Following a number of reports that the Trump Administration will push for comprehensive reforms to the U.S. tax code, the American Trucking Association (ATA) released a public statement this week in s...
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Ranking Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure recently sent a letter to Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine Chao urging her to require drug testing...
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Public transit is a $66 billion annual industry, according to the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA), with every nine out of 10 trips benefiting the economy directly. Investment ...
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In response to comments from the Trump Administration that stated excessive regulations had unnecessary costs with few benefits, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) released a s...
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South Carolina’s Greenville County was recently awarded a $4 million Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) grant from the Federal Highway Administration ...
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Congress must move past the status quo and approve a long-term bill that reforms the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-P...
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Blasting Alibaba’s enforcement against counterfeit products as unsatisfactory, the Auto Care Association has urged the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to relist Alibaba as a notorious...
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More than 80 members of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) recently sent a letter to Congressional members asking them to push for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reform. “U.S. airc...
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Passenger facility charges (PFCs) — collected via airline tickets — should not be increased to help airports finance their capital improvement projects at the expense of American travelers who alr...
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The Chinese government’s inaction on intellectual property rights (IPR) violations and counterfeit goods puts American businesses at risk of significant costs including lost sales and reduced market...
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Mike Willey, a pilot for more than 50 years, thinks that spinning off the nation’s air traffic control (ATC) system from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and making it into a separate, not-...
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Janiece Longoria, Port Commission chairwoman of the Port of Houston Authority, stressed at September’s monthly meeting the importance of improving and restoring the port post-Hurricane Harvey. â€...
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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao recently spoke at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Annual Meeting on regulatory reforms in the Department...
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The Wisconsin State Department of Transportation (WisDOT), through a decision made by Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI), will create an Office of Inspector General position to review all transportation-related...
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Plug In America recently announced that National Drive Electric Week, held Sept. 9-17, reached all 50 U.S. states for the first time in the event’s history. A total of 276 coordinated events occ...
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With the Sept. 30 deadline looming for Congress to reauthorize Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funding, stop thousands of FAA employees from being furloughed and keep airport projects under way,...
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Daimler recently announced that it will soon begin production of electric Mercedes-Benz EQ-branded SUV models at its Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based manufacturing facility, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International ...
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The Clean Air Action Plan, designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles, will add billions of dollars to supply chain costs, the National Industria...
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A recent Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) decision will allow funding for new classes of construction and safety equipment, which will encourage competition and innovation and will improve safety...
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The Motor and Equipment Manufacturing Association (MEMA) recently sent a report to members of Congress on the economic impacts if the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) would be renegotiated ...
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