The U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the state of Illinois has 30 days to revoke licenses it alleges were issued illegally or risk millions in federal highway funding. D...
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Legislation that would strengthen the FAA safety management system passed through the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, lawmakers said Friday. The legislation, the FAA SM...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Secretary Sean P. Duffy said his department had issued the final rule negating non-domiciled drivers from obtaining a commercial drivers’ license. The f...
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The National Association of Manufacturers has launched a nationwide campaign to urge Congress to reauthorize federal highway programs before they expire on Sept. 30. The “Building to Win” camp...
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U.S. Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) announced he is working on legislation that would curb excessive state gas taxes, including California’s nearly 71 cents per gallon, the highest in the country. Kile...
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) inspectors and their law enforcement partners removed nearly 2,000 unqualified truckers and vehicles during the first wave of Operation SafeDRIVE fr...
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U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) has introduced legislation that would strengthen safety requirements for autonomous vehicles. The Safely Ensuring Lives Future Deployment and Research in Vehicle Evoluti...
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U.S. Rep Lateefah Simon (D-CA) introduced new legislation recently that would support the creation of transit ambassador programs across the country. The legislation, the Rapid Intervention and De...
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U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, said the Trump Administration’s "gutting" of the National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis...
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The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) has filed a lawsuit against the federal government seeking to force the release of contractually-obligated grant and loan funds for the Hudson Tunnel Project. ...
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is warning motor carriers about fraudulent emails posing as FMCSA or the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT). The emails are designed to s...
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U.S. Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Mark Warner (D-VA), Ed Markey (D-MA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) re-introduced legislation that would improve the Federal Aviation Administratio...
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Federal Aviation Administration administrator Bryan Bedford announced his agency's plan to overhaul its organizational structure recently. Bedford said the reorganization would support modernizati...
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The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure recently advanced five amendments. The amendments are to bills that address military air traffic controllers transitioning into Federal Aviatio...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced it was seeking nominations for individuals to sit on two federal advisory groups—the Motor Car...
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A new report from the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) has found that 75 percent of Americans support raising transportation revenue through higher federal gas taxes or a new mileage fee. The...
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Legislation introduced in Congress by U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and John Hoeven (R-ND) seeks to make protections for passenger rail crewmembers similar to those afforded to flight crew members...
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The Surface Transportation Board rejected the merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern because the application is incomplete. The board unanimously found that the application does not contain ...
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A new report from Transportation for America has found that for the United States to have a transit system that is on par with the rest of the world would require a $230 billion investment across all ...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration designated two new sites for unmanned aircraft systems testing. The sites in the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, and the Indi...
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