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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The Pittsburgh International Airport and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have built on a series of past partnerships with a new Aviation Innovation Lab, focusing on innovative projects for the airpor...
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The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) recently said it supports the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority’s (GOAA) decision to reverse a vote to begin the process of privatizing securi...
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Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, recently sent a letter to Calvin Scovel III, U.S. Department of Transportation inspector genera...
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U.S. Sens. Dean Heller (R-NV) and Edward Markey (D-MA) recently sent a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) urging the agency to include crash-avoidance technology info...
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The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently released more than $1 billion in Emergency Relief funds to 28 states, four territories, and Federal Land Management Agencies to assist with the repai...
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The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced last week a bill to enhance women’s place in the aviation industry. The bill is the result of bipartisan efforts between U.S. Reps. ...
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Members of the U.S. House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Protective Security were none too pleased with the numbers they saw for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) ...
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A pair of bills -- the STB Information and Security Act and the FRA Safety Data Improvement Act -- are poised to change the way railroad data is handled, following advancement by the U.S. House this w...
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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant recently released a proclamation ordering the state’s Department of Transportation to immediately close 83 locally owned bridges that are structurally deficient. The...
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