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2 days ago · Colorado residents can lease Nissan LEAF for $19 a month. Aviation industry mechanics retiring faster than they are being replaced, report says. Delaware receives $14.3M federal grant for EV charging infrastructure along I-95 corridor. California awards $206M to 149 clean transportation projects.
FHA announces improved safety rule for highway construction …
1 day ago · FHA announces improved safety rule for highway construction work zones. A final update to the Work Zone Safety and Mobility Rule and the Temporary Traffic Control Devices Rule will improve safety in and around work zones, officials with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) said. The updated rules are ...
Seattle voters approve transportation levy
1 day ago · Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell called the passage of his city’s transportation levy a message from voters about safer transportation. On Tuesday, Seattle voters approved Proposition 1, a transportation levy that would spend more than $1.55 billion over the next eight years on streets, sidewalks, bridges, transit routes and bikeways.
FHWA awards nearly $635M for small, medium-sized bridge projects
4 days ago · Twenty-two small- and medium-sized bridge projects from Maine to Alaska received funding from a U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration program on Wednesday. The nearly $635 million in federal funding will go to projects in rural and urban areas in 19 states, officials said. The latest round of funding, part of the ...
FHWA awards $7.6M in technology grants to accelerate innovation …
3 days ago · The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently awarded nine projects in eight states $7.6 million in Accelerated Innovation Deployment Demonstration grants to promote state-of-the-art technology in new standards and construction to accelerate construction. The program helps de-risk government ...
Colorado to receive $66.4M in federal funding for rail …
Nov 1, 2024 · Colorado will receive more than $66 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation to invest in rail transportation and safety infrastructure, Gov. Jared Polis said Tuesday. Part of the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Program under the ...
USDOT awards more than $4.2B for national infrastructure projects
Oct 22, 2024 · On Monday, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that more than $4.2 billion in funding will be invested in American infrastructure through two grant programs. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the funding would flow through the National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega) grant program and the Infrastructure for ...
FAA announced $970M in funding to modernize airport terminals
Oct 28, 2024 · The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Oct. 24 more than $970 million was awarded to 125 U.S airports in 46 states, Guam and Palau to help modernize airport terminals. While the FAA has traditionally only invested in runways, air traffic-control towers, and back-of-house infrastructure, the new program, part of the Bipartisan ...
FRA awards more than $108M for rural rail safety projects
Oct 15, 2024 · On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced it had awarded more than $108 million to improve railroad safety in rural communities. The funding, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, would support nine projects in three states through the Special Transportation Circumstances (STC ...
DOT announces $566M for airport modernization
Aug 15, 2024 · On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded nearly 300 grants in 47 states to modernize airports. The DOT said $566.4 million in Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) program, were part of the $25 billion included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for airport and air traffic control ...