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AASHTO, NRDC Urge Congress to “Go…

July 23, 2021

In a joint July 16 letter, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and the Natural Resources Defense ...

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AASHTO Seeks Flexible Use of ARP…

July 23, 2021

In a four-page letter, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has asked the U.S. Department of the ...

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Updated: House Appropriations Releases USDOT Funding…

July 16, 2021

Editor's note: The full list of Appropriations earmarks for THUD bill is available by clicking here. The House of Representatives Appropriations ...

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Northeast Corridor Commission Issues 15-Year Rail…

July 16, 2021

On July 14, the Northeast Corridor Commission released CONNECT NEC 2035 – a $117 billion 15-year multi-agency action plan to ...

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AASHTO Updates Key Surface Transportation Priorities

July 9, 2021

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials issued a 15-page policy white paper on July 7 that updates ...

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Amtrak to Invest $7.3B in New…

July 9, 2021

National passenger rail operator Amtrak recently signed a $7.3 billion deal with California-based Siemens Mobility Inc. to manufacture a new fleet ...

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House Passes ‘INVEST in America’ Reauthorization…

July 2, 2021

The House of Representatives passed the “Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America” or ...

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USDOT Awards Nearly $1B in INFRA…

July 2, 2021

The U.S Department of Transportation plans to award $905 million to 24 projects in 18 states via the Infrastructure for ...

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Report: COVID-19 Decline in Traffic Volume…

July 2, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic “flattened" roadway congestion to levels not seen in 40 years, according to the 2021 Urban Mobility Report ...

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Nine State DOTs Win ‘Low-No’ Emission…

July 2, 2021

The Federal Transit Administration issued roughly $182 million on June 25 to fund the acquisition of low- and no-emission buses ...

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White House, Senators Agree on Infrastructure…

June 25, 2021

President Joe Biden (seen above at right) and a group of 21 senators – comprised of 11 Republicans and 10 ...

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GHSA Studying Racial Traffic Crash Fatality…

June 25, 2021

Traffic crash fatalities disproportionately affect Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), according to a new report by the Governors ...

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Senate Committee Leaves AV Bill out…

June 18, 2021

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation approved its $78 billion five-year Surface Transportation Investment Act by a vote of ...

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AASHTO Co-Signs Letter Urging Action on…

June 18, 2021

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials co-signed with 68 other organizations a June 14 letter urging Senate ...

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House T&I Approves 5-Year Surface Transportation…

June 11, 2021

After working through more than 200 proposed amendments to a proposed five-year, $548 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill dubbed the ...

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House T&I Committee Unveils $547B Surface…

June 4, 2021

The House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure unveiled its five-year, $547 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill on June ...

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AASHTO, ITS America Sue FCC to…

June 4, 2021

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials and the Intelligent Transportation Society of America are suing the Federal ...