A new report has found that the Northeast Corridor (NEC) contributes about $50 billion a year to the U.S. economy, making it a critical national asset. The “Northeast Corridor and the American E...
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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) announced new surface transportation priorities on July 7 – priorities that had changed since the organization adopted...
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Amtrak announced Wednesday that it would be entering into a $3.4 billion contract with Siemens to create a new fleet of trains to transform the rail travel industry. The contract will provide up t...
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The U.S House of Representatives passed Thursday the INVEST in America Act, a surface transportation bill, by a 221-201 vote. The bill provides $109 billion for public transportation and addresse...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued Thursday a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $16.3 million in competitive grant funding for projects th...
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The Texas Transportation Commission recently approved an $89 million in transit funding, representing the largest transit agency funding initiative at one time. Texas Department of Transportation (...
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed Thursday the INVEST in America Act, the $715 billion surface transportation re-authorization and water infrastructure bill. The INVEST in America Act specif...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently awarded $905.25 million in Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grants to 24 projects in 18 states. Rural projects received approximately 4...
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Washington, DC officials are espousing the benefits of varied transportation and infrastructure initiatives slated to benefit residents, as well as the East Coast corridor and Union Station visitors. ...
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U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) announced Thursday new details of the $715 billion INVEST in America A...
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Virginia’s Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB), a 17-member board charged with approving funding allocations for the state’s transportation system, recently approved the Fiscal Year 2022 budge...
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President Joe Biden announced he and a group of more than 20 Congressmembers had reached a deal on a new $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework is...
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Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday that the planned Howard Street Tunnel expansion project in Baltimore can move forward now that it has received a Finding of No Significant Impact as part of its en...
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U.S. Sens Dick Durbin (D-IL), the Senate Majority Whip, and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced legislation Monday designed to improve federal support for rural transportation and infrastructure by creating ...
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Federal, state, and local leaders gathered Friday, on the 150th anniversary of the Baltimore and Potomac (B&P) tunnel’s groundbreaking, to unveil new plans for the B&P Tunnel Replacement Program. ...
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The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation recently advanced legislation containing multiple provisions led by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KA). Moran’s provisions in the Surfa...
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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has awarded the city of Milton grant funding to extend a rail line to the city’s new chocolate factory. The Transportation Economic Assistance (TEA) gr...
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As part of its 2021 APTA-UITP Rail Conference, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) released a new report on assessing high-performance rail’s return on investment. The report, ...
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced $250 million in federal funding allocations Friday for transit projects. The funding is part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and w...
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The U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved two major pieces of legislation to modernize America’s roads, bridges, highways, rail, transit, and wastewater systems. Com...
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