transportation infrastructure Archives

Wisconsin secures $32 million to lower emissions from road construction

Officials will collect data from pilot projects using new materials and devise ways to accelerate clean building techniques across the state.

Miles Smith

Federal Railroad Administration announces $1.5 billion for Northeast Corridor rail projects

The NEC is one of the busiest and most economically significant rail corridors in the world, with hundreds of thousands of daily riders.

Keaton Peters

Kansas to begin $278 million freeway upgrade with help from federal grant

The initiative targets a section of highway where the crash rate is more than 2.5 times the state average, with nearly half of all incidents being rear-end collisions at lower speeds.

Brady Pieper

Contra Costa receiving $166 million grant to add express lanes, traffic tech to I-680

The funding will go to projects designed to improve road safety, reduce emissions and enhance efficiency in the region’s transportation system.

Mary Scott Nabers

Fast-growing cities are moving quickly to upgrade and expand infrastructure

In any rapidly growing state, booming population growth brings abundant opportunities.

Keaton Peters

With better data and AI, New York City plans to speed up transportation projects

The plan will transform how the city conducts transportation analysis, a process that currently adds substantial time and cost to development projects

Mary Scott Nabers

Large, low visibility infrastructure projects are being planned throughout America

The existing technology for grade crossing warnings has largely remained unchanged since the 1960s, and includes flashing red lights, warning bells and gates.

Mary Scott Nabers

Hundreds of projects to reconnect communities separated by roadways will launch in 2025

Federal officials have set aside an abundance of funding to reconnect communities separated by highway construction.

Adam Rollins

Texas 288 Toll Lanes now officially under TxDOT ownership

TxDOT now fully controls oversight and management of SH 288, which includes maintenance, operation and tolling of the Harris County roadway.

Keaton Peters

Chicago’s Metra rail proposes $1.1 billion budget for operations, infrastructure upgrades

Metra serves six counties in Northeast Illinois and extends to Kenosha, Wisconsin, connecting more suburban cities to downtown Chicago with 3,700 miles of tracks.

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