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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A trio of North Carolina entities maintain recently released cooperative study findings determined the proposed Freeway And Street-based Transit (FAST) network would yield a variety of benefits. Re...
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The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has been awarded a pair of federal grants totaling more than $4.5 million to bolster safety, improve congestion and incident management. Officials s...
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Seattle’s City Council voted earlier this week to send a transit funding measure to that city’s voters in November. After a lengthy debate, the council voted unanimously to let voters decide w...
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While the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted most sectors, the public transportation industry has taken a particularly heavy blow, and that fact spurred the American Public Transportation Association (APT...
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Researchers at New York University’s School of Global Public Health will be studying the effects the COVID-19 pandemic had on the physical and mental health on New York transit workers. Working ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation will provide the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) with a $851.15 million loan, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said Tuesday. The lo...
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