Bicameral Congressional legislation introduced this week would extend the electric vehicle tax credit for 10 years and would help deploy alternative fuel-charging infrastructure. Under current law...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently awarded $53.2 million in Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) gran...
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The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Subcommittee on Aviation recently sent a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General Calvin Scovel, requesting a fed...
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A recent report by the U.S. Department of Transportation 2018 National Bridge Inventory database reveals 47,052 bridges nationwide are classified as structurally deficient, down slightly from 2017. ...
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The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee advanced the Aviation Funding Stability Act of 2019 this week, earning praise from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) in ...
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U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber’s (R-MN) Notice to Airmen Improvement Act, which would revamp aviation safety through demanding clearer safety notifications to pilots, has advanced the House Transportation ...
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As Boeing rushes to fix fatal flaws in its 737 MAX aircraft, U.S. Sens. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Rick Larsen (D-WA) have written to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requesting another indepe...
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has created a Special Committee of industry experts to review the procedures used by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to certify new aircraft. ...
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U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) recently spoke at a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on the importance of modernizing rural airports’ infrastructure. "We all have the same...
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More than 20 public issuer organizations from the Public Finance Network (PFN) sent comments earlier this month in regards to a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the future of U.S. infrastruc...
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The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) has publicly pressed the office of the U.S. Trade Representative to continue the approval process of the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agr...
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As the global community continues a backlash against Boeing over two 737 Max series plane crashes, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) wrote Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Acting Administrator Daniel...
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A record 158.2 million passengers will fly globally on U.S. airlines between March 1 and April 30, industry trade organization Airlines for America (A4A) forecasts. If the prediction is accurate, ...
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Though the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made forward steps toward implementing Congressionally mandated cyber initiatives in recent years, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Offic...
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently examined the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and concluded the Office of Aviation needs more transparency. The millions of passengers an...
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A new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) shows that the current state of the economy has left drivers feeling confident enough to set records,...
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Airlines for America (A4A) recently urged Congress to reject the tax increases on travel included in the White House’s proposed fiscal year 2020 budget. Currently, there are 17 federal avia...
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U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao requested Inspector General Calvin Scovel III audit the certification process for the much-scrutinized Boeing 737-MAX 8 aircraft. The request follows the ...
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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday his intent to nominate Stephen Dickson as Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator. Dickson also would be chairman of the Air Traffic Services ...
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As Congress continues to eye a means of repairing the nation’s stunted infrastructure sector, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) released new research this week identifying at le...
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