While the cities were diverse, many of the 78 applicants faced similar urban mobility challenges:Providing first-mile and last- mile service for transit users to connect underserved communities to jobs
The typical job is accessible to only about 27 percent of its...
In December 2015, we launched our Smart City Challenge, asking mid-sized cities across America to develop ideas for an integrated, first-of-its-kind smart transportation system that would use data, applications, and technology to ...
Four-Part Policy Lays the Foundation for the Next Revolution in Roadway Safety
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Transportation is issuing Federal policy for automated vehicles, laying a path for the safe testing and deployment of new auto technologies that have enormous...
Eight projects to pilot alternative revenue approaches to support the Highway Trust Fund
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration today announced $14.2 million in grants for states under a new program to explore alternative revenue...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $2 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to help repair roads and bridges damaged by heavy rain and flooding in Louisiana.
“The...
Baltimore, MD – The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) today formally announced the award of a $10 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant to support the North Avenue Rising project in Baltimore, Maryland. Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy...
Project will improve access to redeveloped areas, transit and bike-ped network
CARLISLE, Pa. – U.S. Deputy Transportation Secretary Victor Mendez was on hand today to announce a $5 million grant for a Carlisle Connectivity project. Once...
Keystone State recognized for using cutting-edge technologies to reduce fatalities and accelerate highway projects
HARRISBURG, Pa. – U.S. Deputy Transportation Secretary Victor Mendez and Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau joined state and local officials today at the...
WASHINGTON –U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today nearly $500 million will be made available for transportation projects across the country in the eighth round of the highly successful and competitive Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant...
Federal Highway Administration Invites States to Designate ‘Zero-Emission’ and ‘Alternative Fuel’ Corridors