The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) took the opportunity presented by its 16th Annual Legislative Summit last week to urge Congress to pass a five-year Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ...
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U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), the ranking Democrat on the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee, expressed his concerns this week over the distribution of the Department of Transportationâ€...
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As gasoline prices rise, public transportation agencies are urging people to give transit a try on this year’s Dump the Pump Day on June 21. The American Public Transportation Association’s (A...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will be releasing the first $677 million in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding soon, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao recentl...
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The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) launched this week the first in a series of scheduled national dialogue meetings meant to educate the public on the issue. This first dialogue was hel...
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According to the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) National Household Travel Survey, U.S households with more than one vehicle are more likely to travel more but use additional vehicles less. ...
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After advancement by the House, proponents of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization are pressing Senate leadership for action -- action which has been lacking since 2012. That year ...
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Travel to and within the United States in April increased 3.6 percent year-over-year, according to the U.S. Travel Association, marking the 100th consecutive month of growth. Business travel contr...
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A new rule issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) last week established new procedures for the federal government to spur better involvement and inves...
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The House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on House and Insurance recently held a hearing to consider the effects of the growing autonomous vehicle industry on U.S. insurance. Represent...
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently released its final environmental assessment on the Cleveland/Detroit Metroplex project. The project will replace conventional air traffic control ...
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During the first quarter of 2018, the commuter rail industry made progress in implementing positive train control (PTC), according to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). PTC is ...
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Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA) recently applauded the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for minimizing checkpoint wait times at American airports over the Memorial Da...
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For an industry that has built itself on the promise of a more accident-free alternative to current transportation, deadly incidents involving self-driving cars run by Tesla and Uber are dangerous sys...
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Multiple speakers at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s sixth annual Global Supply Chain Summit emphasized the need to fund and build better transportation infrastructure -- an investment that would imp...
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U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) recently met with community and business leaders in Cincinnati to discuss the Bridge Investment Act. Brown introduced the bill in January. It would establish a compe...
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U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) recently sent letters to more than 25 manufactures of autonomous vehicles, seeking information on safety protocols for test-driving the...
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A coalition of international business aviation organizations and government officials announced ahead of the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition this week that they are emphasizing thei...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently released a preliminary report on its investigation of an autonomous Uber Technologies accident that killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona, on M...
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Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) Air Division Director and International Administrative Vice President Mike Mayes was appointed last week to a two-year term on the Transportation Security Admi...
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