The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently launched the “If You Feel Different, You Drive Different” safety campaign, aimed at combating drunk driving and drug-impaired dr...
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U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham (R-CA) recently received the Railroad Achievement Award from the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and GoRail. The award honors members of Congress who have shown leade...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved drones to be flown 30 miles outside visual range of operators at the Northern Plains unmanned aircraft systems test site for the next two years. ...
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Gasoline prices have plateaued, remaining flat for the past two weeks, according to the AAA. Nationwide, the average gasoline price is $2.86. The average is one cent less than last week, three cent...
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A letter from the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) to the House Trade Subcommittee states that the process for steel and aluminum tariff exclusions as being expensive, confusing, a...
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A recently released American Public Transportation Association (APTA) report revealed Americans took 2.4 billion trips on public transportation in the first quarter of 2018. Officials also acknowle...
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Economists from the non-profit U.S. Travel Association recently noted that travel within the United States grew 4 percent in the past year, but warn that international travel to the United States is s...
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Global passenger traffic grew by 5.6 percent in May on a year-over-year basis, despite a global climate of increasing geopolitical tension, according to a recent report conducted by the Airports Counc...
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A coalition of eight aviation industry groups recently sent a letter about aviation noise to the chairmen and ranking members of the U.S. House and Senate Committees on Commerce, Science, and Transpor...
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Automotive industry organizations are lending support to a measure designed to reform the tariff process under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and increase congressional oversight. S...
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As more and more states legalize marijuana use, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) hosted a policy forum Aug. 1 in Washington, D.C. to discuss the dangers of marijuana-impaire...
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The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) recently joined a coalition of aviation groups supporting federal authority over the National Airspace System. Earlier this month, the coalition se...
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In a letter sent to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week, Republican representatives of the House Energy and Commerce Comm...
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The American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) is supporting National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) efforts to revise future fuel ec...
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A bipartisan group of senators introduced last week the Innovative Materials for America’s Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded (IMAGINE) Act, which encourages the research and development, as w...
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While airport privatization is commonly prevalent in Europe and Australia, circumstances unique to the United States limit the usefulness of privatization in solving airport problems, the Eno Center f...
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In a survey conducted by the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) this week, 81 percent of Americans expressed opposition to removing pilots from cockpits on safety grounds. ALPA condu...
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A bipartisan group of senators recently urged Amtrak to uphold a public-private partnership continuing operation of the Southwest Chief passenger train and long-distance passenger service. Official...
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Eleven trade organizations, including the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, recently sent a letter to President Donald Trump opposing the mandatory use of Project Labor Agreements...
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A policy brief released by the Eno Center for Transportation last week addressed the issue of taxing transportation network companies (TNCs) like Lyft or Uber. The center warned that, while revenue...
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