Transportation Archives

Airport improvement nationwide receive $123 million boost

FAA administering the funds through the Airport Improvement Program, which provides grants mostly to public agencies to plan and develop public-use airports

Miles Smith

Historic $2.55 billion bond issue to pay for JFK’s new international terminal

New Terminal One will serve as an anchor international terminal in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s $19 billion project to transform JFK

Miles Smith

New York spending $98 million to improve alternative transportation

Projects include building sidewalks, shared-use paths and other infrastructure that facilitate non-motorized modes of travel

Gracie Warhurst

FHWA releases $108 million to improve safety on tribal roadways

Transportation improvements will help mitigate roadway fatalities and serious injuries on federal and tribal lands.

Adam Rollins

Texas to spend $127 million to reconstruct major roadway

Project part of a larger initiative to develop Houston suburb's principal commercial corridors

Miles Smith

Court set to hear lawsuit over Austin’s light-rail plans this week

Bond validation lawsuit centers on proposed financing plan for a $7.1 billion public transportation investment passed by voters four years ago

Adam Rollins

Washington DOT transitioning ferry system to fully electric

Agency moving forward with plans to convert fleet to exclusively use hybrid-electric ferries by 2040

Adam Rollins

MassDOT to spend $37 million to expand public transportation, enhance mobility

Program helps recipients expand existing transit services, implement new and innovative transit services, expand service hours and enhance connectivity

Gracie Warhurst

FTA awards $67 million for Massachusetts rail transit accessibility

Federal program helps fund projects to make older transit systems more efficient and accessible for the elderly and disabled

Adam Rollins

Washington cities to reconnect neighborhoods in two cities with bus line stations

Plans include building bus lanes, bridges, and other pedestrian infrastructure improvements to help disadvantaged neighborhoods

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