New Jersey Transit Corp. recently was awarded a $10 million federal grant through the Positive Train Control Grant Program. Positive Train Control improves safety by providing an automated backup s...
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently ruled against a 2015 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulation requiring drone owners to register their crafts. Congre...
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The Federal Highway Administration recently delayed the implementation of an Obama Administration proposal intended to track greenhouse gas emissions. The proposal was part of the Moving Ahead fo...
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The private business sector of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) recently met with members of Congress and the U.S. Department of Transportation to advocate for the inclusion of pu...
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U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) recently reintroduced the National Interchange/Intersection Safety Construction Program (NIISCP) Act, designed to improve intersections and interchanges. More than half o...
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U.S. investment firm Blackstone recently unveiled a plan to launch a $40 billion investment vehicle aimed at rebuilding the nation’s aging infrastructure, to be anchored by a $20 billion contributio...
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President Donald Trump recently signed the Modernizing Government Travel Act, which allows federal employees to use ridesharing services such as Lyft and Uber for reimbursable work-related travel. ...
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A bipartisan coalition recently introduced the Building and Renewing Infrastructure for Development and Growth in Employment (BRIDGE) Act in the U.S. Senate, which would create an infrastructure finan...
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Minnesota’s eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives -- from both the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) and Republican parties -- recently released a letter sent to Transportation Secretary El...
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Business leaders and government officials from Waco, Texas, and surrounding communities met with Congressional members earlier this month to discuss issues affecting the aerospace and aviation industr...
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Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, recently sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, urging the Trump Administration to address the problems with long...
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The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday to discuss its top priority: reforming the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The hearing, Th...
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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) has developed a fatigue-management survey that will be used to develop best practices regarding fatigue and crew duty issues in business aviation. ...
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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) recently conducted tests of side-underride guards on semitrailers to determine if they can prevent a passenger vehicle from sliding beneath the side o...
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Texas Senate Bill 1588, intended to dismantle the state’s vehicle inspection program, recently advanced the State Senate by a vote of 27 to 4. The companion bill, HB 3995, received a favorable re...
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Portland Cement Association (PCA) has joined the 10 other members of the North American Concrete Alliance (NACA) in encouraging the U.S. Congress to pass infrastructure funding and reforms. NACA le...
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A Louisiana House bill, HB 597, proposes the elimination of the state’s vehicle inspection program, instead, requiring auto owners to pay a $5.25 annual fee to the Office of Motor Vehicles, $4 of wh...
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Rep. Kristi Noem (R-SD) recently introduced the American Renewable Fuel and Job Creation Act, which would extend the $1-per-gallon tax credit to biodiesel through the end of 2020. The bill, cospo...
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The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) praised U.S. Congress for passing Fiscal Year 2017 Omnibus, which continues funding for general aviation manufacturers. “We appreciate the st...
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A bill proposed by U.S. Reps. Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) would ensure the nation’s more than 44,000 Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) would have basic federal workplace pr...
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