U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced Thursday her U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) would release the first-ever National Freight Strategic Plan. The plan lays out a visi...
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The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is calling on Congress to save public transportation with an emergency infusion of $32 billion in cash. In a letter to Congress, the associatio...
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U.S. Reps. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) weighed in on Amtrak’s recent announcement that it would furlough 2,000 workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic Wednesday. DeFazio, the Ch...
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Massachusetts state officials are espousing the benefits of completion of accelerated transit work on Boston’s Green Line C and E Branches this summer, noting the effort expedited safety and reliabi...
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Construction costs for the Hudson Tunnel Project have gone up, officials said, and the reason is environmental review delays. The Gateway Program Development Corporation, the company that oversees...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced it will allow railroads to use new inspection technology to have continuous railroad testing to more quickly i...
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U.S. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Cory Booker (D-NJ), along with U.S. Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), Albio Sires (D-NJ), Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ), ann...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration has awarded Kansas $50.8 million in grant funding for the Kansas City Streetcar Main Street Extension project, U.S. Sen. Jerry ...
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U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood (R-IL) and Brad Schneider (D-IL) introduced legislation Monday to incentivize private investment into the freight railcar manufacturing industry. The Freight Rail Assistanc...
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Advocates of the nation's rural transit system hope new legislation introduced in U.S. Congress this month would provide the needed funding to keep the system afloat. U.S. Sens. Tina Smith (D-MN), ...
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Three public transit projects have secured funding via the Iowa Transportation Commission, which has earmarked more than $1.1 million under the state Public Transit Infrastructure Grant Fund. The f...
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Amtrak has completed implementing Positive Train Control on all Amtrak-owned or controlled tracks, the company said in a press release on Monday. The final mile of the project, one mile of slow-sp...
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California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) officials are espousing the benefits of the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocating more than $1.6 billion for statewide transportation...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration released the quarterly status update for on the railroads’ self-reported progress towards the implementation of positive tra...
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Amtrak officials said the carrier has partnered with operators of Waze, the GPS navigation software app, to provide alerts to users approaching railroad crossings. “Being able to warn motorists t...
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Union Pacific Railroad’s application to rebuild an existing grade-separated crossing at Rio Salado Parkway in Tempe, Ariz., has garnered Arizona Corporation Commission approval. Union Pacific’s...
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A report from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has found that there are both opportunities and barriers to co-locating high voltage transmission over the nation’s transportation corridor. ...
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OmniTRAX and the Calumet Area Industrial Commission (CAIC) have partnered to launch the railroad’s Rail-Ready Sites program at the Chicago Rail Link (CRL). OmniTRAX officials said the Rail-Ready ...
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Amtrak announced this week that it is preparing for the first of its new diesel-electric locomotives as part of long-term planned improvements for fleet, infrastructure, and stations. Amtrak develo...
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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is seeking the public’s input with regard to efforts to craft Connect 2050, its new 30-year transportation plan. The Connect 2050 project team ...
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