects and continue funding for eight projects with existing construction gra...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) expressed support for President Joe Biden’s fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget request, citing its increased funding for public transit and passenger ...
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A new national poll has found that both Republican and Democratic voters support more and better trains and are willing to spend more federal dollars to get them. According to the Rail Passengers ...
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, along with Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Massachusetts Transportation Secretary and CEO Jamey Tesler, and several other state, local, and federal elected leaders to celebrat...
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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan welcomed Hitachi Rail Monday, as the company announced it would be establishing a new railcar manufacturing operation in Washington County in his state. The company said ...
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The administration of Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker filed a $9.6 billion infrastructure bond bill on Thursday. The bill “An Act Relative to Massachusetts’s Transportation Resources and Clim...
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On Monday, President Joe Biden and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced the agency had awarded $409.3 million in grants to 70 transit projects in 39...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced Thursday that it supports the House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders on their bipartisan, bicameral agreement on the Consolid...
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The Federal Railroad Administration recently awarded the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) a $31.8 million Consolidated Rail Infrastructure...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently awarded $2.2 billion to 35 recipients in 18 states to help public transportation agencies pay for day-to-day operations as they continue to provide es...
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