February 27, 2014 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, February 28, 2014) ST. PAUL, Minn. — When White House officials chose St. Paul’s Union Depot for President Barack Obama’s announcement Wednesday of a $600 million competition for federal grants to fund infrastructure...
February 27, 2014 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, February 26, 2014) NEW YORK — President Obama on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, called for a four-year, $302 billion investment in U.S. infrastructure, primarily targeting repair and rehabilitation of existing assets. Full story: Railway...
February 26, 2014 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Department of Transportation press release, February 25, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today issued an Emergency Order requiring all shippers to test product from the Bakken region to ensure the proper...
February 4, 2014 | DOT, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Associated Press, February 3, 2014) CHICAGO — The National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP, which advocates for train and rail transport passengers, says a massive increase in rail shipments of crude oil from the northern Plains is partly to...
January 29, 2014 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, January 29, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — “In his 2014 State of the Union Address, President Obama laid out a bold vision for increasing opportunity for all Americans. The road to better opportunities can take...
October 1, 2013 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: DC.Streetsblog.org, September 30, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Looks like we’re heading for a real, honest-to-goodness government shutdown tomorrow due to a childish Congressional food fight over budgets and health care. Already this year, thousands of government...
September 9, 2013 | Amtrak, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, September 6, 2013) WICHITA, Kan. — Wichita lost its first bid for a federal grant to help bring an Amtrak line to downtown but city officials say they’ll try again. The city had sought a $12.7 million grant to complete the planning for...
September 9, 2013 | Commuter Rail, DOT, Headlines
(Source: Associated Press, September 6, 2013) BURLINGTON, Vt. — Vermont’s long-term goal of improving railroad service on the western side of the state got a big boost Thursday when officials announced an $8.9 million federal grant to improve rail infrastructure...
September 6, 2013 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, September 4, 2013) BURLINGTON, Vt. – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced the Vermont Agency of Transportation has been awarded an $8.9 million grant. The project is one of 52...
September 6, 2013 | DOT, Headlines
(Source: U.S. Department of Transportation press release, September 5, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that 52 transportation projects in 37 states will receive a total of approximately $474 million from the U.S....
