Nebraska opens Lincoln South Beltway
The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) recently celebrated opening the $352 million Lincoln South Beltway, a project that’s been in the works since discussions began in the 1960s. It ...
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Pennsylvania awards $5M for traffic signal technology
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT’s) Traffic Signal Technologies Grant program recently awarded 20 municipalities $5 million to install and maintain traffic signal technolog...
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Campaign encourages safe driving for the holidays
A holiday campaign aims to encourage people who consume alcohol or other impairing substances not to drive unless they are sober. The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and its federal, st...
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New Jersey awards $24M for public transit through FY 2023 budget
Communities throughout New Jersey were recently awarded more than $24 million through three programs as part of Gov. Phil Murphy’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget for expanding access to safe transportation...
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USDOT announces loans for improvements to I-81 in Virginia
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced Monday it would provide two low-interest loans totaling more than $97 million to the Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board (CBT) for safety...
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Senate confirms Shailen Bhatt as 21st administrator of Federal Highway Administration
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Shailen Bhatt as the 21st Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) administrator. “From his leadership of the Colorado and Delaware Departments of Transportati...
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Project aims to improve Appalachia electric vehicle infrastructure
An $8 million National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) project plans to build an electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem in Appalachia. The project, Rural Reimagined, Building an EV Ecosystem for Appal...
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Safety Advocates release roadway safety recommendations
On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) joined Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and other safety leaders to release the 2023 Roadmap to Safety report outlining ways to reduce deaths an...
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American Society of Civil Engineers rates Pennsylvania infrastructure C-
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) rated Pennsylvania's infrastructure a C-, a new report card shows. The 2022 Report Card on Pennsylvania's Infrastructure outlined the status of the s...
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Federal programs aim to improve tribal infrastructure
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently announced actions the U.S. Department of Transportation is taking to improve infrastructure on tribal lands. “After decades of harmful underi...
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USDOT to provide $48.2M for rural highway safety project in Minnesota
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced it would provide the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and Minnesota Management and Budget (MMB) up to $48.2 million in a low-i...
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New York state completes Kew Gardens Interchange project
New York state recently completed the $739 million multiphase Kew Gardens Interchange project in Queens. The area is the complex intersection of the Grand Central Parkway, the Van Wyck Expressway, ...
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Report assesses requirements to convert to a battery electric fleet
In a recently released report, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) assesses the infrastructure requirements to convert the U.S. vehicle fleet to battery electric. Full electrifi...
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Legislation would provide tax credit for RNG use in heavy-duty vehicles
Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would provide a tax credit for renewable natural gas (RNG) used in heavy-duty vehicles such as buses and freight trucks....
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Proposal would allow Tennessee to address transportation needs
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee recently revealed his Build With Us infrastructure proposal to address statewide critical transportation needs. Under the proposed legislation, the Tennessee Department of ...
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Legislation aims to increase truck parking availability
Bipartisan legislation recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would authorize a one-time expenditure to increase truck parking capacity and improve existing truck parking infrastructure. The Truck ...
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Work on Purchase Parkway in Kentucky to begin in December, Gov. Beshear says
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said prep work on the Julian Carroll-Purchase Parkway will begin in December. “Completion of I-69 from the Ohio River to the Tennessee border has been a long-held drea...
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National Council on Electricity Policy releases guidance on transportation departments collaboration on EV Infrastructure implementation
State transportation departments should work in collaboration with other state offices to plan and implement new Electric vehicle infrastructure, a new mini guide from the National Council on Electric...
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New York City DOT announces bicycle-lane projects
New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez recently announced plans for bicycle-lane and public-space projects at the Car-Free Megacities Conference. “We ...
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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey releases 2023 budget
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently released its proposed $8.3 billion 2023 budget. “The proposed 2023 budget outlines the agency’s priorities for the following year and prov...
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