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Expensive, lengthy delays expected before Port of Baltimore can re-open to vessels following Key Bridge collapse
March 28, 2024
The collapse of the 47-year-old, 1.6-mile Francis Scott Key Bridge is going to have supply chain repercussions for months, if not longer, supply chain experts are saying.
Industry groups laud funding for the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America grant program
January 31, 2024
More than $4.9 billion in funding for from the White House’s “Investing in America” initiative was announced by President Biden and Transportation Secretary Buttigieg for 37 projects through two discretionary grant programs, the National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega) grant program, which awarded $2.0 billion in grants, and the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant program, which awarded $2.9 billion in grants.
Is a manufacturing supercycle on the way?
October 3, 2023
Thanks to a trio of bills passed in the past few years, investment in U.S. manufacturing is at all-time highs, and that means the economy could be poised to take off again.
House T&I hearing focuses on implementation and oversight of IIJA
April 6, 2023
A recently-held House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee hearing focused on implementation and oversight of the bipartisan $1.2 billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, with a sharp focus on “ensuring it is implemented as Congress intended.”
ATA and U.S. Chamber of Commerce commend FHWA on revised infrastructure funding memo
February 28, 2023
A pair of key Washington, D.C.-based organizations—the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce—gave positive feedback on a revised memo issued by the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) framework focused on how states utilize funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL).
Why accurate, real-time location data is a must for efficient operations
February 21, 2023
Find out how next-generation workforce management apps use accurate, real-time location data to power successful operations in this webinar with Radar CEO and Co-Founder Nick Patrick.
Supply chain and logistics themes are far from overlooked in State of the Union address
February 8, 2023
There used to be a time when terms like supply chain, infrastructure, and others related to the logistics-focused worlds we live in would get little, if any, attention, in a State of the Union (SOTU) address. Well, it is fair to say, that has clearly changed and was on full display in President Biden’s address to the nation last night.
Truckers urge Congress to assure infrastructure funds address new construction and road requirements
February 1, 2023
American Trucking Associations (ATA) President and CEO Chris Spear urged Congress to take steps to exercise oversight over the implementation of the law, officially called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Truckers want to ensure that taxpayers and the supply chain get the maximum return on the $1.2 trillion of investment the legislation provides.
DOT issues NOFO for $1.5 billion in RAISE grants program
December 20, 2022
The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) recently announced it published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for $1.5 billion in grants through its 2023 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainable and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program.
Why location infrastructure is the future of logistics
December 12, 2022
In this webinar, Nick Patrick, Radar CEO and Co-founder, will explain how modern and logistics innovators are using location infrastructure to drive operational efficiency and deliver amazing customer experiences.
Quest for Quality 2022: North American Ports
August 15, 2022
Infrastructure vital to service success.
Inflation tearing into infrastructure planning, causing some worries
August 2, 2022
It is somewhat cruelly ironic that the singularly bipartisan accomplishment of the Biden administration, the 2,702-page, trillion-dollar infrastructure bill passed with much fanfare by Congress last year, is cited as a factor in the highest inflation rate in 40 years.
Accountability first, then infrastructure spending follows, White House says
May 16, 2022
The first task was passing President Joe Biden’s massive $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, his signature accomplishment of his first two years in office. Now comes an equally arduous challenge: making sure that money is spent as it was intended without the waste and inefficiency that sometimes marks spending by the federal government.
USDOT rolls out $2.9 billion in available funding for infrastructure grants
March 24, 2022
Taking steps to put the recently-passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law into action, the White House and the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) said this week that $2.9 billion in funding is now available through a combined NOFO (notice of funding opportunity). DOT said that this NOFO meshes three discretionary grant programs into a single Multimodal Projects Discretionary Grant and reducing the burden for state and local applicants while also increasing the pipeline of what it calls “shovel-worthy” projects.
Deteriorating bridges hasten need to spend infrastructure funds now
March 14, 2022
Transportation experts say the time is now for Congress and the Biden administration to release federal infrastructure funds to improve those unsafe bridges across the nation. Even the well-publicized collapse of the Forbes Avenue Bridge over Fern Hollow Creek in Pittsburgh on Jan. 28—while President Joe Biden was visiting the Steel City– has not hastened release of over $1 trillion in new infrastructure funding.