A group of U.S. Senators, led by Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), is asking that Congress not include any increases in liability minimums for commercial truck drivers in the next transportation reauthorizati...
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State officials said the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is accepting applications to fund new transportation improvement projects through Nov. 6, 2020, via the Multimodal Transpor...
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On Friday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced it would be seeking public comments on a new pilot program to allow drivers between 1...
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The Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has earmarked $5 million to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DODT) to aid roadway and bridge reco...
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District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and Virginia Gov. Ralph S. Northam announced Thursday that a project to expand passenger and commercial rail capacity along the east coast, the Long Bridge Pro...
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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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Rhode Island officials are espousing the benefits of an estimated $150 million project to replace multiple bridges along the Route 146 corridor, repave eight miles of roadway, and correct congestion. ...
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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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Department of Transportation (DOT) officials said the agency has launched an Automated Vehicle Transparency and Engagement for Safe Testing (AV TEST) Initiative tracking tool to bolster automated driv...
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The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is offering motorists free access to electric vehicle chargers as part of an effort to encourage electric vehicle use on state roadways. The in...
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that the final steel gantries of the New York Thruway’s cashless tolling system have been installed. The gantry, located on I-90 at exit 42, is the la...
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Kentucky state officials are espousing the benefits of a series of access road funding initiatives as a means of spurring development at industrial parks in three counties. Warren, Barren, and Fult...
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The New Jersey Treasury Department announced Friday that the gas tax rate in that state will increase by nearly 10 cents per gallon on Oct. 1. According to the treasury departments, a 2016 law requ...
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The Federal Highway Administration (FWHA) has earmarked $34.4 million to the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) as part of the FWHA’s yearly August redistribution. “We are inves...
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Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced last week that the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has allocated $40,000 to aid Morgantown’s Mountain Line Transit Projec...
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South Dakota Transportation Commission officials said the panel has awarded 40 preliminary engineering Bridge Improvement Grants (BIG) totaling $1.47 million. The BIG program was created in 2015 by...
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A redesigned mobile app from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will help users ensure their cars’ equipment is not the subject of a recall. According to the U.S. Department of T...
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The American Highway Users Alliance (AHUA) is urging federal lawmakers to issue a one-year extension of the FAST Act to ensure projects and safety improvements continue through the construction season...
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The leasing of state-owned toll roads to private interests could allow states struggling through the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and affiliated recession to make ends meet and fund other transportation ...
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Communities looking to install safe travel projects in the state of Illinois have until Nov. 2 to put in their application for state grant funding. The Illinois Department of Transportation announ...
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