Tag: “Buy America”

Roadbuilding
MAP-21: The good, the bad and the lessons learned
With reauthorization less than a year away, many agencies are thinking about ways lawmakers can improve the new federal bill. Four American Public Works Association (APWA) Transportation Committee members joined last month at the APWA Congress and Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, to lead a discussion about the good and bad of the Moving Ahead for […]
September 30, 2013
Four American Public Works Association (APWA) Transportation Committee members discussed MAP-21 at the APWA Congress and Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, August 27, 2013. (From left: Susan Hann, city manager for the City of Palm Bay, Florida; John Davis of BBG Consulting; Kathleen Davis, director of Highways and Local Program with Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT); and Debra Hale, executive director with the Transportation Agency for Monterey County in Salinas, California)
Roadbuilding
NTEA: Siemens localizes production of ELFA hybrid traction electric drive systems
Siemens has localized production of its ELFA hybrid traction electric drive systems to its manufacturing plant located in Alpharetta, Ga., a move that the company says allows a quicker response to the production and service needs of its customers in North America, as well as meeting “Buy America” compliance. The company has begun production of […]
March 6, 2013
Construction Equipment
$336.2 million slated to buy rail corridor trains in five states
California, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan and Missouri will receive $336.2 million to purchase next-generation, American-made trains that will run on rail corridors in those states, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced on Aug. 3. Including previously awarded dollars, these five states and Washington State now have $782 million for the purchase of 33 quick-acceleration locomotives and […]
August 4, 2011
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