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Mounting safety woes at Delta spur calls for congressional oversight on airline CEO pay
As safety incidents, technology failures, and labor unrest continue to shake the nation’s airline industry, calls are increasing for Congress to investigate airline CEO compensation — particularly when massive executive pay comes amid tumbling performance. Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian, who took home $34.2 million in 2023 — the highest CEO salary in the industry that year — is drawing scrutiny as his airline grapples with a series of safety and service-related issues that have damaged ...
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Transportation Department partners with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
The U.S. Department of Transportation said it will partner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New York Distri...Read More »
High-speed rail in Texas in limbo after USDOT pulls funding
A move by the U.S. Department of Transportation to pull funding from a Texas high-speed rail project will shift the proj...Read More »
Alabama US-82 highway widening project complete
The US-82 widening project in Prattville is substantially complete, officials with the Alabama Department of Transportat...Read More »
Federal legislation introduced to combat organized retail, cargo theft
U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced bipartisan legislation on April 10 designe...Read More »
Transportation Secretary applauds plan to restore maritime dominance
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said his department will help lead President Donald Trump’s vision restoring ...Read More »
Research to delve into truck parking at public rest areas
The American Transportation Research Institute said research into truck parking has resulted in a public truck parking d...Read More »
Senators introduce legislation ensuring infrastructure funding for Great Lakes
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators have introduced legislation to ensure the Great Lakes ports will received their fair...Read More »
New York starts work on $20.5M I-90 bridge replacement project
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the New York State Department of Transportation will start work on replacing a brid...Read More »
The Transport Project, members endorse new RNG fuel credit proposed in Congress
The Transport Project and its natural gas vehicle fleet and fueler members support a newly introduced bipartisan, bicame...Read More »
Bridges face likelihood of being struck by ships, study finds
Although ship strikes should be extremely rare, some of the busiest bridges in the United States will likely be hit, acc...Read More »
