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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 3, 2023

L.A. Metro Releases Measure M 5-Year Assessment, Equity Report

The 189-page report provides an overview of the first five years of Measure M funding (July 2017 to June 2022), and a fresh approach to assessing sales tax revenue through an equity framework that focuses on people first and the role Measure M, and Metro by extension, play in quality-of-life outcomes.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsNovember 1, 2023

NTSB Urges FRA to Expand Tech Usage to Improve Rail Safety

In a report, the NTSB identified situations where new and emerging technologies can improve the nation’s existing positive train control, or PTC, system and benefit rail safety.

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ArticlesOctober 30, 2023

Infrastructure Storytelling with Grant Writing: Current Trends and Challenges

Successful grant writing requires a multidisciplinary team to cover a wide variety of topics. The dream team includes planners, engineers, modeler economists, and graphic designers.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 27, 2023

USDOT Opens $40M Grant Opportunity for Connected Vehicle Technologies

The initiative is focused on road safety, mobility, and efficiency through technology that enables vehicles and wireless devices to communicate with each other and with roadside infrastructure and provide warnings.

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Transit Dispatchesby Kapil Arora October 24, 2023

How AI, Data Can Help Replace Gas Taxes with EV Road Usage Charges

It is estimated the average American driver pays approximately $300 through road and gas taxes each year, generating critical revenue from each driver that goes toward helping to pay for infrastructure maintenance and other important needs in each region and community.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 24, 2023

USDOT Partners with Kansas City to Finance Mobility, Infrastructure Projects

The Emerging Projects Agreement (agreement) focuses on Kansas City’s more than $15 billion network of projects designed to improve mobility, connectivity, safety, and equity throughout the region.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 16, 2023

USDOT Advances Infrastructure with Expanded Regional Grants

The Bureau received 21 applications requesting $66 million in funding.

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Newsby Staff and News ReportsOctober 12, 2023

FRA Publishes Final Rule Requiring Image Recording Devices on Passenger Trains

The FAST Act required the regulation, and the regulation also responds to a National Transportation Safety Board recommendation with the aim to enhance safety across the passenger rail industry.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 12, 2023

FRA Grants $38.3M to L.A. Metro for Project to Improve Safety

The project will improve safety at the Doran Street crossing, which has one of the highest numbers of safety-related incidents involving vehicles, bicycles, or pedestrians in Los Angeles County.

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Newsby News/Media ReleaseOctober 2, 2023

UIUC Receives $5M from FRA to Establish National University Rail Center of Excellence

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has been awarded up to $5,000,000 to establish the National University Rail Center of Excellence (NURail CoE).

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