The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) applauded the Senate Banking Committee’s Tuesday confirmation of four nominees to serve on the U.S. Export-Import (EXIM) Bank board of directors, a move th...
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A key senator pledged Wednesday to move ahead with efforts to finance a major infrastructure initiative during a hearing on trucking and transportation needs. “That’s going to happen. We’re g...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued new airspace restrictions for drones near seven Department of Energy (DoE) facilities on Monday in response to reports of unauthorized flights near the...
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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) recently expressed its support for the final version of the Congressional tax bill. “We are pleased with the final tax legislation that emerged f...
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A recent collision between a U.S. Army helicopter and a recreational drone in New York occurred because the drone was intentionally being flown outside of the operator’s visual range, according to a...
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Tax reform, trade policy and anticipated interest rate hikes each could impact the transportation infrastructure sector in the coming year, according to Fitch Ratings in its 2018 transportation infras...
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President Donald Trump and Congress reauthorized this week the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) ability to demand registration of drones by their owners and operators and earned the praise of...
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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) recently applauded the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Securing General Aviation and Commercial Charter Air Carrier Service Act of 201...
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Alaska Airlines announced on Friday that it will only accept smart bags equipped with lithium batteries or lithium battery power banks as carry-on baggage in early 2018, mirroring recent moves by Amer...
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A leader of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee recently raised concerns that railroads operating trains of 200 or more rail cars create long delays at road grades and create public ...
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Several members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee expressed concern over how the move to self-driving vehicles will affect the tens of thousands of truck and bus drivers and que...
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The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) issued new guidance Wednesday that builds on the group’s earlier efforts to help cities around the world design safe, effective bike...
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The National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) and several other transportation associations recently voiced their support of Congress maintaining the tax-exempt status for Private Activ...
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California businesses stand to be big losers if the nation’s ongoing and unnecessary flight delays continue, say state and local officials in a call for Congress to upgrade air traffic control opera...
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Despite gains made by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in foreign airport assessments and air carrier inspections, a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) study found “consid...
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The leader of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee called on the EPA on Friday to conduct “overdue” studies on the impact that the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) has had on air, ...
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Indiana attorney general Curtis Hill, Jr. has made a formal request to delay the federal mandate for electronic logging devices (ELD) on commercial vehicles, a move applauded by the Owner-Operator Ind...
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The American Trucking Associations (ATA) recently told the U.S. Committee on Small Business that it supports the implementation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s electronic loggin...
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Even at the same weight and speed as a bird, a drone that collides with an aircraft will cause more damage, a study by Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence (ASSURE) found. ...
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As home to the country’s fourth-largest airport and two of the nation’s major airlines, a leading Texas business organization says it supports proposed landmark federal legislation that would mode...
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