A bill recently introduced in the U.S. Senate would increase security outside of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened areas. The Secure Airport Public Spaces Act would allow airpor...
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In testimony before the United States Trade Representative, the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) pointed to major potential problems with the administration’s proposed 25 percent...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) recently announced contract awards to flight schools under the Forces to Flyers Research Initiative. Twenty-five proposals were received. Four contract...
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The Eno Center for Transportation released a report outlining how transit agencies can better manage their rail maintenance assets in the face of infrastructure challenges. The report, entitled â€...
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The need to safeguard against the potential misuse of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, was discussed at Senate Appropriations Committee on Homeland Security hearing held last week. John Ho...
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The Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) recently announced its support of the 39 Congress members who wrote Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross last week to express concern over the Sectio...
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New model year vehicles are the safest ones on U.S. roads, according to a recent National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) report. NHTSA studied fatal crash data from its Fatality Anal...
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The U.S. House Subcommittee on Environment recently held a hearing on the policies related to electric and conventional vehicles, examining what changes in technology mean for vehicles, fuels, and con...
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The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) and 13 other organizations recently sent a letter to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to oppose bills that would lower the ...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently issued an update on its investigation of the April 17 fatal engine failure on Southwest Airlines flight 1380. The engine fan blade failed, ...
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The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) recently announced the likely hybridization upgrade of one of its Jumbo Mark II ferry fleet, which includes the Tacoma, the Wenatchee, and the...
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The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) and the I-95 Corridor Coalition have begun a three-month pilot study into the feasibility of replacing the current fuel tax with a mileage-based user...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently adopted an airworthiness directive requiring initial and repetitive inspections of CFM56-7B engine fan blades on the concave and convex sides of the ...
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By an overwhelming majority, the U.S. House voted this week in favor of keeping Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs at risk of expiration in September. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 201...
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The House of Representatives passed the five-year Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2018 last week, the first long-term FAA reauthorization bill since 2012. The bill, H....
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American Trucking Association (ATA) recently voiced its support for the passage of an amendment to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act that prevents states from creating meal...
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Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) recently introduced a bill that would align the definition of a service animal under the Air Carriers Access Act (ACAA) with the definition under the Americans with Disabiliti...
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U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) recently sent a letter to Catherine Rinaldi, president of Metro-North Railroad, seeking a more specific timetable for the railroad’s implementation of the federal...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) laid out three priorities for the ground handling industry to meet future air travel needs this week, including improvements to global safety standar...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently opened the application period for the $1.5 billion Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) transportation discretionary grants...
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