The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) scored a victory this week following the House Appropriations Committee’s approval of a $16.6 billion budget for the Federal Aviation Administratio...
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A bill that would make permanent a tax credit that assists short line railroads in upgrading their track and bridges so they can handle modern freight cars recently achieved a bicameral majority Congr...
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Tesla, Inc. recently named Linda Johnson Rice, chairman and CEO of Johnson Publishing Company, and James Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox, to the company’s board of directors. Rice currently ser...
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The Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) recently refunded Highway Enhancement through Local Partnerships (H.E.L.P) bonds, saving the state $3.8 million, according to Transportation Commiss...
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The Lightweight Materials Consortium, sponsored by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) LightMAT, aims to develop lighter weight vehicles and increase fuel efficiency. LightMat is supported by the DO...
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Delaware’s Department of Transportation (DelDOT) recently held a ground-breaking ceremony for its Newark Regional Transportation Center. The project, funded by a $10 million TIGER IV Grant from t...
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Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport recently received the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) Airport Innovation Accelerator award for its work deploying cutting-edge technologies a...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is hiring entry-level air traffic controllers, but it will take years of hiring to end the staffing crisis, the National Air Traffic Controls Association (NAT...
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Retired Lieutenant General David F. Melcher, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), recently informed the organization that his tenure will end effective Dec. 31, 2017 in ord...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently met with members of the aviation industry to discuss new safety standards for operating in inclement weather. Best practices were discussed for ac...
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In response to reports that the Trump Administration was open to terminating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), an international group of automotive trade associations submitted a public...
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The most recent Air Travel Consumer Report has found that May 2017 faced 27 separate tarmac delays in excess of three hours for domestic flights, but no delay in excess of four hours for international...
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U.S. Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), ranking member on the House Committee on Ways and Means, recently sent a letter to committee chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX), highlighting a problem with House bill 2997, wh...
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With the arrival of an Airbus A-330 at Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport this week, the Port of Seattle welcomed a new service from low-cost German airline Eurowings: a nonstop flight to ...
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The Oregon State Legislature recently passed a new transportation infrastructure package that aims to address issues seen in high-crash corridors and enhance statewide initiatives, such as the Safe Ro...
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The Mississippi Transportation Commission (MTC) recently announced that it approved funding for more than 20 multimodal projects in Mississippi’s Northern Transportation District. “The projects...
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $19.4 million in funding for the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), which is earmarked for 22 new cost-shared projects aimed at developing new te...
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U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) recently sent a letter to Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, expressing their dismay over the indefinite delay on states trac...
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Members of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee recently introduced the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) of 2017, which would reauthorize funding for DERA through 2022 and ensu...
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According to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), the Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose by 2.2 percent in May, reversing a two mont...
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