Skanska - Tue January 10, 2023
Skanska Awarded $480M Contract to Construct New Jamaica Bus Depot, Parking Lot in Queens, N.Y.
Skanska, a leading global construction and development firm, has been awarded a contract by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to carry out the $480 million construction of the new Jamaica Bus Depot, delivering a new LEED certified bus depot and accompanying administrative building....
UDOT - Tue January 10, 2023
Utah Dept. of Transportation Asks for Input On Project
The Utah Department of Transportation is conducting an environmental study in the Kimball Junction area and is seeking public input on the scope of the project. UDOT is asking for input on the proposed alternatives, purpose and need of the project, alternative screening criteria, potential impacts to the community and natural environment and identification of significant issues or potential new alternatives....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu January 05, 2023
FDOT to Improve Travel for Planes, Trains, Automobiles
A freeway upgrade in northeast Florida will make an impact on all manner of transportation, including the Port of Jacksonville, Jacksonville International Airport, railroad yards, commuters and tourists entering the state....
Office of Gov. Pritzker - Tue January 03, 2023
Chicago Celebrates Historical Completion of Jane Byrne Interchange
Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) joined local officials and community leaders Dec. 14 to celebrate the completion of the Jane Byrne Interchange reconstruction, a multiyear effort to modernize a key gateway into downtown Chicago and a critical transportation hub for the region and entire Midwest....
ODOT - Tue December 27, 2022
Officials Laud Oregon's New Truck-to-Rail Shipping Facility
A group of proud ribbon-cutters gathered between two shipping containers to mark the grand opening — and completion — of the Mid-Willamette Valley Intermodal Center recently in Millersburg, a small community in the heart of western Oregon's agricultural country....
TxDOT - Tue December 27, 2022
TxDOT Invests $250M for New Transportation Alternatives
As Texas strives to reduce the rising number of pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities, TxDOT is making available approximately $250 million for its 2023 Transportation Alternatives Call for Projects. The federal funding will go towards sidewalks, bike lanes, shared-use paths and other projects to enhance walking and biking transportation across the state....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu December 15, 2022
'Every Day Counts' — DOT Program Expands Pool of Projects
The DOT has expanded its Every Day Counts (EDC) program from innovative infrastructure projects to tackling climate and safety. Seven projects were added to the list of 52 the department has supported in the decade-old federal initiative program....
WSDOT - Tue December 13, 2022
Washington State Transportation Plan Earns Top National Award
Washington state's Active Transportation Plan has been named the winner of the People's Choice Award in the national 2022 America's Transportation Awards. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AAA and the U.S....
Tennessee Tribune - Tue November 15, 2022
North Nashville Transit Center Project to Reduce Reliance On Downtown Station
Officials from Nashville, Tenn.'s public transit service, WeGo, along with lawmakers and invited guests broke ground on the Dr. Ernest Rip Patton Jr. North Nashville Transit Center Nov. 11, marking the start of construction for the system's latest neighborhood transit center....
Caltrans - Tue November 15, 2022
San Francisco Area Receives $155M Worth of Upgrades
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) this week allocated nearly $3 billion for projects to repair and improve transportation infrastructure throughout the state. The allocation includes more than $452 million in funding from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) and more than $123 million in funding from Senate Bill (SB) 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017....
