U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) reintroduced legislation to improve the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) loan program on Thursday. The Railroad Rehabi...
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U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced legislation that would give state and local governments more flexibility regarding infrastructure costs. The Lifting Our Commun...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) announced its support Thursday of more than $30 billion in emergency public transit funding being included as part of the American Rescue Plan Act...
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U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) officials said a $908 million Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) loan would aid Dallas Area Rapid Transit's (DART) Silver Line Regional Ra...
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A new report urges states to consider the impact of COVID-19 on everything from transit use to infrastructure resiliency as they make decisions surrounding transportation spending in the coming years....
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The Texas section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released its 2021 Texas Infrastructure Report Card earlier this month, giving the state a “C” for an overall grade. Examining...
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U.S. Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Mark Warner (D-VA), and Tim Kaine (D-VA) announced Thursday that they had introduced a bill to renew federal funding for the Washington Metropoli...
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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced Philadelphia’s Transit Plan, a Vision for 2045, on Monday. The Transit Plan lays out the plan for improving public transit in Philadelphia. Kenney’s off...
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed a $16 billion transportation bond bill Monday, authorizing funding for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and the Massachusetts Bay Transp...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced Wednesday it would be accepting applications for nearly $890 million in grants from the Infrastructure for Rebuilding American (INFRA) program. ...
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Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) personnel recently espoused the benefits of positive train control (PTC) technology being operational on required freight and p...
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U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) introduced a measure they said is designed to address workplace safety for essential transportation workers ami...
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced the New Jersey Department of Transportation would fund 10 grants totaling more than $29 million for rail freight projects. As part of the state’s Rail Freig...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) applauded the House of Representative’s Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s Budget Reconciliation Title, which provides $30 billi...
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Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH) announced this week that he will outline the New Hampshire Infrastructure Roadmap as a means of highlighting infrastructure priorities he is slated to advocate for in this ses...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg met with Amtrak officials, transit officials, and front-line transit and rail workers at Union Station Friday to discuss the Biden administration’s publi...
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Sound Transit, the public transit agency serving the Seattle, Wash., metropolitan area, said construction on each of the three Northgate Link Extension stations is now substantially completed. "Thi...
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A coalition of transit industry organizations is calling on Congress to provide the industry with $39.3 billion in relief in the next COVID relief bill. Led by the Metropolitan Transportation Auth...
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A new study from John Hopkins University has found that faster commuter trains between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. could positively impact Baltimore’s economy. Part of the University’s “2...
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Several congressional lawmakers on Capitol Hill are on board with plans by President Joe Biden to use millions of construction, skilled trades and engineering workers to rebuild the nation’s deterio...
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