Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday that 152 communities in Wisconsin will receive grants for transportation projects from the Multimodal Local Supplement, a $75 million funding program. In all 84 ...
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City leaders in West Whiteland Township joined representatives from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority to celebrate the completion of a modernization project at Exton Station on th...
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Reps. Denny Heck (D-WA), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), Rick Larsen, (D-WA) and Mark Amodei (R-NV) recently introduced legislation seeking to bolster National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) recommendati...
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Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA) has proposed legislation that would fund high-speed rail throughout the country, but most especially in California’s San Joaquin Valley. H. R. 5805, called the High-Speed R...
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Amtrak announced Monday a seasoned transportation executive will take the helm of the railroad system in April. William J. Flynn, a successful leader in the rail, maritime and aviation industries,...
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Houston transit agency officials attribute the recent awarding of up to $18.5 million in grant funds to help build a new transit center to efficient project management execution. The federal allotm...
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A new bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate in February will help fill projected vacancies in the transportation industry. If passed, the Senate bill, Promoting Service in Transportation A...
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Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) officials said a Windsor Locks railroad station project received a $17.4 million Federal Railroad Administration grant for construction and other impro...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently released its fourth quarter 2019 status update on railroads’ progress toward fully implementing positive train control (PTC) systems. The update...
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A total of 97 percent of commuter rail was either Positive Train Control (PTC) certified, field testing, or conducting revenue service demonstrations as of Dec. 31, according to the American Public Tr...
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Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would make improvements to the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program (RRIF). RRIF was created in ...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently provided NJ TRANSIT with approval to begin Revenue Service Demonstration (RSD) of its Positive Train Control (PTC) system. NJ TRANSIT will initiat...
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Department of Transportation (DOT) officials said $1 billion is available to the nation’s infrastructure upgrade effort. Officials recently issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) via the B...
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A coalition of 42 organizations recently sent a letter to U.S. Senate leaders urging Congress to consider legislation reauthorizing federal surface transportation programs. The Fixing America's Sur...
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The Rail Passengers Association recently presented U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) with the Golden Spike Award for his 15 years working for a safer passenger rail network, more reliable commuter rail an...
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Legislation recently reintroduced in the U.S. House would support our national freight mobility network through investments in critical freight infrastructure. The Freight Infrastructure Reinvestme...
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As public spending on infrastructure declines, America will underinvest in its infrastructure by an estimated more than $2 trillion between 2016-2025, a new report from the American Society of Civil E...
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Amtrak’s first Acela trainsets left the manufacturing facility Monday to travel for high-speed testing at the Transportation Technology Center in La Junta, Colo. The prototype set will travel fro...
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The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently made available $9.3 million in research funding for innovative projects that can improve rail transit and bus operator safety. Of the total, $2 mil...
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The Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee (STSAC) recently met to set priorities for the year. The priorities include measuring security effectiveness in surface transportation, impro...
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