October marks the second annual National Pedestrian Safety Month. The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and its State Highway Safety Office (SHSO) will be addressing behavioral safety issues...
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The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organization, recently released a report providing a framework for electric vehicle (EV) taxati...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently released a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting public input on potential transit worker safety mitigations. ...
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The Ford Motor Company announced Monday that they would be building two new environmentally and technologically advanced electric vehicle campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky to produce the next generat...
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Beginning Oct. 1, a new rear seat belt law will go into effect, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said Sept. 27. According to Lamont, the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), and AAA, the n...
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As the U.S. House of Representatives moves to consider the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), President Joe Biden’s infrastructure investment plan, Senate Republicans and more than 100 i...
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The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) recently awarded $101.5 million in road contacts to 15 contractors for 16 projects statewide. The projects are: the construction of...
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A new report from the Government Accountability Office has found that if U.S. roads are not built to withstand climate change, they may be unsafe to use in emergency evacuations and damages to the roa...
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The public is enthusiastic about the expanded use of autonomous vehicles (AVs), according to a recent Arizona State University study. The report is the result of a six-month pilot program conducted...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday that the Build America Bureau (the Bureau) would provide the Hampton Roads Transportation Accountability Commission (HRTAC) with up to $1.66 bi...
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The Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) recently approved three contracts totaling $25.7 million and approved multiple projects to be funded by the Interstate Operations and Enhancement P...
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South Carolina faces challenges maintaining its aging road system and reliably accommodating growing traffic, according to a report by TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based national transportation research n...
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More than 40 projects that did not receive federal funding will now be eligible to apply for credit assistance as part of a new program, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced Monday. Acc...
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The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) and Georgia Tech Research Corporation have been awarded a $1 million grant to pilot an On-Demand Multimodal Transit System Solution (ODMTS), th...
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Michigan recently launched an initiative to develop the nation's first wireless charging infrastructure on a public road. "Michigan was home to the first mile of paved road, and now we're paving th...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Monday that it will make $409.6 million in grants available for building and maintaining transit bus and van fleets across the country. The Bu...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Monday that the Build America Bureau had provided nearly $465 million in loans for the Central 70 Project in Colorado. The Transportation Infr...
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The U.S Department of Transportation (DOT) recently awarded the first grants under the new Regional Infrastructure Accelerators (RIA) program to five transportation projects. The grants total $5 milli...
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The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) recently partnered to establish a new distracted driving safety corridor in central Ohio along a 12-mile stretch o...
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U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-MI), chief deputy whip of the House Democratic Caucus, applauded the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee’s passage of his legislation to expand tax credits for the middle cla...
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