Under new legislation proposed in the Senate and House last week, states would be able to use federal highway funds to build roads that are safer for all users -- not just drivers. The Complete Str...
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Twenty-two House members of the Texas delegation signed a letter last week urging the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to support infrastructure funding efforts for the Permian Basin in West ...
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Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co. confirmed on Friday they will collaborate on electric vehicles and invest billions of dollars in Argo AI, a Pittsburgh-based autonomous vehicle technology platform com...
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The Motor Carriers Accountability Act, introduced in the House Tuesday, would require motor carriers to lessen hardships due to unwarranted and excessive passenger delays in interstate motor carrier t...
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Legislation introduced Wednesday aims to reduce carbon pollution from the national highway system. The transportation sector is the country’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, producing 28 pe...
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In the first of six planned construction projects, the Puget Sound Gateway Program this week awarded a contract for the 70th Avenue East Bridge Project in Washington. Guy F. Atkinson Construction ...
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The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) and the Missouri Department of Transportation recently partnered to initiate a pilot program designed to alerts drivers when motorist-assist vehicles are...
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Construction recently began on improvements to State Route 152 and Interstate 5 in California’s Merced County under funds provided by Senate Bill 1, which allow for work to keep 18 bridges functioni...
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Experts in the transportation industry told a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday that passing long-term surface transportation legislation is critical to maintaining the country’s highways, bridges, tra...
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The $16.3 million rehabilitation of two Erie Canal lift bridges in New York began this week. The rehabilitation of the bridges, which were constructed in 1914, will allow all legal vehicle loads t...
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Arizona State University’s Metis Center for Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering recently awarded the Arizona Department of Transportation’s (ADOT) Laguna Creek Bridge improvement project wi...
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A group of legislators recently pressed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for a review of the nation’s Move Over laws following multiple accounts of police officers being struck and killed ...
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In a letter sent last week, Catherine Chase, president of the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, urged New Jersey Gov. Philip Murphy to sign into law Senate Bill 824 -- legislation that requires i...
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed last week legislation eliminating the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority (MDX) and replacing it with the Greater Miami Expressway Agency. In so doing, he transf...
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The Oklahoma Transportation Commission recently announced the creation of Office of Mobility and Public Transit within the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT). The office was established ...
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The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) will be opening more than $660 million in projects for bids by February. Approximately 40 percent of CDOT's projects will be in rural areas. The ful...
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Construction workers recently placed the final girder for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, marking the near completion of the largest freeway construction project in Arizona Department of Transpor...
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More than 200 organizations and elected officials recently sent a letter to Congress urging the a change to the federal transportation program. “For decades, federal policy has prioritized high...
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Oregon’s Department of Transportation (ODOT) has officially replaced its former carpool matching tool -- Drive Less Connect -- with a new web-based carpooling tool known as “Get There.” It i...
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A bipartisan Senate effort yielded a new bill this week, meant to alter how the government oversees the transportation of agricultural products. Under the Agricultural Trucking Relief Act, the defi...
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