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The US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) announced up to $10 million in funding (DE-FOA-0002784) to model the low-carbon intermodal freight transportation system of the future, in order to minimize emissions and maximize resiliency. Projects will seek to model the optimal deployment of energy...

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), under the leadership of Governor JB Pritzker and Illinois Transportation Secretary Omer Osman, continued to make history in 2022, delivering transformational projects across the state that will improve safety, enhance quality of life, and create economic opportunity across multiple modes of transportation for generations to come.

Construction is beginning on a major railroad project that officials hope will unsnarl a key freight rail choke point

Planners hope a new rail bridge will resolve one of the largest chokepoints for passenger and freight rail traffic in the nation.

Living in the nation’s largest cargo hub, thousands are exposed to high levels of diesel soot, which can contribute to heart disease, lung cancer and premature death.

A campaign led by suburban mayors against the proposed merger of two major North American railroads is gaining steam. Some Illinois lawmakers have joined mayoral and county leaders in their resistance to the railroad megadeal. Thats even as Canadian Pacific offered to make a "voluntary community investment" of a total of $10 million to eight suburbs.

"As we work towards modernizing our transit infrastructure as part of the American Jobs Plan, there is no state more ready to lead that effort than Illinois. Secretary Buttigieg is no stranger to the Midwest, and Im honored to join my colleagues this week in welcoming him back to Americas finest transportation hub," Congresswoman Marie Newman (IL-03) said in a written statement. "I look forward to showing him first-hand how the American Jobs Plan will not only create more efficient roads and ra...

Federal Fleet Again to Become Guinea Pig for Alternative Vehicles Among the long list of announced climate-related measures, the Biden administration has set a goal of “clean and zero-emission vehicles for Federal, State, local, and Tribal government fleets, including vehicles of the United States Postal Service.” Many hailed this as a major step forward for electric vehicles (EVs), though others noted that the administration’s further demands that federally owned vehicles be made in Amer...