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Heavy duty diesel vehicles to be replaced with electric through grant program funded by Volkswagen settlement

The money is slated for electric garbage trucks, freight trucks, and delivery vehicles, as well as hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and charging stations.

By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania

Reading-to-Philadelphia passenger rail project gets backing from Federal Rail Administration

The Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority was accepted to the Federal Railroad Administration’s Corridor Identification and Development Program – a national program that helps guide intercity passenger rail development.

By Gabriela Martínez/WITF

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Interstate 95 reopens to some traffic less than two weeks after deadly collapse in Philadelphia

Traffic began flowing in one direction a little past 12:30 p.m. Friday.

By Michael Rubinkam/Associated Press


Fern Hollow Bridge in Pittsburgh could reopen by the end of the year

Since the collapse, PennDOT has moved quickly to restore the connection between Squirrel Hill and more eastern parts of the city like Regent Square.

By Julia Zenkevich/WESA

Updated: 2022-07-01 05:00:00

Pennsylvania court blocks Governor Tom Wolf’s bridge tolling plan

A panel of Commonwealth Court judges granted the municipalities’ request to effectively declare the plan dead because PennDOT had not followed the law.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press
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