The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) released a report Wednesday highlighting the safety benefits of having at least two pilots on the flight deck. The paper was released in conjunction...
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The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure released a report Tuesday on analysis of the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grant (CIG) Program. The program assists ...
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Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) Director Brian Ness attended a meeting of the House Science, Space and Technology Subcommittee last week, using the opportunity to urge investments into transport...
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Congress must provide a permanent revenue solution for the federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF), Bob Alger, American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) chairman, recently testified. Th...
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) held its first Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee (STSAC) meeting Thursday. The committee was created in the TSA Modernization Act ...
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Under new legislation proposed in the Senate and House last week, states would be able to use federal highway funds to build roads that are safer for all users -- not just drivers. The Complete Str...
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced last week the Build America, Buy America Act, which seeks to guarantee that all taxpayer-funded infrastructure and public works projects utilize American...
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A collection of U.S. representatives united this week to introduce the Federal Permitting Reform and Jobs Act, intending to improve critical infrastructure development through a revamp of the permitti...
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The Motor Carriers Accountability Act, introduced in the House Tuesday, would require motor carriers to lessen hardships due to unwarranted and excessive passenger delays in interstate motor carrier t...
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Legislation introduced Wednesday aims to reduce carbon pollution from the national highway system. The transportation sector is the country’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, producing 28 pe...
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The Fair and Open Skies Act was introduced in the House this week, pledging to prohibit the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) from granting foreign air carrier permits to those airlines seekin...
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Experts in the transportation industry told a U.S. Senate panel on Wednesday that passing long-term surface transportation legislation is critical to maintaining the country’s highways, bridges, tra...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants to 264 airports throughout the country, as well as in the Pacific Islands and the District of Col...
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A group of legislators recently pressed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for a review of the nation’s Move Over laws following multiple accounts of police officers being struck and killed ...
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a notice in the Federal Register last week seeking comments on a proposed regulation change that would modify fire protection on airplanes. ...
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In a new assessment from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the increasing length of freight trains was found to be potential safety risks. Some of these trains are nearly 3 miles long acc...
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More than 200 organizations and elected officials recently sent a letter to Congress urging the a change to the federal transportation program. “For decades, federal policy has prioritized high...
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The average train length has grown approximately 25 percent since 2008, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study. The average train lengths in 2017 were between 1.2 and 1.4 mile...
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A bipartisan Senate effort yielded a new bill this week, meant to alter how the government oversees the transportation of agricultural products. Under the Agricultural Trucking Relief Act, the defi...
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U.S. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) recently questioned Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson and other officials on the railroad’s failure to connect rural areas to the rest of the country. "I really hope moving ...
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