Topic: Ray LaHood
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Transportation said on Monday it continues to see high demand for funds to build high-speed passenger rail.The department said it had received 20 applications from 10 states totaling $7.8 billion for developing high-speed rail corridors ...
Complaints from black, Latino businesses rise as they get fewer stimulus bucks Hispanic and black businesses are receiving a disproportionately small number of federal stimulus contracts, creating a rising chorus of demands for the Obama administration to be more inclusive and more ...
Well, it's the year of the Tiger, and TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) awards have just been unleashed. US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced these Recovery Act or TIGER awards to states, tribal governments, cities, counties and transit agencies across ...
CSX gets $98M in stimulus money to expand freight operations from Ohio to the East Coast A new round of federal stimulus money will allow trains to carry more cargo from Ohio to the East Coast, helping take commercial truck traffic off ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is broadening the standards for how the U.S. government funds public transportation projects in order to disburse money quickly and improve the environment. "We want to base our decisions on how much transit helps the environment, ...
Ban lobbyists and earmarks, require transparency in second stimulusThe latest government effort to create jobs should have the same tough restrictions on lobbyists and lawmakers' pet projects as the $787 billion stimulus plan did, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday.LaHood is the ...
US Transportation Secretary visits New Orleans, announces money for transportation projectsThe federal government is making available $280 million for street cars and other public transportation projects aimed at creating jobs and more walkable, environmentally friendly communities.U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made the ...
Remember those "shovel-ready" The projects represent the expenditure of 75 percent of the $26.6 billion made available for federal highway and bridge projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The I-279/Fort Duquesne Bridge preservation project in Pittsburgh, PA, designed to ...
US transportation secretary defends economic stimulus jobs in NH address to business leadersTransportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Friday that the country still is a long way from declaring victory over hard economic times, but that federal stimulus money has helped put hundreds ...
US transit chief calls Detroit cruise ship, ferry terminal a sign of stimulus plan's successDetroit's $22 million ferry and Great Lakes cruise-ship terminal will help revitalize the area economy and is another fruit of the federal economic stimulus program, U.S. Transportation Secretary ...
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Belva Davis speaks with Sec. LaHood, in San Francisco for ...2011-09-17
