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  Construction of transload warehouse in Des Moines not slowed by shortage of materials or rising costs of products Project update: transload facility Estimated project cost: $25 million Developers: Des Moines Industrial in partnership with Des Moines Area MPO, city of Des Moines, Greater Des Moines Partnership, Iowa Department of Transportation and Federal Railroad Administration Architect: VAA Engineering, Planning and Design Services General contractor: Ryan Cos. Backgr...

Everything these days seems to count as infrastructure. Child care is infrastructure. Elder care is infrastructure. Even court-packing is infrastructure. But...

A recent email from our state senator, Jake Corman, notified me that today, June 1, is the last day for us to get in our comments on funding options that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation wants to use to fill our transportation funding gap. One of those funding options already received the necessary board approval back in November 2020, during the dark days of the pandemic. The approval was to toll nine bridges on interstate highways around the state. Six of those will directly aff...

Every editorial product is independently selected, though we may be compensated or receive an affiliate commission if you buy something through our links. Get your kicks on Americas original road trip—this 2,448-mile journey from Chicago to Santa Monica is a trip down memory lane of our nations history. Emma Kumer/rd.com The Mother Road. America’s Highway. The Main Street of America. The Will Rogers Highway. Route 66 goes by many names, but no matter how travelers refer to it, there’s one...

Some observations after nearly four years of reporting on the City Accelerator

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WNKY 40 News April 12, 2021 LOUISVILLE, Ky.– Gov. Andy Beshear marked another key moment in Kentucky’s fight against COVID-19 on Monday, when he joined health care leaders to open a drive-through vaccination site at Cardinal Stadium where 200,000 Kentuckians can get their shot of hope over the next seven weeks. Standing in the midst of 28 vaccination lanes in the stadium parking lot, the Governor also announced the Team Kentucky Vaccination Challenge: when 2.5 million Kentuckians have recei...

Michael Testerman Let’s amend the title of your Jan. 23, 2021 editorial to read, “Time for passenger rail advocates, transportation officials and elected leaders to think big.” And by “big,” we mean from a transformative, nationwide, transportation-policy perspective. Everyone is on a learning curve as we plan to expand passenger rail to regions that have little or no service. Your editorial notes the emerging wisdom of thinking across state lines; extending...

California legislators battle over cannabis billboard advertising April 5, 2021 By KAREN VELIE Less than four months after a San Luis Obispo County judge ruled that marijuana billboards on California’s interstate highways are prohibited by Proposition 64, two California legislators introduced dueling bills on the subject. Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin (D-Thousand Oaks) is pushing legislation that would expand prohibitions against advertising cannabis on interstate highways to include all state...

Maryland state lawmakers pitch President Barack Obama Highway Zachary Halaschak © Provided by Washington Examiner Two Maryland Democrats are hoping to rename a state highway located south of Washington, D.C., in honor of former President Barack Obama. State Sens. Arthur Ellis and Obie Patterson introduced Senate Bill 213, which would designate Maryland Route 210, known as “Indian Head Highway,” as “President Barack Obama Highway.” The legislation would be set to take...