Federal Grants Program to Include Focus on Environmental Justice, Racial Equality
A popular Federal Highway Administration grant program for the first time asks those seeking contracts to include a focus on “racial equity, environmental justice and access to opportunity.”
July 13, 2021Pennsylvania Ponders Package Fee to Pay for Roads, Bridges
What if the solution to Pennsylvania’s transportation funding quagmire was all the brown boxes and padded envelopes left at people’s front doors?
July 13, 2021AASHTO Highlights Funding, Infrastructure Resilience Policies
Long-term funding for highway programs, greater focus on severe-weather resilience and enhancing resources for electric vehicle charging infrastructure are policy priorities for the association that represents the country’s state transportation agencies.
July 13, 2021Slow Vaccine Rates for Seafarers Threaten to Worsen Shipping Chaos
Global vaccinations of seafarers are going too slowly to prevent outbreaks on ships from causing more trade disruptions, endangering maritime workers and potentially slowing economies trying to pull out of pandemic slowdowns.
July 13, 2021Consumer Prices Surged in Past Year the Most Since 2008
WASHINGTON — American consumers faced a third straight monthly surge in prices in June, the latest evidence that a rapid reopening of the economy is fueling pent-up spending for goods and services that in many cases remain in short supply.
July 13, 2021Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Stalls as Bigger Plan Gains
WASHINGTON — A $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal senators struck with President Joe Biden is at risk of stalling out as Republicans mount stiff resistance over ways to pay for it, and momentum shifts to a more robust Democratic proposal that could come into focus soon.
July 13, 2021House Funding Leaders Back $1.9 Billion USDOT Budget Increase
A new bill from U.S. House lawmakers meant to fund the Department of Transportation through fiscal 2022 would back an operational budget increase for federal trucking safety programs and ensure the distribution of infrastructure grants around the country.
July 12, 2021TRB Panelists Talk Automated Trucking’s Implications on Driver Shortage, Safety
Automated trucking applications, particularly in the longhaul sector, have the potential to help alleviate some of the strains associated with the industrywide driver shortage, a panel of experts told researchers.
July 12, 2021Executive Order on Competition Mostly Praised in Shipping Community
President Joe Biden’s signing of an executive order to increase competition and reduce congestion in the supply chain is gaining the support of leaders at the Federal Maritime Commission and trade associations.
July 12, 2021Gateless Tolling Coming to Ohio Turnpike
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Turnpike is looking for new legal power to bill freeloading drivers as it prepares to institute no-stop, electronic toll lanes as part of a modernization plan it hopes will speed up traffic across the state.
July 12, 2021