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U.S. Department of Transportation awards $6.1 billion in funding for high-speed rail projects in the American West

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Department of Transportation has announced $6.1 billion in funding for two high-speed rail projects in Nevada and California that will make history upon their respective completions at the end of the decade. billion each.

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Former Chicago Transportation Commissioner Gia Biagi joins Studio Gang in new planning role

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While the city’s top transportation post remains vacant, the department’s respected former commissioner has landed a leadership post at the award-winning Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang. Gia Biagi will join Studio Gang as Principal of Urbanism, the firm announced Thursday.

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SOM's all-inclusive Kansas City terminal brings air transport design 'far into the future'

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This week, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is debuting a new civic landmark for the Kansas City area they claim will also set a new benchmark for inclusive design in transportation architecture while bringing its 51-year-old airport “far into the future.”

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Mullin Transportation Design Center at ?ArtCenter College of Design by Darin Johnstone Architects

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ArtCenter College of Design’s renowned Transportation Design programs will soon have a new home in the Mullin Transportation Design Center (MTDC), located in the heart of the college’s South Campus.

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Arte transports us to Babylon

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Main image credit: Arte Arte transports us to Babylon Pauline Brettell. Arte is one of our Recommended Suppliers and regularly features in our Supplier News section of the website. If you are interested in becoming one of our Recommended Suppliers, please email Katy Phillips.

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NEOM taps regent’s electric seagliders for future water transport within the region

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NEOM invests in REGENT's electric seaglider ‘viceroy’, a 12-seater vehicle that flies over water either by hull, hydrofoil, or flight on ground to be a water transport in the region.

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"Cities should not just build green transport but actively dismantle car infrastructure"

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Instead of desperately trying to reduce road congestion in the short term, politicians should be using traffic as a tool for making urban transport more sustainable, writes Phineas Harper. Managed strategically, congestion is critical in supporting the transition to safe, sustainable transport. London is addicted to cars.