The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) said it will review Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company’s (NS) bid to acquire Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line (NPBL) Railroad...
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In a March 12 letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, the Democratic members of House Committe of Transportation and Infrastructure asked for more information following the firing of probationa...
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In order to protect mission-critical technology and programs, the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is calling on Congress to pass full-year legislation and avoid a long-term continuing resolutio...
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Witnesses at a hearing about air traffic control systems and staffing reiterated the need to improve the system and improve air traffic control hiring, facilities and technologies. The hearing, ca...
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Legislation introduced recently would address air traffic control staffing shortages, Congress members said this week. The bipartisan legislation, the Air Traffic Control Workforce Development Act...
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Legislation that would cut red tape and strengthen domestic bus manufacturing by providing more flexibility for local transit systems has gained bipartisan support. The Bus Rolling Stock Moderniza...
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Amtrak and its industry partners convened an industry roundtable to discuss the hundreds of major infrastructure rebuilding projects across the country. Meeting with representatives of the constru...
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Bipartisan legislation recently reintroduced in the U.S. Senate would allow the permanent year-round sale of E15, regular gasoline mixed with 15 percent ethanol. “It’s time to once and for all so...
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Legislation that would support infrastructure investments by ensuring electric vehicles (EVs) pay into the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) was reintroduced by U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) on Feb. 12. Design...
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has suspended state electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure deployment plans under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, according...
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In response to workforce challenges across almost all transit agencies, the Mineta Transportation Institute released a report identifying methods and initiatives to building the industry’s workforce...
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Customers of Norfolk Southern Corporation advanced nearly 150 industrial development project totaling $4.3 billion for new or expanded facilities in 2024, the company said Wednesday. Of the 149 pr...
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A bipartisan bill proposed Jan. 16 on Capitol Hill would increase the railroad track maintenance credit in an effort to make it easier for local rail lines to keep operating and remain in good repair....
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The Mississippi Department of Transportation said 2024 was another record setting year for infrastructure project investment. According to the department, more than $1.2 billion in projects was ap...
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A new report from Suppliers Partnership for the Environment has found that internal plastic dunnage poses the greatest recovery challenges when it comes to recycling automotive plastic packaging. ...
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On Thursday, on-demand packaging company Packsize announced it had opened a new Innovation Center in Louisville, Ky. Officials for the company said its new 240,000 square foot facility will expand ...
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Developers at LK Packaging have spent year working to perfect a polyethylene blend formulation (POF) that may be the only overwrap film on the market to have achieved fully recyclable prequalification...
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On Thursday, the U.S. Plastics Pact announced Jonathan Quinn had been appointed as the new CEO, effective immediately. The organization, that represents more than 130 organizations dedicated to cr...
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Better Earth, a sustainable foodservice packaging solutions provider, recently announced its B Corp certification. The company will donate, as part of the B Corp certification, a portion of profit...
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On Tuesday, supply chain logistics company Crowley announced it had been awarded a $2.3 billion contract with U.S. Transportation Command. The seven year contract will provide transportation and l...
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