Local Governments with More Staff and Bigger Budgets Are More Likely to Win Federal Infrastructure Grants
URBAN INSTITUTE By Amanda Hermans, Tomi Rajninger May 6, 2024 Each year, federal agencies decide how to distribute billions of...
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May 41 min read
I-95 overpass in Connecticut scorched during a fuel truck inferno has been demolished
KFOR by: AP May 4, 2024 NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — A bridge damaged in a fiery crash that kept Interstate 95 in Connecticut closed Thursday...
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May 11 min read
America’s Newest Interstate Nears Completion in Indiana
Indiana is finishing its portion of Interstate 69, a highway planned to run from Canada to Mexico. It’s been in the works for decades....
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Apr 301 min read
Biden admin mandates $354 million 'automatic energy braking' for new vehicles
OKC FOX 25 by JACKSON WALKER | The National Desk April 30th 2024 WASHINGTON (TND) — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National...
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Apr 291 min read
US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in 5 years and set performance standards
AP News BY TOM KRISHER April 29, 2024 DETROIT (AP) — In the not-too-distant future, automatic emergency braking will have to come...
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Apr 291 min read
Ready to share the road with a driverless tractor-trailer?
KFOR by: The Associated Press Apr 29, 2024 PITTSBURGH (AP) — On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel...
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Apr 251 min read
US$5 billion turnpike widening work spans Route 66
A bridge replacement over historic Route 66 forms part of Oklahoma’s US$5 billion turnpike widening. World Highways By MJ Woof April 25,...
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Apr 155 min read
BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION AWARDS $23.6 MILLION TO HELP 112 COMMUNITIES DELIVER TRANSFORMATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
US Department of Transportation Press Release April 15, 2024 Thriving Communities Program provides technical assistance to disadvantaged...
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Apr 131 min read
26 barges break loose and float down Ohio River, damage marina and prompt bridge closures
OKC FOX 25 by JACKSON SINNENBERG | The National Desk April 13th 2024 PITTSBURGH (TND) — 26 barges broke free from where they were docked...
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Apr 111 min read
Biden administration puts $830M to helping protect infrastructure from climate-fueled extreme weather
The Hill BY RACHEL FRAZIN 04/11/24 The Biden administration is putting $830 million toward helping protect bridges, roads, ports and...
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Mar 281 min read
What we know about the Baltimore bridge collapse
AP News BY BEN FINLEY AND JAMES POLLARD March 28, 2024 A cargo ship rammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the span to...
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Mar 272 min read
Baltimore bridge collapse raises many issues for Transportation Secretary Buttigieg
KOSU DEBBIE ELLIOTT, HOST & PETE BUTTIGIEG March 27, 2024 LISTEN • 4:22 DEBBIE ELLIOTT, HOST: The collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott...
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Mar 271 min read
'It is not going to be simple,' transportation secretary says of Baltimore bridge rebuild
FOX 25 by JESSICA A. BOTELHO | The National Desk March 27th 2024 WASHINGTON (TND) — Discussions about rebuilding the Francis Scott Key...
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Mar 151 min read
Dollars for Driving: The Congestion Pricing Dilemma
Faced with increasing traffic and declining gas tax revenue, policymakers and city planners are taking another look at dynamic pricing....
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Mar 143 min read
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Investments in Innovative Transportation Technology Projects
US Department of Transportation Press Release March 14, 2024 Made possible by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda, these awards...
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Mar 121 min read
Lower speed limits may not slow drivers, a before-and-after study shows
Center for Transportation Studies, University of Minnesota By Megan Tsai March 12, 2024 A before-and-after study of speed changes in one...
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Mar 111 min read
Bill would give states new power to waive truck weight limits
Freight congestion, slow speeds could be used to justify permitting overweight trucks Freight Waves By John Gallagher March 11, 2024...
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Mar 101 min read
Sneaky Drivers Dodging Toll Cameras Cost Authorities Millions
MSN / The Wall Street Journal Story by Scott Calvert March 10, 2024 That is the approach more Americans are taking to dodge toll fares,...
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Mar 81 min read
Federal FY 2024 Transportation Appropriations Finalized
AASHTO March 8, 2024 A more than $467 billion spending package passed by the House of Representatives includes six of the 12 annual...
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Mar 62 min read
Construction Drones for DOTs
Inside Unmanned Systems BY NEESA SWEET March 6, 2024 Drones Facilitate Construction in Departments of Transportation throughout U.S....
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