The House of Representatives has passed a measure designed to bolster pilot protection by requiring the installation of secondary barriers on new passenger aircraft. Among the Federal Aviation Admi...
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The U.S. House advanced bipartisan resolution H.R. 302 Thursday that reauthorizes the Federal Aviation Administration for five years while also reauthorizing the Transportation Security Administration...
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The Alliance to Save Energy has formed a panel focused on cutting U.S. transportation energy use by 50 percent by 2050. The Commission on U.S. Transportation Sector Efficiency has issued recommenda...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently cautioned flight crews and operators against careless data entry and informed them of the disastrous consequences of transposing runway numbers. I...
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House and Senate Committee leaders recently announced a bipartisan final agreement had been reached on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) legislation providing reforms and transforming federal disa...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation has allocated $14 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds to help restore roads and bridges damaged by Hurricane Florence throughout North Carolina. Department...
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A group of lawmakers sent correspondence this week to the Department of Transportation (DOT) in opposition to the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCSR) petition seeking a federal safety and inspection r...
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The Arizona Department of Transportation’s Interstate 17 (I-17) wrong-way vehicle alert system has garnered recognition for its innovative impact. Officials said the system has received GCN magaz...
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Department of Commerce officials said 77 million international visitors spent a record-setting $251.4 billion experiencing America last year, representing a 2 percent increase over 2016. The Depart...
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While estimates show that the aviation industry will be down 5,000 pilots by 2021, aviation experts are coming together to identify industry challenges and address evolutions that are needed for progr...
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Collin Long, the director of government affairs at the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), recently testified at the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Subcommittee on Environment...
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New York State received recognition from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) this week for implementations of the New York State Pedestrian Safety Action Plan -- a $110 million, five-year ...
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At a meeting of the Automobile Dealers Association of North Dakota, U.S. Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND) laid out the tax and regulatory relief benefits passed by Congress this year and how they will benefit ...
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Nine states’ departments of transportation recently were awarded $8.4 million in Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration awards. The departmen...
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The Known Crewmember (KCM) security program, which launched in 2011, has cleared more than 100 million crewmembers in a major milestone, Airlines for America (A4A), the Air Line Pilots Association, In...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently issued a consumer advisory warning driver concerning odometer fraud following a large-scale vehicle odometer rollback scheme. Odo...
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A 1916 federal regulation is harming transportation innovations that could improve safety and quality, the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) said in testimony submitted Wed...
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In an effort to improve safety for the state’s highway maintenance workers, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has introduced the JAWS machine for mounting on state trucks, allowing w...
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Both U.S. Sens Edward Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CN) are calling on their colleagues this week to check rising airline fees for checked bags. The action is a direct response to JetBlue...
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For the second time in nine months, the business aviation industry has experienced a contaminated fuel incident. A Fair Wind Air Charter aircraft was forced to return to Miami-Opa Locka Executive ...
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