Infrastructure Spending Expected to Benefit United Rentals
United Rentals executives foresee a rosy outlook for the business and sector as a result of increased infrastructure spending in the coming months and years after posting increased year-over-year profits in the first three months of 2023, they said April 27.
FHWA Opens Grants for Projects Addressing Climate Change
State and local government levels are encouraged to apply for federal grants from a $848 million project to make roads, bridges and ports more resilient to extreme weather.
Road Designers Confront Challenges of Balancing Safety, Function
Trees and passenger vehicles number among the safety challenges for road design benefiting freight movement. Will the new influx of federal funding help us get it right?
New I-75 Interchange in Florida Gets $4 Million Grant
Florida’s Interstate 75 in the Ocala area is getting a new interchange to ease congestion and support businesses such as a new Buc-ee’s travel center.
Biden Infrastructure Push Turns to New Bridges
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is closing out a three-week push to highlight infrastructure investments by awarding $300 million to help repair or replace more than a dozen bridges.
DOT Announces $2.5 Billion Grant for Charging Infrastructure
The government announced $2.5 billion in grants for charging stations and alternative fueling infrastructure, partly to increase access along highway corridors for longhaul trucking.
Senate Leaders Champion Biden’s Budget Proposal
Capitol Agenda: Democratic leaders in the Senate touted the Biden administration’s budget plan for boosting safety and supply chain connectivity.
Michigan Roads See Funding Gap of Up to $3.9 Billion as Report Floats Tax Increase
Michigan has an annual funding gap of roughly $2.1 billion to $3.9 billion when it comes to money to maintain the state’s crumbling roads and bridges — even after record federal aid and state bonding is taken into account, according to a new study of the state’s infrastructure costs.
House T&I Committee Approves Road Map for 118th Congress
Oversight of the implementation of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure law is a leading priority for the transportation policy panel in the U.S. House of Representatives. Here's your Capitol Agenda look at the week ahead for trucking on Capitol Hill.
Upgrades Speed Up Truck Traffic at Border Crossing in Texas
Trucks are traveling quicker on four special fast lanes at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing after the Texas city of Laredo helped complete a construction project to reduce traffic congestion at the World Trade Bridge.
March 2, 2023