City, state, and federal officials recently joined with freight industry experts in unveiling a plan to modernize New York City’s distribution systems. Architects of the $100 million plan, Freigh...
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Following the massive Takata air bag recall, which began in 2013, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has now called on automakers to detail replacement efforts on their website...
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American Trucking Associations (ATA) officials have joined three motor carriers representing the industry in challenging the constitutionality of Rhode Island’s truck toll program. In its lawsuit...
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Senate Democrats wrote the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) this week, requesting action on safety regulations for keyless ignition vehicles. ...
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Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mike Lee (R-UT) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced Tuesday the Transportation Empowerment Act, designed to give states more control over their infrastructure spending by phasing ...
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The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is still determining what caused the collapse of a bridge in downtown Syracuse, New York, but the situation prompted U.S. Rep. John Katko (R-NY) to question t...
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Under a report required by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) act, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released details on the National Highway Freight Network (NHFN) this week...
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Hundreds of representatives from both governmental and private interests assembled in Washington last week for a conference based around the potential of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to fill essentia...
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently denied the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s (OOIDA) request to be exempt from the electronic logging devices (ELD) ma...
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Frontier Airlines could soon suffer a significant operational meltdown due to the airline’s plan to increase aircraft utilization to a level that has not been sustained by any other narrowbody fleet...
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Toyota Motor North America and General Motors recently became the latest automakers to submit comments to the U.S. Commerce Department against President Donald Trump’s proposed 25 percent tariffs on...
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) held a national dialogue meeting in Philadelphia last week focused on the development of automated vehicles and how to get them safely on the road. T...
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) confirmed that it is reviewing non-collision fires in all Kia and Hyundai vehicles as part of two ongoing investigations related to engine fa...
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House and Senate leaders received a joint letter from nine organizations this week to petition for the continuation of the current biodiesel blenders tax credit. Biodiesel is a diverse selection o...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently launched the $350,000 Solving for Safety: Visualization Challenge competition to analyze risk on the surface transportation system through advanc...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently said it would review the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) safety oversight of Southwest Airlines’ system...
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The American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently praised Reps. Rick Crawford (R-AR), Sanford Bishop (D-GA) and Bruce Westerman (R-AR) for introducing the Honest Operators Undertake Road Safety Act. T...
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The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) recently urged Senate to confirm Kimberly Reed who has been nominated as the U.S. Export-Import Bank’s (EXIM) president and chairwoman of the board of dire...
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Eleven aviation groups, including the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), recently expressed concern that a proposed cellular communications network will impact the satellite-based global p...
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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) Fiscal and Management Control Board (FMCB) recently received a draft of Focus40, MBTA’s plan to meet the needs of the region in 2040. Twe...
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