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LaHood: Nearly $1.6 billion available for damaged roads, bridges

- January 9, 2012

Nearly $1.6 billion is being made available to states and territories across the United States to help cover the costs of repairing roads and bridges ...

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- September 1, 2011

Industry leaders say the final CAFE standards will mean a $65 billion-plus loss for highway and transit improvements; Caterpillar Settles alleged Clear Air Act violations for $2.55 ...

Congress reaches deal to end FAA shutdown

- August 4, 2011

After a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that left 4,000 transportation and construction workers temporarily furloghed, Congress has reached a bipartisan compromise after the Senate ...

LaHood: $24.3 million in grants to boost Keystone Corridor train Speeds to 125 mph

- July 22, 2011

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on July 21 said that work can begin on closing the last three highway-rail grade crossings on the Keystone Corridor with the ...

AggBeat

- December 1, 2010

Volunteers host a quarry day, a grant is used to fund mine rescue training and the demand for Tiger II project dollars are among the issues featured.

LaHood names projects eligible for ‘Marine Highway’ funding

- August 11, 2010

Just four months after unveiling the America’s Marine Highway Program, a new initiative to move more cargo on the water rather than on crowded highways, U.S. Transportation ...

7 states get $9.7 million for congestion relief

- August 6, 2010

Seven states will receive more than $9.7 million as part of a national program to encourage innovative strategies to relieve congestion, according to the Federal Highway Administration ...

Obama says no new gas tax, use tolls

- July 26, 2010

Instead of raising the gas tax, which has not been raised in at least a decade, President Barack Obama says highway funding needs to come from tolls. Transportation ...

Federal Transit Administration awards $5 million to the ARTIC Project

- July 21, 2010

The Federal Transit Administration (FAA) awarded $5 Million to the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) for its project set to break ground next year. The project will ...

$600 million available in TIGER II grants

- May 28, 2010

Following on the success of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Discretionary Grant Program, Secretary Ray LaHood today announced the availability of ...

Top highway official kicks off events to improve minority contracting for transportation projects; dates of additional events announced

- May 18, 2010

Federal Highway Administrator (FHWA) Victor Mendez met today with members of the business community in Denver at a workshop to improve small businesses’ ability to compete for ...

Proposed rule broadens DBE Program inclusions, requires greater accountability from administering agencies

- May 7, 2010

Small businesses would benefit from a proposed rule that would help more economically and socially disadvantaged businesses participate in federal highway, transit and airport construction projects, while ...

LaHood confirmed for ARTBA public-private partnership conference July 22-23

- April 29, 2010

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has confirmed to the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) that he will deliver the keynote address at the association’s ...

EPA, DOT set federal standards on fuel economy, greenhouse gas emissions for cars, light trucks

- April 7, 2010

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have jointly established new federal rules that set the first-ever national greenhouse gas emissions ...

LaHood appoints new advisory council members for transportation statistics

- March 30, 2010

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today announced the appointment of 10 new members to the Advisory Council on Transportation Statistics (ACTS) to advise the Department’s Bureau ...

Boxer has big plans for TIGER-like provision in reauthorization

- March 29, 2010

Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) says she plans to include a provision similar to the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program in ...

$17.6 billion ‘jobs bill’ passes Senate, transfers $19.5 billion into Highway Trust Fund

- March 17, 2010

St. Patrick's Day must be lucky for than the Irish. Looks like the transportation industry is in luck until at least the end of the year. The Senate ...