Power outages in Texas and recent severe weather events around the country justify congressional Democrats’ policy directives on climate change, the chairman of the influential Energy and Commerce Committee said.
February 18, 2021GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety
DOT Opens Funding Opportunity for $889 Million in INFRA Grants
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced it is making $889 million available through its latest round of Infrastructure For Rebuilding America grants.
February 17, 2021Government
White House Eyes Infrastructure After COVID-19 Relief Package
After work on a multi-trillion dollar pandemic relief package is finalized, the White House is likely to pursue an agenda that includes comprehensive infrastructure policy.
February 17, 2021GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomous
Dems to Push Clean Energy Tax Breaks in Infrastructure Plan
House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal unveiled plans to pursue tax breaks for renewable energy as a way to ease the shift away from fossil fuels in President Joe Biden’s upcoming infrastructure bill.
February 12, 2021GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
Transportation Expert Highlights I-64 Pavement Recycling Project
Pavement recycling presents opportunities for cost reduction and environmental sustainability, according to the principal research scientist at the Virginia Transportation Research Council.
February 11, 2021GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel
Biden Says China Will ‘Eat Our Lunch’ Without Infrastructure Plan
President Joe Biden urged Congress to move quickly on a large infrastructure improvement plan in a meeting Feb. 11 with four senators, declaring that China is poised to “eat our lunch” otherwise.
February 11, 2021Government
House Panel to Include Climate Policy in Infrastructure Bill, Pallone Says
Congressional Democrats will look to include climate change-centric policies in upcoming infrastructure funding legislation, according to Frank Pallone, a top policymaker in the House of Representatives.
February 9, 2021GovernmentSafety
House Bill Promotes Local Infrastructure Projects
Rep. Julia Brownley recently introduced lhe Support Local Transportation Act, which would incrementally increase funding for localities via the federal Surface Transportation Block Grant program.
February 1, 2021GovernmentBusinessLogistics
Freight Stakeholders Push Congress on Infrastructure Package
Consideration of a major infrastructure policy package aimed at improving access to commercial corridors would enhance the freight industry’s distribution of goods in the coming years, stakeholders said during a recent forum hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
January 27, 2021GovernmentBusiness
Safety, Infrastructure Top Buttigieg’s Agenda at Senate Hearing
President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Transportation pointed to the importance of safely moving people and goods and the new administration’s goal of modernizing the nation’s mobility networks as key areas of focus for him during his Jan. 21 Senate nomination hearing.
January 21, 2021