Significantly altering fuel efficiency standards will put investments and jobs at risk, the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) said in a recent report. The Trump Administration dete...
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A varied industry alliance recently sent a letter to U.S. senators urging them to oppose the American Vision for Safer Transportation through Advancement of Revolutionary Technologies (AV START) Act, ...
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A new pilot program, launching under the Nissan Energy Share initiative, will research whether the energy stored in electric vehicles (EVs) can help companies save on electric utility costs. The p...
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Throughout the five-day Thanksgiving holiday, Delta flew more than 2.3 million customers worldwide on 23,114 flights. Sunday was the busiest travel day with approximately 646,000 people flying on 5...
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The DRIVEN consortium recently announced it will begin testing autonomous vehicles in the London borough of Hounslow within the month and will continue until next summer. The London tests follow su...
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Boeing and artificial intelligence (AI) software developer SparkCognition recently announced they will launch a joint company called SkyGrid to advance urban aerial mobility. The goal of SkyGrid i...
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New York State launched several initiatives to facilitate the use of electric vehicles. One of the initiatives is to expand the state’s EVolve NY program, which calls for the installation of publ...
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U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Elaine L. Chao recently established the National In-Flight Sexual Misconduct Task Force as a subcommittee of the newly reformed Aviation Consumer Prot...
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Over the summer, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) installed an adaptive signal timing system on State Route 77, which is the primary north-south route connecting Tucson and Oro Valley a...
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Optional front crash prevention systems prevent motor vehicle crashes, according to an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) study of General Motors vehicles. Crash prevention systems inclu...
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A record 30.6 million passengers are forecasted to travel on U.S. airlines during the 12-day Thanksgiving air travel period, according to industry trade organization Airlines for America (A4A). If ...
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Dr. Hassan Shahidi will become the Flight Safety Foundation’s president and CEO in January, the foundation recently announced. Shahidi is an aviation safety and air traffic management leader and ...
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A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held recently for the new 2.5 million-square-foot Multi Modal Facility (MMF) serving O’Hare International Airport. The ground transportation center will improve con...
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This Thanksgiving, 54.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home, AAA forecasts, reflecting a 4.8 percent jump from last year and the highest travel volume since 2005. AAA defi...
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The Federal Highway Administration recently awarded a $1.84 million grant to Penn Medicine to fund a three-company partnership to investigate strategies to reduce distracted driving. Penn Medicine ...
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Gasoline prices nationally are averaging $2.76 a gallon, the lowest price since the end of April. National prices also are 15 cents less than last month and six cents less than last week but are 24...
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Airlines for America officials maintain recently released Department of Labor statistics point to the airline industry as a contributor to the nation's job and wage growth. “Airlines connect the ...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is encouraging Latin America and Caribbean governments to explore avenues to enhance the economic and social benefits of aviation. During the rece...
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A collection of six aviation associations jointly released a series of best business practices this week, which they encourage fixed base operators (FBOs) to pursue for the benefit of all. FBOs are...
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The Arizona Department of Transportation’s (ADOT) is espousing the benefits of value engineering, which officials said allows projects to be executed with greater efficiency and cost effectiveness. ...
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