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Travel & Public Transit

FAA announces nearly $1B in airport funding to meet air travel demand

March 1, 2023

Via: Transportation Today

On Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it would be awarding nearly $1 billion to airports across the country to keep up with air travel demand. The funding, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, would go to 99 airports […]


Impact & Regulations

Industry players call for decarbonisation budgets to boost net-zero drive

February 28, 2023

Via: Offshore Energy

Reducing emissions in hard-to-abate industries such as shipping is vital in the effort to combat climate change, with industry and transport accounting for almost half of the global emissions. The call comes following the release of a landmark report that […]


Impact & Regulations

Rail unions rally for sick leave 

February 10, 2023

Via: FreightWaves

Railroad unions and their allies ramped up calls this week urging the Class I railroads to adopt sick leave policies for rank-and-file employees, culminating with Sen. Bernie Sanders warning that railroad heads could come to Washington and face a Senate […]


Shipping

Maersk: Container shipping contract rates will sink to spot levels

February 8, 2023

Via: FreightWaves

A.P Moller-Maersk, operator of the world’s second-largest container line, announced fourth-quarter results in line with expectations on Wednesday. But its outlook for 2023 came in below consensus, with rates expected to be particularly weak in the second half of the […]


Infrastructure

Democrats Tout Biden’s Big Infrastructure Implementation

February 2, 2023

Via: Transport Topics

The leader of the U.S. Senate is among senior Democrats praising the Biden White House’s management of a $1.2 infrastructure law amid renewed calls for oversight from congressional Republicans. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) congratulated the administration’s role in implementing 2021’s […]


Infrastructure

DOT announces $1.2B for 9 ‘megaproject’ winners

January 31, 2023

Via: FreightWaves

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced $1.2 billion in federal funds to be distributed to nine projects qualifying for a new grant program created under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The projects — several of which are expected to […]


Travel & Public Transit

Connecticut seeks proposals for microtransit pilot program

January 30, 2023

Via: Transportation Today

The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) is seeking proposals for its two-year microtransit service pilot program, with a possibility of two one-year extensions. Microtransit service uses a digital network to offer on-demand transportation in select service zones based on consumer […]


Shipping

Biden administration grants $380mln to decarbonise ferry transportation

January 30, 2023

Via: Offshore Energy

In total, FTA is awarding 23 grants across 11 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Grants will fund projects including replacement of old vessels, expand fleets, and build new terminals and docks. For the state of Alaska, the award means […]


Shipping

Breakthrough year in autonomous shipping as international collaboration ramps up

January 24, 2023

Via: Splash 247

One Sea Secretary General Sinikka Hartonen discusses the key developments in autonomous shipping in 2022 and provides an outlook for the year ahead. 2022 was a year of breakthroughs in autonomous shipping, opening the way for further significant progress in […]


Travel & Public Transit

What does the future of public transport look like?

January 18, 2023

Via: Intelligent Transport

The public transport industry has experienced an unprecedented level of development in recent years, due to a varying number of factors – whether it be the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate change emergency or, more recently, the energy and cost-of-living […]


Impact & Regulations

USDOT Unveils Five Year $5B Research Plan

January 13, 2023

Via: AASHTO Journal

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently released a research plan for fiscal years 2022-2026 that will guide $5 billion worth of funding provided via the $1.2 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act or IIJA enacted in November 2021. The U.S. Department […]


Infrastructure

Still a transportation marvel, Golden Gate Bridge has eventful past

January 12, 2023

Via: FreightWaves

Deemed one of the “Seven Civil Engineering Wonders of the United States” by the American Society of Civil Engineers, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge is a symbol of architectural greatness and an integral part of transportation. Construction on the bridge […]


Travel & Public Transit

FTA announces $20 million funding to help improve transit in economically distressed areas

January 11, 2023

Via: Intelligent Transport

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to help improve transit in areas experiencing long-term economic distress. The $20 million in competitive grant funding through FTA’s Areas of Persistent […]


Travel & Public Transit

MassDOT’s Community Transit Grant Program awarded $1.9 million

January 9, 2023

Via: Intelligent Transport

The Baker-Polito Administration has announced that a total of $1.9 million will be awarded for municipalities, councils on aging, regional transit authorities and non-profit organisations under the Community Transit Grant Program administered by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). This […]


Shipping

Expect to hear more about rail service issues in 2023

January 3, 2023

Via: FreightWaves

The Surface Transportation Board’s regulatory to-do list, train crew sizes and merger conditions related to Canadian Pacific’s acquisition of Kansas City Southern are just some of the big issues that rail industry stakeholders will be watching in 2023. One of […]


Shipping

Ship Recycling Market Could Come Back to Life

December 28, 2022

Via: Hellenic Shipping News

The ship recycling market has been under pressure for quite some time, marking 2022 as a rather turbulent year. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Clarkson Platou Hellas said that “, there is some renewed hope that the financial restrictions […]


Impact & Regulations

Unites States makes available $10 million for lab-led marine energy research

December 14, 2022

Via: Offshore Energy

The research will span across six United States’ national laboratories, and is expected to boost the role of marine energy in achieving bot national and local clean energy goals. Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne), Idaho National Laboratory (INL), National […]


Impact & Regulations

Congress Eyes Final Water Infrastructure Bill

December 12, 2022

Via: Transport Topics

Legislation that would approve funding for water infrastructure projects around the country has been finalized, congressional transportation leaders announced this month. Congress appears ready to clear for President Joe Biden the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 during this post-election […]


Impact & Regulations

U.S. Transportation Department awards $25M infrastructure grant to Camden City, N.J.

November 9, 2022

Via: Transportation Today

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently awarded Camden City, N.J., a $25 million Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for improving infrastructure between the Port of Camden and Interstate-676. The project will expand access to the Port of Camden and help […]


Travel & Public Transit

Alaska DOT, city of Skagway to develop new facilities for Marine Highway System

November 3, 2022

Via: Transportation Today

The Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities (DOT&PF) and the Municipality of Skagway recently signed an agreement to develop new marine facilities for the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) and commercial and private marine businesses. The project aligns with […]