A deficient safety management process across various levels of Amtrak led to a train derailment near Chester, Pennsylvania, in April 2016 that killed two people and injured 39, the National Transporta...
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The Georgia Transportation Alliance (GTA) has joined with Delta Air Lines in supporting the 21st Century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act being considered by Congress, stati...
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Eleven additional international airports will take part in a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) program that enables conditionally approved global travelers to complete enrollment interviews upon arr...
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A year after the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDoT) transitioned to electronic tolling on Interstate 90, the average rush-hour commute is approximately 10 minutes shorter, and month-...
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The Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) released new research last week that determined withdrawal or dramatic modification of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) could ne...
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The potential for digitized ports around the world to make the global maritime supply chain operate more efficiently, and steps needed to achieve that goal, highlighted a recent two-day meeting that b...
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A federal fuel tax increase is the only way to fund the Trump Administration’s infrastructure goals, an American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) report found. The report, A Framework for...
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Citing the Department of Transportation’s core mission to promote public safety, U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) called on the Trump administration on Tuesday to advance rulemaking that would bring c...
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Citing significant investments made by motor vehicle suppliers in research and development, the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) recently urged the Trump Administration to maintain...
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As work continues on an FAA reauthorization bill in the Senate, the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) advocated on Friday for changes to a rule requiring 1,500 hours of flight e...
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Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) adoption is affected by several factors, namely government policies, consumer preferences and battery technology. These factors were examined in the U.S. Energy Inf...
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The first street design guide to help city planners around the world prepare for autonomous vehicles was released on Tuesday by the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO). T...
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Passenger facility charges (PFCs) — paid by every flyer on every flight as part of the cost of an airline ticket — should not be increased, conservative activist and CNN political commentator Ed M...
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Citizens for On Time Flights announced on Friday that 17 bipartisan members of the New Jersey State Legislature, as well as nine mayors and 10 business associations, expressed their support for reform...
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The members of Colorado’s Congressional delegation recently sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urging them to enforce Open Skies agree...
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Reps. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) and Elizabeth Esty (D-CT) recently introduced legislation which would provide grants to small- and medium-size cities on a competitive basis for transportation. The bi...
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The Alliance to Save Energy recently chartered the 50 by 50 Commission with the aim of reducing energy use in the U.S. transportation sector by half by 2050. In the United States, transportation is...
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently opened bids for a pilot program to test the addition of tolls on existing interstate highways to fund their reconstruction. The call for prop...
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A new survey conducted by the law firm Foley & Lardner LLP has looked at the potential in the self-driving car market and assessed that the field is heating up with interested parties, even though imp...
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The average gasoline price in the United States has fallen for 15 of the past 20 days, according to the AAA, with the average is $2.46 per gallon. This week’s average is a penny less than last we...
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