The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Thursday that it would be providing $173 million in grant funding for a second track project in northwest India...
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State Rep. Joe Ciresi (D-Montgomery County) announced the release of a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation study that determines the next steps in restoring passenger rail service from Berks, we...
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The Florida Department of Transportation's (FDOT) macroeconomic analysis regarding the state's transportation projects determined the efforts would yield an average of $4 of benefits for every dollar ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Wednesday that it had awarded $529.8 million in a federal grant to a Phoenix, Ariz., rail project. The 5.5-...
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U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced Monday that New York’s public transportation agencies would receive nearly $6 billion as part of the federal budget legislat...
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York announced Monday that it had successfully completed parts of the Long Island Rail Road expansion project ahead of schedule and under budget in 202...
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BNSF Railway Company, which specializes in freight transportation, announced that it has joined Wabtec, a leading global provider of equipment and digital solutions for freight and transit rail, in te...
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Increased spending directed at improving U.S. infrastructure and a rethinking of transportation policies is expected under President-Elect Joe Biden’s administration, transportation industry thought...
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Multiple projects that are part of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois have been completed, are in the process, or have been extended into future construction season, the Illinois Departmen...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced Tuesday that all required freight and passenger railroads in the United States have fully implemented ...
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The Moynihan Train Hall Project, one of New York’s largest and most ambitious transportation and infrastructure projects in decades, will be done on time and on budget, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sa...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced on Dec. 15 that it has published a final rule requiring the development and implementation of highway-rail gra...
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On Monday, Congress approved an additional COVID-19 relief package and government funding legislation that included more than $45 billion in emergency aid for the transportation industry. In addit...
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy joined several officials within the railroad industry in that state to celebrate the Federal Railroad Administration’s certification of the NJ TRANSIT’s Positive Train ...
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) Integrated Mobility Division has been awarded a $900,000 Federal Transit Authority (FTA) grant to aid Triangle area S-Line rail corridor dev...
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The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is seeking public input regarding its recently updated Maryland State Rail Plan. The guidance includes a listing of rail projects, as well as outlin...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced Friday that it would take additional action to improve access to grant funding and provide relief from some reg...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced Friday that it has issued a final rule modernizing brake safety standards. The new rule would extend the a...
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Two federal agencies have officially recommended that the Kansas City Streetcar Main Street Extension to the University of Missouri Kansas City receive full federal funding. The Federal Transit Ad...
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With Congress and the president only funding surface transportation through September 2021, the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) has issued a report urging Congress to reform how surface transpo...
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