Liz Carey

1 week ago | transportationtodaynews.com | Liz Carey

Officials with the Association of American Railroads (AAR) are calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation to embrace pro-innovation and performance-based regulations. In comments to the U.S. DOT’s Request for Information, the AAR urged the department to modernize regulations and move away from the Biden Administration’s crew staffing rule mandating two crew members per train in perpetuity.

1 week ago | transportationtodaynews.com | Liz Carey

The Dallas Area Rapid Transit said if House Bill 3187 passes, it would essentially dismantle the region’s public transportation system. Officials with DART said the legislation would redistribute DART’s voter-approved sales tax funding, strip it of essential operational and capital funds from the agency and force the transit agency to make immediate and irreversible cuts.

1 week ago | pennbizreport.com | Liz Carey

Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Rick Siger announced on Tuesday 11 projects would receive $64 million as part of the first round of PA SITES grants. The PA Sites program was created by Gov. Josh Shapiro to allow the state to develop more readily available sites for businesses. Part of the Governor’s $500 Economic Development Strategy, Shapiro secured $500 million for site development, of with $400 million would go to the PA SITES program.

1 week ago | transportationtodaynews.com | Liz Carey

Legislation from U.S. Reps. John Moolenaar (R-MI), Jay Obernolte (R-CA) and Craig Goldman (R-TX) would limit California’s ability to put environmental standards on trains crossing into the state. The Congressmen said the legislation, the LOCOMOTIVES Act, would close a loophole in the Clean Air Act that allows the California Air Resources Board to request waivers from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement its stricter environmental standards on interstate trains.

1 week ago | transportationtodaynews.com | Liz Carey

According to a report from the Mineta Transportation Institute, toll pricing is not only a legal way of reducing traffic, but also a revenue generator that exceeds the costs of operating the toll facility. The report, Using Toll Revenues for Transit: It Can and Should be Done, looked at the policy rationale and legal framework for tolling practices to fund public transit operations across the country.