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[TRENDING NEWS] Senate Sends Bill to Biden Ending Furlough of 3,700 Transportation Workers

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Author: BY LUKE BROADWATER - Publish Date: October 3, 2021 at 03:12AM The measure, which extends expiring transportation programs for a month, had originally been part of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill that stalled in the House this week.

[TRENDING NEWS] A stopgap bill could revive transportation programs and end furloughs caused by the voting delay.

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Author: BY EMILY COCHRANE AND MADELEINE NGO - Publish Date: October 2, 2021 at 02:57AM When the new fiscal year began on Friday, some programs covered by the stalled infrastructure bill froze and about 3,700 workers were furloughed.

[TRENDING NEWS] Roads in the infrastructure bill: Billions for repair, maintenance and safety.

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Author: BY EMILY COCHRANE - Publish Date: August 3, 2021 at 02:55AM The legislation directs funding toward an expansive backlog of needed repairs and aims to shore up infrastructure to withstand climate change.

[TRENDING NEWS] How Do Animals Safely Cross a Highway? Take a Look.

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Author: BY CATRIN EINHORN - Publish Date: June 1, 2021 at 09:19AM There are few things Americans can agree on these days. Wildlife crossings, it seems, are one of them.

[TRENDING NEWS] Inspector Who Twice Missed Crack in Bridge Is Fired, Arkansas Officials Say

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Author: BY AZI PAYBARAH - Publish Date: May 18, 2021 at 09:03AM The inspector didn’t see the crack “because he wasn’t following proper protocol,” the director of the Arkansas Department of Transportation said.

[TRENDING NEWS] Recall of Kia Vehicles Comes With a Special Caution: Don’t Park in the Garage

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Author: BY AZI PAYBARAH - Publish Date: March 10, 2021 at 08:30AM A concern over fire risk for nearly 380,000 Kia Sportage and Cadenza vehicles is underscored by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

[TRENDING NEWS] F. Salt Fitzgerald and Snowbi Wan Kenobi Will Plow Minnesota. Sorry, Luke Snowalker.

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Author: BY AZI PAYBARAH - Publish Date: March 3, 2021 at 08:35AM More than 122,000 voted to pick eight names in the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s Name a Snowplow contest.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Step Forward in the Promise of Ultrafast ‘Hyperloops’

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Author: BY ERIC A. TAUB - Publish Date: November 9, 2020 at 07:46AM Two employees of Virgin Hyperloop traveled on a small system the company has built near Las Vegas, the first such manned test.

[TRENDING NEWS] With ‘Nobody Going to Work,’ Private Bus Companies Are Worried About the Future

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Author: BY PATRICK MCGEEHAN - Publish Date: August 17, 2020 at 04:00PM One company has suspended all operations for the first time in 150 years. Others have drastically reduced service and are pleading for financial help from the federal government.

[TRENDING NEWS] 3 Hot Air Balloons in Wyoming Crash Into Ground

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Author: BY AZI PAYBARAH AND ALEX TRAUB - Publish Date: August 4, 2020 at 11:28AM “You didn’t know when it was going to stop,” said one passenger.

[TRENDING NEWS] The F.A.A. Wants to Start Tracking Drones’ Locations

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Author: BY HEATHER MURPHY - Publish Date: December 27, 2019 at 10:25AM A proposal would require most drones flying in American airspace to include technology that would allow the government to keep tabs on them.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Motorcade on Mackinac Island? Pence’s Visit Breaks a Long Tradition

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Author: BY VANESSA SWALES - Publish Date: September 23, 2019 at 08:25AM The popular Michigan vacation spot has preserved its quaint atmosphere in part by keeping automobiles out for more than a century — until the vice president came to visit.

[TRENDING NEWS] Why Uber Still Can’t Make a Profit

Author: Unknown Author - Publish Date: August 29, 2019 at 07:00AM The ride-hailing company was once willing to break all the rules to take over the world. Now, it’s losing more money than ever.

[TRENDING NEWS] What Truck Drivers Think About Autonomous Trucking

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Author: WENDY MACNAUGHTON - Publish Date: May 30, 2019 at 07:00AM Silicon Valley has a lot to say about self-driving semis. I went to truck stops in three western states to hear from drivers themselves.

[TRENDING NEWS] Why a Hamptons Highway Is a Battleground Over Native American Rights

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Author: COREY KILGANNON - Publish Date: May 27, 2019 at 07:00AM As many rich and famous New Yorkers headed out to the Hamptons on Memorial Day weekend, they were welcomed by large billboards erected by the local Shinnecock Indians in defiance of government orders.

[TRENDING NEWS] Tiny Costa Rica Has a Green New Deal, Too. It Matters for the Whole Planet.

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Author: SOMINI SENGUPTA, ALEXANDER VILLEGAS and CELIA TALBOT TOBIN - Publish Date: March 12, 2019 at 07:00AM Costa Rica's first lady is leading a green new deal of sorts for her country. If it succeeds, it would provide a road map to others.

[TRENDING NEWS] It’s Showtime for Elon Musk’s Tunnel, With a Long Way to Go

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Author: IVAN PENN - Publish Date: December 18, 2018 at 07:00AM With revisions to the initial concept, a subterranean transport system provides a one-mile ride under a Los Angeles suburb. (In a Tesla.)